Which temperature is right?

DyslexicHobo

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Well I've been having some trouble with temperature readings. When I start up my computer, it starts at 40C and slowly rises to about 42.5C. In MotherBoard Monitor 5, it says my CPU is about 33C at idle.

I would believe my Bios, but the thing is, even before I got my new ThermalTake Silent Tower heatsink and Arctic Silver 5, it said the exact same temperature. It seems that the mid-30s would be more accurate.

Which temperature should I believe?