Good temperature software for the X4 760K.

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CHOCOLATEkevin

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What is the most accurate software for CPU temperature? I have a AMD Athlon X4 760K CPU with Hyper 212.I overclocked it to 4.3Ghz with Auto Vcore adjustment.Now heres the thing, and it appears to be common with AMD apparently, when I check temperatures with HWinfo(running prime95) it says that the temperature is at 36-40C in the CPU 0 section, however, when I see cpu package, it cakes the temps up to 80C!!!!Thats a 50C difference!!Also, I used AMD overdrive and it stated around 36-45C.I strongly disbelieve the CPU reaches 80C with this kind of cooler and clock.What do you guys think, AND what software is THE BEST for finding temps ?
 
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Unfortunately, i haven't found yet a temp monitor working properly for AMD APU (X4 760K is a A10-6800K without IGP).

On HWmonitor, under Motherboard, there is a CPU socket temp sensor. This one should give you the right temperature so I fear 80C is the real temperature. You can also check by touching your heatsink. If you can't endure touching it because it is too hot, it's because your CPU is at a temperature higher than 60C which is the limit your body can endure.

here is a link to understand APU and CPU temp for AMD : http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2122665/understanding-temperature-amd-cpus-apus.html

 
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Yea, keaman.Using BIOS isnt going to the do the trick since it checks idle only.Plus, I am pretty sure you cant just pop your BIOS open in the middle of a stress test aswell, sooooo,I am kinda stuck on square one.
 
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Ive been thinking about doing this.I have a multi-meter capable of reading temperature accurately with a probe.Though as it may be, I am not sure if the CPU will be damaged when I touch the heatsink.(possible/static?)This way, reading temps would be on the spot.
 
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I would say so, i dont own an AMD cpu myself so i cant confirm this. But it seems, it takes the max temp minus current temp and then displays that number, so the higher that number the better.
 
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So the higher the number for thermal margin using Overdrive under load(clarifying so other people understand/wont get confused). is better.That's it folks.

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I might be doing a test with a probe,... should be no problem.
 
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Yes, thermal margin is the distance from shutdown temp, higher = better. If thermal margin is 25C you have 25C of tempature headroom until your cpu shuts down.
 
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I think I just found how this works-

Amd Overdrive under load(Prime95 max heat test) gives me a thermal margin of 34C.
Hwmonitor under the sensor category CPU[#0] - CPU 0 is 35C.

So, in theory these two softwares = Thermal margin under Load.

In HWmonitor again, under the category CPU[#0] - CPU package I get 86C which in theory is the total/ maximum temperature achievable before stuff starts to get hairy.So, one can assume as the Thermal margin decreases under load(using Overdrive or CPU 0), the CPU 0 PACKAGE temperature increases closer to the point of CPU failure reading.

Now that I look at the category ITE IT8620E - CPU This gives me my true(what should be true) temperature of 50C, which in turn makes sense since adding (+35C) to the actual CPU temp would give me thermal failure of CPU which would be near and about 85C+or-.

Formula:
+-35(rounded) ↓ / +-85(rounded) ↑= 85↑ true CPU thermal margin(aka cpu fail)/35↓temp/units before CPU fail.


This is my theory so far as to how the temperature units work on AMD under load based upon http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2122665/understanding-temperature-amd-cpus-apus.html these two articles.
 
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