Cpu temps, what should I trust, my BIOS or HWMonitor and Speccy

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skullcrusher956

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I have an AMD A8-5600k. The thing has a heating issue during games. My motherboard(ASUS A88X-PRO) BIOS says it is at like 40-45c idle while Speccy and HW say 60-90c idle. I dont know which one is correct and if speccy and hw are correct, why the hell is my cpu getting that hot?! I have this cooler:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835214023

and I use arctic cooling mx-4 thermal paste, which I hear is one of the best. What is going on? I actually ordered 2 replacement fans for the cpu coolers that do 200 CFMs each, and im going to do a push/pull config. I know for sure I did the thermal paste correct because the heatsink is getting heat and I only put a rice sized dot on the middle.
 
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yeah i suspect the 60-90C is the incorrect set. 90c at idle is way way to high. the chip should start to throttle at 90C. one way you could check is run a benchmark like prime95 while also running CPU-z and open hardware monitor (or even cpuid's hardware monitor). see if your chips throttles when it says it hits 90c in CPU-z. if it does not you know something is amiss with your HW monitor temps...if it does throttle then you need to reapply your thermal paste and maybe look into a different heat sink.
 
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EAJuggalo

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Run the AMD Overdrive program and look at your thermal margins there. Almost all of the software temp monitors display newer AMD temps incorrectly. I've even seen Mobo temps that were flat wrong but 40 doesn't seem that far off in a warm room with somewhat limited ventilation.
 
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