AIDA64 temperature readings?

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Hey guys,

 

So I'm working on overclocking my friend's FX 8320. I'm using AIDA 64 to stress test and monitor temps (what Linus uses, idk, if other software is better for stress testing and/or temp monitoring then let me know) and on the the temperature graph, I see two distinct temperature readings for the CPU. There's the reading for the CPU "cores" which all display temperatures within margin of each other, and a reading for just "CPU", which is around 10 degrees higher then the reading for the cores. 

 

Which temperature should I be looking at? I'm currently stress testing at 4.2GHz, and it's about 48-49 degrees on the individual cores, and 59 degrees on the "CPU" reading. 

[Analog]

Hey guys,

 

So I'm working on overclocking my friend's FX 8320. I'm using AIDA 64 to stress test and monitor temps (what Linus uses, idk, if other software is better for stress testing and/or temp monitoring then let me know) and on the the temperature graph, I see two distinct temperature readings for the CPU. There's the reading for the CPU "cores" which all display temperatures within margin of each other, and a reading for just "CPU", which is around 10 degrees higher then the reading for the cores. 

 

Which temperature should I be looking at? I'm currently stress testing at 4.2GHz, and it's about 48-49 degrees on the individual cores, and 59 degrees on the "CPU" reading. 

 

With AMD processors you always look at the higher reading, meaning the one for the entire processor and not the individual per-core one. In your case that will be 59C. You can also double check that temperature using AMD Overdrive, since neither HardwareMonitor, nor CoreTemp work well with AMD. 

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With AMD processors you always look at the higher reading, meaning the one for the entire processor and not the individual per-core one. In your case that will be 59C. You can also double check that temperature using AMD Overdrive, since neither HardwareMonitor, nor CoreTemp work well with AMD. 

 

I dunno, HWMonitor works pretty good -- for me at least. The "CPU" reading is pretty close to the BIOS temperature reading.

 

AMD Overdrive is just BS...5*C? 0*C?

 

Room temperature of 18*C ~ 19*C. CPU sitting at 36*C