Who do I trust??

[Wyldinstinct]

Hey folks, quick question...

I have an Asus A7N8x Deluxe with an XP 2500+ (doesn't everybody?)

Anyway, the temp on Asus PC Probe reads about 7-9 degrees hotter than the bios. Which one of those is the most reliable source?

Also, how good is the stock amd HS? would upgrading to a better HS give me some serious droppage in temp?

The pc is on a desk, and the surrounding temp is nice an cool with a ceiling fan running 24/7 and deskfan blowing right into the intake fan (1 intake/1 exaust). Temp runs about 50c Idle oc'd 11xmulti fsb 200 and default volt (1.65)

Thanks in advance

[Wyldinstinct]

oops, 50c idle according to pc probe......

[Buzioid]

try another program, I would trust your BIOS though.

[Telexen]

Don't trust the BIOS ... it's so far off on these nforce2 boards it's ridiculous. I don't even trust Asus Probe with my A7N8X Deluxe ... I use MBM5

Also make sure you have the latest BIOS ... Asus has been playing around with temperature compensation.

[RedFury]

Jeez, I'd hardly worry much. OC'd and running 50C isn't the end of the world...what does it run at normal Clock speed?

I agree though, find a couple of different programs and see who comes out consistant with who.

[Telexen]

Grab MBM5 and use this to help you set it up ... there's a few links in there with the data files for the < rev 2.0 and > rev 2.0 so you don't have to set anything up if you don't want to...notice there is a difference in sensors between revision 1.0x and 2.0

[Wyldinstinct]

Honestly, temps only run about 4-5 degrees cooler on normal clock speeds. I'm not EVER running too hot or really super cool ..../shrug....checking out mbm as we speak, thanks a mill

[Wyldinstinct]

looks like the bios is trying to pull a fast one on me, MBM5 is staying in line with pc probe at 50 deg's. darn those Asus tricksters...

[RedFury]

The next logical questions would be, what's your Heatsink/Fan and hows the airflow in your case?

If you haven't already, check out my ultimate airflow thread and add to the discussion if you find you need better a better cooling solution.

[Wyldinstinct]

stock amd hs ~ 1 intake (hold laughter) fitted in 2 of the drive bays, 1 exaust ( need to cut out the grill). they run directly across the CPU, but I realize this method is getting me very shallow results. I need a new case, big time....