Thanks Unclewebb. I'll give it a go and calibrate to core 1 with 25C idle temp being realistic with water cooling and RT @ 18C (36C load isn't too bad at stock speed under water).

Any chance Real Temp version 3.0 will include a slop adjustment? I am sure this would require far more testing per core to see what happens as temps get closer to TJmax.

One question, with the temps for core 0 being inaccurate, I am wondering whether the cpu is relying on this temp for throttling or whether there is another temp/sensor that it relies upon. I raise the point because even with recalibrating the sensor for core 0 to a more normal result, would the cpu throttle if the sensor read a high temp (albeit inaccurate)?

Will be calibrating and pushing the core. We'll see what happens.

Thanks again!