Are these temp readings correct?

[drees]

Hi gang,

Using SiSoft Sandra, it reports these temps:

Board Temp: 24.1C
CPU Temp: 34.8C
Power/Aux Temp: 53.8C

Now using MBM, I had always assumed that the Power/Aux temp was the CPU temp, the CPU temp was the Board temp, but then what's the lowest temp a measurement of?

Is SiSoft Sandra wrong?

 

[SWScorch]

Its probably wrong. Most likely, the lowest temp is the motherboard or "case temp," the middle one could be the Power Supply temp, and the highest one is most likely the CPU temp. What motherboard are you using?

 

[drees]

I should have thought of this before posting, but I looked in the BIOS to check (it's an Abit KT7A).

The 53.8C temp is the CPU temp, the 34.8C temp is the system temp. No idea what the 24.1C temp is, could it be the ambient temps? Seems a bit cool for inside my case, though.

 

[FlowerMan]

What mobo is that? Most likely it has 3 sensors: CPU, chipset, and case ambient. Some mobos have a 2 pin header for an external thermistor to be plugged in. I'm assuming you have an AMD CPU, so don't worry if your CPU temp is a little high because the in-socket thermistor is horribly inaccurate.