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CPU: FX 8350, 4.6GHz, Voltage: 1.476, NB voltage: 1.200, HWmonitor temps: 48*C; Speedfan temps:65*c max load Intel burn test.
Motherboard: 990FX extreme9 asrock. HWmonitor temps: 60*C. Speedfan system temp: 37*C
Cooler H100I Corsair.
Which is more reliable?

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@gilgameshflood

Thats a pretty big difference.  This might not be a popular opinion, but try throwing HWiNFO into the equation and see where it shows your temps at.  If it falls in line wither either or, then thats the more accurate.

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@gilgameshflood

Thats a pretty big difference.  This might not be a popular opinion, but try throwing HWiNFO into the equation and see where it shows your temps at.  If it falls in line wither either or, then thats the more accurate.

This is the stress test, but I can't tell which is the CPU temperature here :wub: 

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This is the stress test, but I can't tell which is the CPU temperature here :wub: 

 

CPU 0 Package is the temperature.  AMD processors measure temperature from the socket, not by individual cores.  You want to keep below 65C is what I've heard, but of course lower is better. I have also heard that AMD processors get more accurate a reading the hotter they get, which further complicates things.  Not sure if this is true, but something I heard.

 

47C is a good temperature for a stress test like IBT with those settings.  But, I see in HWinfo you only had it on for 1 minute.  Can you run the test again for a longer period of time with HWiNFO running the entire time please?

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With vishera core CPUs the max temp is 72℃

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With vishera core CPUs the max temp is 72℃

Max temp might be 72, but 65 is when they start to throttle.

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Check your software versions.  I had differences once between hwmonitor and realtemp and it turned out I needed to update one of them after which both matched. 

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CPU 0 Package is the temperature.  AMD processors measure temperature from the socket, not by individual cores.  You want to keep below 65C is what I've heard, but of course lower is better. I have also heard that AMD processors get more accurate a reading the hotter they get, which further complicates things.  Not sure if this is true, but something I heard.

 

47C is a good temperature for a stress test like IBT with those settings.  But, I see in HWinfo you only had it on for 1 minute.  Can you run the test again for a longer period of time with HWiNFO running the entire time please?

bullshit, my old a8-5500 was reading at load that it was at 105 C

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bullshit, my old a8-5500 was reading at load that it was at 105 C

What is bullshit to be precise? Maybe I should have said FX Processors instead of AMD processors.

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CPU 0 Package is the temperature.  AMD processors measure temperature from the socket, not by individual cores.  You want to keep below 65C is what I've heard, but of course lower is better. I have also heard that AMD processors get more accurate a reading the hotter they get, which further complicates things.  Not sure if this is true, but something I heard.

 

47C is a good temperature for a stress test like IBT with those settings.  But, I see in HWinfo you only had it on for 1 minute.  Can you run the test again for a longer period of time with HWiNFO running the entire time please?

Thanks. As for the stress test duration, I opened this software after the eighth IBT test(High setting). I tried again with it(HWinfo) open before the stress test started and got same results.

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Thanks. As for the stress test duration, I opened this software after the eighth IBT test(High setting). I tried again with it(HWinfo) open before the stress test started and got same results.

Ok, that is your result then.

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Max temp might be 72, but 65 is when they start to throttle.

Not true, if you enable HPC mode on asus boards (not sure on others) it won't throttle, I can confirm this as my CPU socket temp his 80 and I was still at full 4.9ghz, for the record (I have learned this the hard way lately) the FX chips calculate their heat through algorithm you can get temp spikes which will make you think it is hotter than it really is, in HWinfo if you double click a value it will open a graph window, use this to monitor your temps, Idle temps with the FX is a load of lies by the way lmao, which is why it fluctuates so much, however when the cpu is under full load with IBT it should be accurate.

 

Also are you testing your overclock with IBT AVX? you need to use that version and some hot fixes to get accurate results on how well your cpu is actually performing the tests.

Keep HWinfo open while you stress test (because as soon as the tests end, your cpu will idle and the results will be inaccurate) but make sure you close everything else off as it will effect performance.

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I've been testing my system again to get 4.9 stable to then progress onto 5ghz etc and this is what I mean by double clicking the package temp to monitor your temps better.

 

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My temps sat comfy at 60c fine but those spikes gave me a reading of 68c for about a second which isn't realistic in the slightest to be honest. Also notice that sudden drop from 60c to 20-34c after the test had ended? This is why you need to take your readings with a grain of salt and decipher them as best you can lol.  :lol:

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