Most accurate temp reading for 1055T?

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Hi,
I'm overclocking my Phenom II X6 1055T at the moment and I'm not sure what the best program is for getting accurate core temperatures. I've tried the AMD Overdrive tool and HWMonitor and both give slightly different readings and I heard of needing to apply offsets to certain programs as well?

Are there any tools people would recommend specifically for this CPU?

Many Thanks,

Ross
 
'Core Temp' and 'Real Temp' are both dedicated CPU readers.

I run both with newly released hardware to check that they're reading approx the same values.
 
Surveyor said:
Real Temp only works on Intel processors.

Core Temp here.
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Thanks for the correction.

I was still in 'sandybrige mode' as i was going to mention that the new Core Temp has issues reading SB (the tj max hitting 98 on sime cores at random - mine suffers from this). There 'may' be issues with new AMD chips - so it may be worth a google.
 
I use CPUID Hardware Monitor.
TMPIN1 seems to be the CPU temp and TMPIN0 is the System temp. I'm basing this on the fact that they match the values for these given by Gigabyte's EayTune6 software.

Core Temp doesn't work well on my 1055T as it reads Core Temps rather than CPU temp and I believe the core temp readings are fictional on the Phenom II CPUs.
 
The core temps are calculated using a formula from a CPU readout, the cpu temp can be mobo bsaed. The former tends to be the most accurate around 40 deg C, but it tends to be hit and miss with AMD temp monitoring on phenom II and depends on board, so generally keep both readings below 65 deg or so, and you should have a bit of headroom for warmer days. Don't worry too much about it though, as long as you're not putting silly volts through and you have a decent cooler, it should be just fine.
 
Apparently my cores are idling at 17ºC. Quite impressive considering the ambient temp of my room is apparently about 23ºC (although the thermometer was a cheap one).
TMPIN1 however was saying 31ºC, which is more believable. (Running @ 3.5GHz with 1.4v VCore).
After 5 minutes of Prime95 blend the cores are still reading 26ºC and TMPIN1 is about 40ºC.
So to me that says that for my board TMPIN1/CPU temp is best.
Maybe try something similar yourself and see which seems most sensible?
If it seems like the core temps are sensible then Core Temp might be worth considering.

Do your motherboard manufacturers (AS Rock) have any sort of software for monitoring temps?
 
Thanks for all the replies everyone. I've been using Core Temp and with the cpu up to 3.5GHz now I'm getting reported temps of about 53ºC when running Prime95 and about 30ºC idle which doesn't seem too bad?

I've not actually checked for any ASRock stuff, I'll have to have a look.
 
ASRock do have temp monitoring software, it comes with the mobos on the driver disk. I've found that their software can sometimes give a different reading to the BIOS and cores, so may be worked out differently, but as I said with AMD, you never get the actual correct temp anyway. I hope that this is improved in their new CPUs.

The temp that reads below ambient won't be accurate until it's at load most likely. Try IntelBurnTest or Linx and see what you can get to, Prime95 blend won't work the CPU that much. You could also do Prime 95 Small FFTs and that should work it a little harder. If you can withstand that for some time, anything else should be fine. I actually run Linx and Prime 95 blend at the same time sometimes.

EDIT: Never actually asked what CPU cooler it was? Unless you're getting thermal shutdowns, it will survive, just don't put silly volts through and have fun!
 
The cooler is an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro and the case is an Antec Gaming 900 so plenty of fans in there although my cable layout is pretty rubbish.
I've not encountered any crashes or problems so far I just don't want to push it too far and cook something :)
 
Not generally possible, the CPU can monitor its own temp and WILL shutdown the PC if it's overheating to the point of damage, though very high functional temps can limit overclocking, that's generally when you're at the upper volt limits.

Basically, it's difficult to overheat a CPU and damage it, but very easy to put too much voltage through and kill it.

Good luck with your clocking, the cooler is ok for mild OC and maybe a tad more, check out the AMD Phenom II overclocking thread as well for lots of tips.
 
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