is Asus Probe II Accurate for temp reading while O/C'ing?

[imported_Conrad]

i am overclocking my e6300 on a p5b deluxe and have been using asus probe II to monitor my temps. when testing cpu load i run dual 32mb super pi's and run everest cpu benchmark loops in the background. but i noticed that at loaad asus probe says 55c and everest asays between 66-67c which is a big difference, all other sensors read identical except cpu. i tried speedfan but it only picks up the HDD sensor. which one should i beleive? i am running mt e6300 at 7x495 at 1.4125v.

 

[n7]

PC Probe is pretty accurate usually.

Run CoreTemp or Intel's Thermal Analysis Tool to check CPU temps also.

 

[imported_Conrad]

i am getting 51c idle, 62 load according to coretemp. are these temps too high?

 

[hennethannun]

core temp reports the temperature of teh on-die temp diode. PC Probe II reports the motherboard CPU diode temp. it is normal for Core temp to report 8-10C higher than PC probe II.

so PC probe II is pretty accurate, but you have to understand WHAT it is reporting (as opposed to something like Core Temp)

 

[n7]

Technically, yes, they are kinda high.

But so are mine.

And so are a zillion other P5B Deluxe users.

In fact, in general, temps on C2D seem very high.

I think mainly because the way temps are measured on C2Ds is different than traditional CPUs.
But maybe i am completely wrong on that...who knows.