Questions about Core Temp/HWmonitor

[Stormvandervoort]

Hello,
I have an FX 8120 with a stock cooler running at 3.6ghz, +0,16 cpu voltage offset. (Base is 1,188V
Under Prime95 the max temp gets to 55 degrees C, (Core Temp) while in HWmonitor there are 2 temps, cpu temp which is 70 degrees C load, and 40 degrees idle, and package temp, which is the same as the CoreTemp, (25 degrees idle, 55 degrees load)

Ambient temp is slightly below 20 degrees.

I read that the max temp for this processor is 61 degrees, is that the core/package temp or the CPU Temp?

Also are my temps high/low/good?

Thanks in advance.

 

[clutchc]

The max temp listed is usually the package temp. The core temp is usually +5 from that. So if the max temp is 61C, the max core temp will be 66C.

 

[Stormvandervoort]

So there's no need to worry about the CPU temps HWmonitor is reporting, just core Temp?

 

[clutchc]

I can't account for the difference in temps between HWmonitor and Core Temp. But AMD temp sensors are notorious for being... flaky sometimes. When I build with AMD processors later than the Phenom/Athlon era, I like to use AMD OverDrive and monitor the cores' Thermal Margin instead of temps.
http://www.techspot.com/downloads/4645-amd-overdrive.html
Try to keep the TM in the double digits and you should be fine.
Here is an explanation of the reason that is a better way to go: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2122665/understanding-temperature-amd-cpus-apus.html