Real Temp v Core Temp

[Nick]

Ok, so core temp shows both my cores as of now at: 42 celcius

Real Temp shows both my cores as 31 celcius

Which would you say would be the trusted source here?

 

[hikaricloud]

I don't know too much about RealTemp...I do have CoreTemp and it seems pretty accurate, considering I'm using a MacBook. Idle is always between 54 and 60.

What hardware/cooling are you using?

 

[Nick]

An intel E5200 at 2.5Ghz with a Zalman CNPS9500. I always used coretemp however I was a little curious as to why my CPU temp was quite high. I just looked in the BIOS and it seems to be hanging around 31-33 celcius so I may go by what real temp tells me.

 

[hikaricloud]

I say whatever floats your boat. There's a lot of debate between bios temperature and core temp etc etc. Core temp seems to work for me, though I don't have bios, so I can't check what it says, haha.