Originally posted by: MaverickBP
mobo temps are inaccurate for measuring actual temp...but useful for measuring relative temp
absolutely true. but like you said "relative". So me running somewhere in the neighborhood of 40c, thats pretty effective stock cooling.[/quote]
by relative, i didnt mean the readings are "relatively" close to actual
i meant relative meaning relative to yourself...for example...change in temp is fairly accurate (a change of 2c is actually a change of 2c, while a reading of 40c doesnt mean its close to 40c)
with my dfi lanparty and stock bios the reading was 39ish idel and 49ish load which is nowhere near accurate, actually more like..10C off
after i flashed to a different bios, the reading now reads 28ish idle and 39ish load, which is much closer to actual...
now if i went to stock cooling, most likely i'd have like...45ish load...a relative change of 5-6c compared to my xp120
bottom line...readings mean squat