real temp vs core temp

[danb21t]

why do they seem to read 10degrees apart? Core temp seems to read high

I am confused. why is this, which is more accurate; if either

 

[DavyBoy]

TJmax calibration will be wrong on one of them I am assuming..

This value should be set to 100c for i7's.

 

[danb21t]

ah ha, nice 1 DavyBoy - set those values and they are reading the same..

I could google but what is TJmax and how did you come to set them at 100 for i7?

 

[setter]

Tjmax is the temperature at which the cpu will shut itself down to prevent damage from overheating.

 

[Engram]

ah ha, nice 1 DavyBoy - set those values and they are reading the same..

I could google but what is TJmax and how did you come to set them at 100 for i7?

Have a read of this (and lose faith in CPU temp monitoring):

http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/docs.php

 

[danb21t]

oh dear LOL

May have to invest in one of those IR temperature sensors

 

[Draeger]

What about for Intel C2D's and Quads?. What is the general concensus of opinion - Realtemp or Coretemp?.

 

[bifday2k]

mixture of all, personally i use speedfan, hwmonitor for all other temps (cpu, mobo, HD) but use real/core temp only for the cores, but i generally go on overall cpu temp more then core though.

 

[scotty365]

oh dear LOL

May have to invest in one of those IR temperature sensors

I have used those at work - we dont trust them anymore, I demonstrated how surface roughness/texture and contaminants alter the reading, even changing the angle of the laser on the surface can deviate the reading.

~Scotty

 

[danb21t]

I have used those at work - we dont trust them anymore, I demonstrated how surface roughness/texture and contaminants alter the reading, even changing the angle of the laser on the surface can deviate the reading.

~Scotty

hmm interesting