FX 8350 Thermal Margin Question

[Mastergrief NPR]

I have recently bought a H240-x AIO water cooler and I have installed it in my system. I bought it to replace my Thermaltake NiC F4 because on AI suite 2 the temps went above 65C and continued to climb ( I was afraid to let it go any higher so I stopped it). After installing my new AIO I retested and measured 61C at peak. I was afraid that the water cooler was busted but I read on the internet that AI suite was bad so I retested with AMD overdrive and my thermal margin was 25C. I can't find what to subtract the thermal margin from but many people suggest that the max temp of the FX 8350 is about 70C which makes my temp CPU temp 45C. Does this sound accurate?

 

[clutchc]

For AMD CPUs since the Bulldozer, it is best to use AOD. AMD has a problem with their thermal sensors reading accurately sometimes. I have had several of their CPUs over the last few years and all were... flaky. Thermal margin is the room you have left in degrees C until the CPU begins to throttle. If you have 25C TM at load, you are good. When I had my FX-8350, I always tried to keep the TM in the double digits.
Here is more info: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2122665/understanding-temperature-amd-cpus-apus.html