I have an i5 2500K with a Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 motherboard and the CPU temperature is off by 9-10-11°.
Screenshot (TouchBIOS is a Gigabyte tool)
The CPU temp (shown by the Gigabyte utility) can't be lower than the system temperature unless you have a liquid chilled or Peltier CPU cooler attached to the CPU. A CPU with a really good heatsink and cooling fan should (as seen by Speccy) run only 5 to 10 C warmer than the overall system temp inside the computer case. I think that Speccy is reporting the correct CPU temp and that the Gigabyte utility is not.
I saw the title and thought "Smoking Hot"
2500 degrees Kelvin
loooool @ Alan_B
Hi there!
I'm wondering myself. I use an i7 2600K @ (actually) 4Ghz on a MSI P67A-GD53 (B3) mainboard.
However, my MSI Control Center says:
CPU = 36° C
System = 33° C
Speccy:
CPU = 43° C
System = 43° C
I'm pretty sure, my BIOS itself is detecting a lower value because my CPU fan is running at 50% efficiency, with a target temperature of 40° C.
