Quote Originally Posted by Jabberwock View Post
Ah, thanks for that, but pardon my curiosity. Could you check Everest to see if your NB temps reads the same as your cpu temp? (not the core readings but the single main reading) Do both of the temp sensors rise together equally under load?

I'm still having doubts that Windows will only report the cpu temp so the NB temp actually reports only the cpu temp.
Good Call. They do appear to be the same. 99% of the time they are identical. every now and again they'll be 1 or 2 degrees different. Whats crazy though is when i added 3 fans to the nb my load temps dropped 15 degrees.