DragonRider

Ok I found a solution. Both Speedfan and Asus AI Suite 3 show consistent temperatures like those in the bios. Thanks for everyone for the help!

What is this "asus software" you mentioned?

Thank you for the info and I really don't want o sound rude but I originally wanted to know how to monitor the temps. I am not worrying about the temps being too high or anything, just for info. You telling me that I should be fine at X degrees doesn't help me much when I cant measure that. Again, not trying to sound rude. I appreciate your help.

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In the end is this kind of wonky temp readings "normal"? Is there something not working as intended on the hardware side?

I also trust the BIOS temp as well. I was trying to compare those temps with the in OS temps but I couldn't do consistent results. I'm using the stock cooler. Also mistake in OP: HWiNFO64 temps had a -12°C modifier (was doing some testing, a friend told me that -20 is the actual temp). So actually that would be 54-56°C idling. But even that feels wrong because stress testing the CPU makes HWiNFO64 read 82°C! Surely that can't be real, given AMD states the max temp should be 72°C. I tried making the CPU temp in HWiNFO64 go as high as it can (84°C), then quickly went into bios and checked the temp - 40°C. But surely the CPU would have cooled itself before I got into the bios. Any ideas how to set HWiNFO64 to read accurite temps? Or how to do tests?

Hello. I am havng trouble monitoring temperatures on my AMD Athlon X4 880k CPU. Every program shows different readings (when idling): Bios: 37°C HWiNFO64: 56°C (fixed typo, i wrote 42°C) Speccy: 50°C CAM: 57-64°C (fluctuates constantly) AIDA64 doesnt show total CPU temp, instead every core is 3°C AMD Overdrive shows "thermal limit" 61-68°C I reticently got this CPU and a Mobo. Are these readings normal for these chips? Could the CPU or mobo be faulty? Full specs: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 AMD Athlon X4 880k Stock Cooler Asus A68HM-PLUS 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 797MHz (11-11-11-30) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti (MSI) 223GB KINGSTON SUV400 SSD 931GB Seagate ST1000DM HDD 520W Cooler Master PSU