Temperature Probe placement?

The farther away from the core you are, the cooler the sink. Being copper, it probably cools off quickly. There is no way possible to get the probe to give you an accurate reading unless you sandwich it between the CPU and heatsink, in which case the CPU would not have proper contact with the sink and would overheat!

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Ok thanks guys,

I'll move the probe around a little and see what difference it makes? Don't really want to remove the HSF or CPU in order to place it anywhere though. I should of done it right first time I guess.

But, going back, My BIOS is reporting that CPU temp is 47-50degrees. Is this abit hot? Its a P4 hardely under load either. Is it because the AS3 has only been there a couple of days. Is that theory even true? I put a generous amount on and then smeared it over. I twisted the Heatsink on it a couple of times before clamping down.

Then again I could be trying to improve something that is already running normal???

The reason I am so persistant is because I look forward to playing with Overclocking and I want to know I got it transfering heat properly???

Thanks in advance.

-= LtZ GoAtFaCe =-

Humn,

I'm curious because I have a mate with the same CPU who's using the ALu Flower and his CPU is running at 35degrees. My Volcano on LOW should be cooler than he's I would of thought? No?

-= LtZ GoAtFaCe =-