wrong temp readings??

aggelos123

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hello...so 5 moths ago i builted a budget gaming pc..the cpu is amd athlon x4 750k
i am using the CM 212 EVO cooler.i use hw monitor to see my temps.but i think hw monitor shows wrong temps.and in general all the programs that i have tried.i have tried everything.almost everything shows the same.i am also using my mobo's program called easytune 6 provided from gigabyte.and there the temp is more logical...
take a look to my idle temp.(see what hw monitor says and what easytune 6 says.the temp of easy tune 6 is with blue numbers.http://postimg.org/image/5zyjxfju1/
also here you have the full load temps again on both programs(temp in easy tune 6 is with red now): http://postimg.org/image/4dfk33unp/
i have also heard that fm2 socket does not read the temp correcly and is a socket problem in general.but yeah.which program you think tells the most logic temp?also in hw monitor TMPIN2 says the exact same temp with easy tune 6.but in hw monitor in the cpu section it says complete different temp.
P.S also in BIOS i am getting 41C if that helps.but as i see people have problems in temp readings with this cpu and fm2 cpu's in general.
 
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guess what..a crazy thing happened lol.i installed amd overdrive and when i tried to run it i got the blue screen of death...i rebooted my pc and got into windows.after some seconds the system restarts by its own...i booted into safe mode and did a system restore.now i am ok..lool..anyways...i will stick with the temps that tmpin2 and easy tune 6 shows..thanks for the help.

clutchc

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You are correct. The new APUs and/or the socket does not read correct temps at idle. It is supposedly normal at load, but I have had issues with that too on my 760K and 5800K. The best way to watch your temps when using an APU (or Athlon X4) is to use AMD's new version of Overdrive. The new version no longer shows temps of the processor itself. Instead it shows the Thermal Margin, how far it has to go til overheating.
 

aggelos123

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guess what..a crazy thing happened lol.i installed amd overdrive and when i tried to run it i got the blue screen of death...i rebooted my pc and got into windows.after some seconds the system restarts by its own...i booted into safe mode and did a system restore.now i am ok..lool..anyways...i will stick with the temps that tmpin2 and easy tune 6 shows..thanks for the help.
 
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