Need advice on what temp to read for my cpu

[JamesTrendall]

Hi so i have had problems with my temps reading high and i just got a new temp program and im confused what to read.

before i used coretemp and i always was given the temps from the bottem of this picture but now CPUID is giving me a lower temp at the top. im unsure what to read and go by. also what is a safe temp? when gaming it can reach in to the low 70's but on CPUID the temps at the top of this picture will still read 45-50*

 

[JamesTrendall]

Sorry yeah my CPU is AMD Phenom II x4 965 BE.

 

[JamesTrendall]

Thank you for the replys.

Coretemp was reading the individual core temps so it was correct thank you for clearing that up for me.

My CPU is not overclocked yet but it runs at 60-70*'s when stressed (Gaming with everything up high/ultra) i guess i will have to look in to water cooling or a new CPU since when i dropped my CPU the temps started going up. unsure if it just dislodged the thermal paste within the CPU casing.