I have a zalman 9500 cpu cooler. I can physically measure the temperature at the base of the heatsink (The part that sits directly on top of the cpu).
Let's assume it has been seated correctly.
I'm wondering, how much difference, typically, would there be, between "this" reading and temperature the cpu itself is running at (like numbers reported from various monitoring software, MB monitor, sensors on the core etc.) I understand the temperature changes of my reading will be less responsive than perhaps the sensors on the core, but lets assume constant load, and it has been running for a fair amount of time for everything to equalize.
Any ideas? I've been googling this for awhile, cannot seem to get any clear answer.
Let's assume it has been seated correctly.
I'm wondering, how much difference, typically, would there be, between "this" reading and temperature the cpu itself is running at (like numbers reported from various monitoring software, MB monitor, sensors on the core etc.) I understand the temperature changes of my reading will be less responsive than perhaps the sensors on the core, but lets assume constant load, and it has been running for a fair amount of time for everything to equalize.
Any ideas? I've been googling this for awhile, cannot seem to get any clear answer.