[bgbop15]

my e4300 is giving diff. temps in all 3 progs... which one to trust?

 

[saiyanzzrage]

I was thnking the same myself yesterday when I was stress-testing. Coretemp always reads a few degrees lower than TAT. I think I read somewhere that one measures the temps of the die, which will always be hotter. I could be wrong, though.

 

[RyGuy]

Speedfan gives me three readings, two "Core" readings, and a "CPU" reading, the CPU reading is always a couple degrees cooler than either of the cores, so I think they measure each core, and one outside the core, like in the IHS, or on the PCB side.

 

[Guruboy]

They aren't all measuring the exact same thing. As long as changes to your system (like getting a new CPU cooler) make about the same difference for all three readings, then you really shouldn't care all that much.