Quote Originally Posted by The Stilt View Post
I suggest using HWMonitor or other software which can read the "motherboard specific" CPU sensor.
The temperature read by the internal sensor is not the actual die temperature (tCTL). The value displayed by CoreTemp etc. (tCTL) is atleast 10-15c lower than the actual die temperature is. During Prime95 LargeFFT the tCTL temperature reading was 43c while my Fluke IR thermometer showed 52c measured from the side of the IHS. The motherboard CPU sensor displayed 55c which should be quite right.
Quote Originally Posted by Leeghoofd View Post
Used an offset off 14°C for the testing with the FX cooling kit( CPU idles then at +/- 28°C). At 4.8 prime 95 I get close to 87°C, the heat coming out of the back of the case is huge... 4.5-4.8 will be the sweetspot for many, 5Ghz might be too much for all in one liquid solutions and air coolers. ( not talking about a pi/cinebench run )

I wished AMD got their sensors right as idling at 14°C seems a bit silly... load at 45°C, when the room heats up drastically...
That is kind of a bummer!

I noticed that the Turbo EVO temps were running ~10 C. higher. Now I'll need better cooling or reduced clocks... I'm not sure running/crunching ~4.6GHz 8-cores load 24/7 at ~ 50+ C. would be ideal for the chip? What kind of daily (load) temp range do you all think I should shoot for?