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Originally posted by GuyBFF:
You may also want to invest in a CompuNurse or the like. I found that readings from the motherboard thermister are between 5-10 degrees over when watercooled. By not having the heatsink fan circulating the air, the motherboard thermister gets hotter than in a heat sink fan application, and normally the BIOS is adjusted to compensate. My DigiDoc 5 shows constantly 6 or more degrees lower with the thermister against the core!
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I agree that with weak airflow mbm readings for water cooling can be as much as 20 degrees higher than actual temps. OTOH, in my case the die-side-mounted thermistor reads 4-5C *higher* than MBM.