[BillA]

no Scott, I truly do not understand why experience - the only experience available to you guys - is so casually dismissed
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again
you do NOT know the IHS temp, properly measured
who has done so ? data ?

I agree it will be interesting to see the comparison.
I would disregard a diode 'reading' if an actual physical measurement is available, but that is only my preference

Does the "diode" temp = the "die" temp ?
Where is this defined, by whom ?
We have a die temp from JoeC (2 or 3 in fact), another from pH, several from Lee; which is the real deal ?
-> What is the target ?

Not trying to be difficult, just pointing out that some decisions need to be made, at least by the tester putting together a bench.
Shall we launch another impossible popularity debate ?

Can we define "die temp" ?
method of measurement ?
different for AMD and Intel ? (why, how to compare ? - sink performance must be predictable)