Are external temp monitors neccessary???

[SpeedFreak03]

I am building a P4 2.6c/Abit IS7 and hopefully o/c to 3.25GHz (13x250FSB). Anyway, how important is it to have a temp monitor, such as a hardcano or nexus? Are the mobo temps pretty accurate? Thanks, Josh

 

[acemcmac]

Depends on the mobo. Abit's temperatures are known to read as much as 10C higher than they would on another mobo- It has to do with the way they measure it i think... try googling it. I forget the details....

 

[SpeedFreak03]

whoa! 10 degrees is a lot!!! I think I will go with an external one. Thanks for your input! BTW, I googled and found similar info.