Just downloaded Real Temp in an attempt to monitor my temps a bit more accurately. Currently using Everest and Core Temp my Q6600 cores are running at 11,11,19,19. That's in a room where the temp is 20 degrees. Now I know that's not possible. I'm running a DIY water setup with a lapped chip so at best the idle temp should be getting down near room temp.
According to the advice from the author of the program I should run the CPU at it's lowest setting and add on about 5-6 degrees to room temperature as that is the temp of a typical quad on air cooling. Does anyone know if this applies to water cooling too? How far above room temp should my chip idle on a decent water setup? I suppose at the end of the day a couple of degrees doesn't make a whole lot of differece but it would be nice to be accurate.
And another question.
Should I be correcting all the cores with the same value (ie keeping the difference) or correcting the hotter cores less (in other words making all the readings about the same)? In theory at idle with speedstep on all the cores should be running about the same with decent cooling. Or should they? 
According to the advice from the author of the program I should run the CPU at it's lowest setting and add on about 5-6 degrees to room temperature as that is the temp of a typical quad on air cooling. Does anyone know if this applies to water cooling too? How far above room temp should my chip idle on a decent water setup? I suppose at the end of the day a couple of degrees doesn't make a whole lot of differece but it would be nice to be accurate.
And another question.
Should I be correcting all the cores with the same value (ie keeping the difference) or correcting the hotter cores less (in other words making all the readings about the same)? In theory at idle with speedstep on all the cores should be running about the same with decent cooling. Or should they? 