Whats my real temp?

Geoff

Geoff

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In BIOS, it says my CPU temp is ~20C, and the system is ~31C. When windows loads, speedfan shows 2 temps, right now its 17C and 30C. When i run Everest, it says my CPU temp is ~30C, and my system is ~20C.

So my question is, should i go by what the BIOS says (20C) for my CPU Temp, or what everest says (30C)? Normally i would go with the BIOS, but 17C seems pretty cool.

Oh ya, and i have a dryer vent tube running from outside my window to the back of my case, so its delivering around 50F air into the case.
 
Wow Geoff, I actually considered doing the same thing with thoe window! I would trust the BIOS, 17* isn't that cold for the freezing air you got running in there. If you really want to know, get a temp monitor for a drive bay.
 
well, with all these different sensors being read differntly its hard to ever tell a system strue temperature, unless you go out and buy somethign like a laser thermometer.... If i were yo i would take an average value of all the possible temps then go from there....

Also, with more than one program it just gets confusing, i only ever used speedfan, as MBM5 doesnt support my mobo and Everest dont do a free edition anymore..... so the onyl temps ive ever seen are the speedfan ones, something like "what i dont know cant hurt me" kinda scenarios......

dragon2039 :D

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If you really want to know, get a temp monitor for a drive bay.
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Thats not really gonna do anything any different, seeing as all it does is read from the same sensor as any program would, unless you go a bit high end and get one with temperature probes....
 
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17C for a running porcessor is not accurate. If I shut down overnight andcomponents cool, upon startup cpu and Hdd should read the same,consisant with house temps, slowly increasing.
 
it atcually might be true. My CPU runs at 17C, and i have seen it get down to 12C on cold nights. I have used my dads prob. to check to see if its right and its only off my up to 2C
 
Well its 39F outside right now, and SpeedFan shows these 2 temps 15C and 29C.

I may also want to point this out, when i was putting my new custom cooling system inside, i felt the heatsink of the cpu, and it was cool, didnt feel warm at all. Then i touched the chipset heatsink, and i could only leave my finger on there for like 5 seconds before it started to burn. So my guess is that the ~16C temp could possibly be right.
 
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