Core Temp 0.99 or Real Temp 2.7

[Basher11]

Recently I have found out that CoreTemp 0.99 and RealTemp 2.7 are giving out different readings of the cores. So I went into the BIOS and check the CPU temperature considering BIOS should be the "honest" source of readings.

Confirmed that RealTemp's reading is exactly the same as that reported from the BIOS. Yet incidentally found out that the readings reported by CoreTemp which usually is 6 to 7 degrees higher, is the same as that of the motherboard as reported by BIOS.

So can I conclude that CoreTemp = Motherboard;s temperature (including North Bridge and the CPU) where as RealTemp = CPU temperature alone?

 

[rambo117]

id say speedfan is the most reliable. thats the one i use, as well as my DualCore Center software that came with my mobo. its a but more....colorful than speedfan 😀

 

[Basher11]

I can never able to interpret the data from SpeedFan, it's just "over intuitive"!

 

[Basher11]

I found that my bios is 10-15c too low, coretemp is right on, and real temp is high. Try several and see which ones are similiar, these are the ones I would trust.
Try Intel thermal analysis tool http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/392/mirrors.php

and speedfan

Hey the Intel tool is really cool! But then I only get 2 CPU readings, mine is a quad CPU, is there an upgrade?