water cooling

boarder · 5 Oct 2008 at 20:06

hello
just upgraded my lads case to a Thermaltake VH600LSWA Armour(built in watercooler) also fitted the Scythe Kama-Meter Multi Functional Controller so we could keep an eye on the cpu temps
now on the meter the cpu temp shows at 37 but if we check in the bios its saying 54/55 btw cpu is a Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 LGA775 and its not overclocked....so what temp should we take note of???
also where are people fitting the sensor to get there temp readings??

cheers byeeeeee

forgot to add is there any software or any other way to get an accurate cpu temp reading

Pneumonic · 5 Oct 2008 at 20:10

download realtemp

konam4 · 5 Oct 2008 at 20:35

I think realtemp is the most accurate, coretemp is good too.

boarder · 5 Oct 2008 at 20:39

hello
just tested realtemp and it more or less gives same readin as the dials but nowhere near what the bios says

cheers anyway

RJC · 5 Oct 2008 at 20:50

Edit: Ignor

konam4 · 5 Oct 2008 at 20:51

You can trust real temp

turbotoaster · 5 Oct 2008 at 22:12

has anybody realised this guy has said hes checking it in the bios, your cpu will be under load when in the bios so the chip will be running a lot hotter, use real temp or coretemp in windows for accurate figures

konam4 · 5 Oct 2008 at 22:19

Very good point, I don't know how much of a load the cpu under takes during boot but this could be a very valid reason.