Posts by MFarkha

Is monitoring the "Package" temperature reading in HWMonitor neccessary when overclocking? I'm asking because my cores are about 2 - 13 degrees coolor than the "Package" temperature and I'm not sure if thats normal. Some info: MOBO:...

Do you guys monitor the "Package" temperature reading in HWMonitor when overclockign? I'm asking because my cores are about 2 - 13 degrees coolor than the "Package" temperature and I'm not sure if thats normal. Some info: CPU i5-3570k:...

Should I be utilizing that for overclocking or just cores 1-4?

What exactly does the last line named "Packaged" (under the cores) mean? My cores are usually about 10-15 degrees cooler than the "Package" line and I'm not if thats normal.

So its been about 4 years now since I last upgraded and I need a little help narrowing down a mobo. My current setup is socket 775 that I mainly use for gaming and its really starting to show its colors (GW2). I decided to pick up an...