New build
GA-P35-DS3L
E2160
EVGA 8800GT
etc.

I ran Prime95, pre-calibration, to determine which temp is Tcase.

Temp1: 40C
Temp2: 45C
Core0: 44C
Core1: 43C

1. If Tjunction is always higher then Tcase then, according to my numbers, Tcase is = Temp1?
2. Where is the temp two reading coming from?
3. Is my ambient temp from the GPU the temp of the air inside the case?
4. I had a Temp3 reading of -2C, is it ok to delete that Temp3 from speed fan?

Yes I read the Temp guide and I'm just trying to work through Section 8 notes. BTW that's a great guide, even if your a noob like me you can put some effort into it and learn a lot.

ugh, this isn't a place to post every question you have.

1) If those are idle temps....what the hell is your ambient
2) Comp says in the guide that Tcase will be the one that increases in relation to the cores
3) GPU temps are not ambient
4) Temp 3 is nothing

1. Those are 100% load temps while running Prime95.

3. SpeedFan is giving me a temp labeled GPUambient Temp. SpeedFan does not give me an ambient only temp.

The temp guide says to post guide questions here, so I did.

Thanks

I hope that is at stock because thats pretty low if overclocked

Don't use speedfan to monitor ambient...measure it yourself like the guide says thats why your calibrating, to make ambient right

Ok. I haven't gotten that far yet. I'm just trying to figure out what Tj is and what Tcase is.

Idle

Temp1: 35C
Temp2: 25C
Core0: 20C
Core1: 20C
GPUambient: 38C
GPUCore: 52C

Load (not OC'd) Prime95 Blend test. Small FFTs

Temp1: 37C
Temp2: 42C
Core0: 40C
Core1: 40C
GPUambient: 38C
GPUCore: 52C

Nothing there is right...

Cores are cooler than Tcase = impossible
both are lower than suspected ambient = impossible

First get a real ambient reading then try again

Ok. I just thought I would move through the guide according to section#. I am only trying to confirm which temp is Tcase before I move to Section9: Calibration.

1. So now, if I'm only looking for a Temp with a similar Idle to Load Delta, Tcase = Temp2. Right?

Correct.

Thank you Sir and thanks for the guide.

You're very welcome.

In my case, is Temp1 one a north or south bridge temp? It never seems to change much.

Or will that be my ambient temp after calibration?

I can't figure out how to set my CPU fan to 100%.

No, It will not be ambient....DO NOT USE SPEEDFANS AMBIENT. Measure it yourself!!!

Temp 1 for the DS3L does not record anything. At least from what I've seen with my overclocks. The NB Temp would go up during overclocking but it didnt.

PC Health at the bottom says auto fan control and disable it

@Silverion77, thanks.

I finally made it though Section9: Calibration Part 2: Tcase Offset Correction.

I didn't expect speedfan to be off so much.

Current Idle temps while browsing.

Temp1: 36
Tcase: 24
TjCore1:34
TjCore0:34

I measured ambient temp with the side off and all fans at 100%, with a fish tank thermometer. @ 72F or ~22C

Tcase temp. (originally Temp2 in Speedfan) = Ambient Temp + 1C = 23C

Speedfan was not reading Tcase temp @ 24C, I had to offset speedfans number by adding 2 in the advanced settings.

Tjunction Temps = Tcase Temp + 10C = 34C

Speedfan was not reading Tjunction temps @ 34C, I had to offset speefans numbers by adding 17 to both cores in the advanced settings.

Let me know if anybody sees a problem with these numbers.

Dunkel, in reviewing your posts, you have not mentioned whether your E2160 is L2 or M0 Stepping.

CPU-Z has me at M0 Stepping

As far as I can tell, I made it through the Temp guide and SpeedFan is correctly calibrated.