Case temperature reading is not ambient temperature

[Zim]

This may sound stoopid, but for a long time I was assuming the my computer's "system temperature" reading was the ambient temperature in my case. Then it occurred to me that this reading is coming from a thermal sensor on the motherboard. Also attached to the motherboard is a powerful source of heat... the cpu. So, as the CPU rises in temp it will also heat the motherboard causing the system temp reading to rise. This, however, does not necessarily represent the ambient temp inside the case.

Is this news to anyone, or have I just woken up from a coma?

 

[otispunkmeyer]

you just woke up

if you want ambient case temps....get one of them 5.25 inch montior bay things that have temp sensors

my ANTEC P160 has two temp probes already so i just have one suspended mid air inside my case. temp now is 23 degrees