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post #31 of 34

7/27/12 at 8:23pm

michael0392
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touche, just downloaded now..

CPU	Motherboard	RAM	Hard Drive
AMD Athlon II X2 250	BIOSTAR N68S3+	G. SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1333	Crucial M4
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS
Samsung Spinpoint HD403LJ	Samsung Free Agent	Samsung SH-S223Q	Windows 7 64-bit
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AOC e2243fwk (2x)	Logisys CS368RB	CA 29S 2.1
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AMD Athlon II X2 250	BIOSTAR N68S3+	G. SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1333	Crucial M4
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS
Samsung Spinpoint HD403LJ	Samsung Free Agent	Samsung SH-S223Q	Windows 7 64-bit
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post #32 of 34

7/31/12 at 5:21am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by poro

yeah, but why use hwmonitor or coretemp when amd overdrive show always right temps.
hwmonitor and coretemp is good for intel, but amd overdrive is specialy made for amd cpus and must be best for AMD cpus

How do you know it is more accurate?

Have you measured your temperature sensors with an infrared thermometer?

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Phenom II X3 720 @ 3.5 (1.39v)	Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P	ASUS 5850 @ 880/1180 (1.118v)	4gb 1333mhz G.Skill DDR3
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
64gb Crucial M4 SSD	3x 250gb WD2500JD - RAID0	1tb WD1001FALS	1tb WD10EARS
Optical Drive	Cooling	OS	Monitor
Pioneer DLDVD/CDRW	Arctic Freezer Pro 64	Win 7 64bit Ultimate	E2305 LG 23" LED
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
Filco Majestouch II Ninja Tenkeyless	Fortron BlueStorm II 500w	CM 690II Advanced	Razer DeathAdder
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generic	Echo Miamidi PCI	M-Audio BX5a Studio Monitors
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Phenom II X3 720 @ 3.5 (1.39v)	Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P	ASUS 5850 @ 880/1180 (1.118v)	4gb 1333mhz G.Skill DDR3
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
64gb Crucial M4 SSD	3x 250gb WD2500JD - RAID0	1tb WD1001FALS	1tb WD10EARS
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Pioneer DLDVD/CDRW	Arctic Freezer Pro 64	Win 7 64bit Ultimate	E2305 LG 23" LED
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7/31/12 at 8:15am

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I guess I'm just lucky but hwmonitor, coretemp and overdrive all show the same temps on my 840 for the 4 cores. But hwmonitor also provides other temps like the VRM and GPU.

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AMD FX-6300	ASUS M5A97 R2.0	Sappire 7850 1G DDR5	Samsung wonder RAM 2x4
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Intel X25-V 40G solid state	Seagate 500G 7200.11	generic DVD	Corsair H60
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AMD Phenom II 840	Biostar A780L3G	Sapphire 6750 1G GDDR5	Crucial Balistic 2x2G
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WD 80G PATA	WD 80G SASA	Samsung	AMD black edition cooler
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Win 7 64 bit	HP 22" 1680x1050	Microsoft Sidewinder X4	Corsair 430
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WD 80G PATA	WD 80G SASA	Samsung	AMD black edition cooler
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7/31/12 at 8:57am

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I prefer Coretemp with a 13C+ offset, it's about 1 degree higher than the Socket Tempature then

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Phenom X6 1055T 4.2GHz NB 3.1GHz	ASUS Crosshair V	XFX 7950 DD 1000/1400	8GB G.Skill TridentX 1652MHz CL7-7-8-20-22 1T
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Coolermaster Silent Pro 700W	Coolermaster Storm Scout Mod
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Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
OCZ 60GB Vertex 2E - 3x HDD's	Samsung Blu-Ray Drive	Custom W/C Loop	Windows 7 64bit
Power	Case
Coolermaster Silent Pro 700W	Coolermaster Storm Scout Mod
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