Which temperature monitor to trust?

[penation4000]

I have just run prime95 with 3 different temperature monitors - Realtemp, AI suite temp monitor and PC probe 2 temp monitor. All of them are giving different readings, the realtemp says it is at 52C, AI says 60 and PC probe says 62! can anyone tell me which is the most trustworthy or if there are any better temperature monitors out there?

 

[penation4000]

this is quite crucial for me as ive got a q6600 b3 and i dont want to damage it and 10C is a huge difference especially when 62 is supposed to be the limit for this cpu

 

[blackwidow_rsa]

Realtemp

 

[sportsfanboy]

Use Realtemp and go through the process of calibrating it. ---------> http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/docs.php

62c is the max tcase (cpu temperature) for a b3 q6600. Tjunction max ( max core temperature) will be much higher than tcase temps. You are reading from two different sensors and comparing the two. Read this guide----------> http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/221745-29-core-quad-temperature-guide

 

[Zorg]

Real Temp