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Originally posted by SoulEdge
@ nikhsub, I'm not using the same mobo as you, I've got an epox 4pca3+ but so far having only cooled WITH the IHS, I can attest to the cpu sensor being extremely unresponsive. It responds to temperature changes rather slowly and also likes to bounce a bit. Like when I'm sitting at idle, it will usually sit there and go 40-42-40-42. My room temp is usually around 25C but when I open my window right next to the rad and let some 10C air in, it takes 5 mins before the cpu decides to drop to about 38 :shrug:
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Hmm, my board always reacted very quickly to load/idle temps as the readings are on die. What I mean by that is if in an idle state, say 30C for an idle temp, and I run CPU burn, within seconds the temp will shoot up to 36C. Literally in the blink of an eye. This is what I love about the on die readings, they react very quickly to idle/load changes. Your board must not read the on die like the Asus P4 boards. My point is that my 'load resolution' really were quite bad with the IHS, not that the temps were slow to respond. This bunk resolution leads me to believe that with an IHS, there could be something interesting going on OTHER than just bad measuring equipment.
Perhaps with an IHS, there is a point (at least with watercooling at ambient temps) to where increased efficiencies in WB's mean nothing. Maybe the IHS creates such a barrier that once you get to a certain point, (as Bill would say 'good enough') anything beyond that is useless.