Getting many different CPU Temp readings

[Nick Word]

OpenHardwareMonitor says my cpu is at 50c and speccy says it is at 90c. My BIOS says it is idling at 40c idk what to believe. I am not overclocked. I am using the stock fan, I reapplied thermal paste, I cleaned the fan.

 

[GhislainG]

AMD CPU: Use AMD Overdrive (provides thermal margins, not the somewhat useless temperatures)
Intel CPU: Use Intel XTU

 

[Darkbreeze]

Use Core Temp:

http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/


Or HWinfo (Run "Sensors only" after installing):

http://www.hwinfo.com/download.php

 

[Nick Word]

AMD CPU: Use AMD Overdrive (provides thermal margins, not the somewhat useless temperatures)
Intel CPU: Use Intel XTU

So the speccy readinga are whack? http://gyazo.com/70979ca0eb00211c58d990b1646c4f3d

 

[GhislainG]

Yes if you have an AMD CPU. Are those excellent thermal margins at full load? Probably not. Run Prime95 to see how close to 0°C they are.

 

[Nick Word]

Yes if you have an AMD CPU. Are those excellent thermal margins at full load? Probably not. Run Prime95 to see how close to 0°C they are.

When I run prime95 speccy goes up to 103c, AMD Overdrive is around 17c Thermal Margin.

 

[GhislainG]

It means that the CPU is 17°C from the throttling temperature which is fine. You don't have much overclocking headroom.

Edit: Speccy can't accurately read the APU temperature.

 

[Nick Word]

It means that the CPU is 17°C from the throttling temperature which is fine. You don't have much overclocking headroom.

Edit: Speccy can't accurately read the APU temperature.

Thank you a ton for your help!