Temperature Discrepancies

[pekingman]

I downloaded EVEREST Home Edition to monitor the temps of the system and I'm curious as to why the CPU temp in EVEREST is about 15 degrees higher than what the bios says. Which one is correct? What does everyone else use to monitor thei temps under load???

 

[aGreenAgent]

Could it just be getting hotter as the system boots up?

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

In my experience and research, I've found that BIOS is more accurate. I was having all kinds of problems with my SuperMicro mobo, and it's temps and voltage readings using the program that came with it (Super Docter II), only to find out it was a combination of too much equipment, too little power supply, and a bad program version. Hope this helps. Also, you could always get a thermometer from places like www.frozencpu.com, and see what it says as well.
Tas.

 

[montag451]

The BIOS might be more accurate at startup, but to check the temps during windows you'll never know unless you have a third party temperature hardware thingymajig

 

[drwngflies]

Everest, SiSoftSandra,SpeedFan, are all Program-Based applications, which are designed to compliment a Variety of MB's. This leaves alot of room for temp and fan speed discrepancies. Believe what your BIOS has to say, or buy a quality temp monitoring hardware device to get the most accurate readings.
I use the GigaByte EZtune5, SpeedFan, and Sandra here. (average the readings)