Does this sound right?

[13oots2]

I have a ThermoEngine with the 7200 Delta fan. Since removing the thermal pad and applying thermal grease my temps are now 45 C idle and up to 50 C load on a 1000@1130 Thunderbird. I also moved the socket thermistor so that it was in direct contact with the CPU. My Mobo temp is 23.7 C, by all accounts my temps should be about 5-8 C lower than they are now. The HSF is seated correctly and thermal paste applied as per recommendations. BIOS readings at startup show the CPU temp to be 31-33C
Could it be that moving the socket thermistor altered the accuracy of the temps. I have no problems with stability and run Seti 50% of the time. Due to constraints with settings on my MoBo this is as far as I can O\C.
It puzzles me as to why my temps are so high, any ideas?

[sfa ok]

It's possible that the motherboard readings are just incorrect. If you want truely accurate readings, you need something like the compunurse that sits on the side of the cpu core. I seriously doubt that your temps are that high with that cooler.

[sfa ok]

Is this using the bad clip you mentioned in "Vendor discussion"? If it is, it could be that there wasn't enough pressure.

[13oots2]

No they supplied me with a brand new clip, fitted today. I've a feeling it's because I moved the thermistor. I'm puzzled as I have seen higher clocked machines with much lower temps. Also the WPCredit registry patch lowered my idle temps by wait for it ...........0.5C.

[CSaddict]

Mostlikely the temps reported are incorrect. I have very bad reported temps from my Asus probe setup.

[13oots2]

Found another post with another Gigabyte board. In short old MoBo 42 C idle. Then same processor and HSF put on Gigabyte 52 C idle. Not absolute proof, but good way to re-assuring me.
Thanks for help topic closed.
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