BIOS In Windows

[VoX]

Many people complain that they can't find core temperatures etc whilst in Windows, only when they are in the BIOS.

Check out this (http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php) it is made by the same company that make CPU-Z (CPUID.)

[Chalex4]

Sorry Vox, but you shouldn't use that monitoring software. Most people theses days use CoreTemp (http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/) since it has been proven to be much more reliable when monitoring temperatures over the rest of the competition. Everyone on the Overclockers forums swears by it, including me.

Remember that the temperature you see in the BIOS is not the core temperature of your CPU, it is what the motherboard is reporting it as, which is always lower than what CoreTemp will say it is.

[ez64]

All that matters is that the software reads from the onboard diodes for each chip on the wafer's, not from the diodes around the cpu area on the motherboard thats nearly always reported in the bios.

But id definatly go for the longer running and more supported product as they usually and kinked the bugs and incompatibilty's out for most cores today.

[Mr.Big]

im idle watching stargate xD but it goes around 42°C, but TCase Max is 55°C is that bad or good ? i ask ?

[ez64]

Thats fine for most cores unless the ambient tempreture was 15c.

[Vicious Horizon]

My laptop probably hits about 120 just sitting there XD But then again, Vista seems to have brought its friendly oven with it :D

[ez64]

it wont be 120c as nearly every core's these days have thermal limits of about 100c before they shut down, mobile cores are even lower shutting down around 70c.

edit: didnt see the "probably". /I fail.