ASUS PROBE air cooling question

[realms]

I just installed ASUS probe for my P4C800-E and i'm getting an idle temperature of 27-29C. Is this program known to be wrong? I just got done uninstalling my watercooling kit on my gigabyte motherboard and it was reporting temps of 39C-42C idle. I went from the watercooling kit, to a thermalright SLK 900U with a tornado mounted on top and a heavy heavy coating of arctic silver, i'm running a 2.8ghz and may overclock it a bit figured id check to see first.

also my MB idle temperature is 31C

 

[Radical]

If your CPU idle temp is lower than your MB idle temp then ASUS probe is definitely wrong.

 

[Quattro]

Why such a heavy coating of AS?

You only need the smallest bit.

 

[realms]

If your CPU idle temp is lower than your MB idle temp then ASUS probe is definitely wrong.

My cpu has the slk 900U and a tornado on it, and my chipset just has the asus dinky stock heatsink with no fan, i'm just asking if the program has a tendency to be wrong.

Why such a heavy coating of AS?

You only need the smallest bit.

It's not dripping off it's just a bit more than i usually put on. Maybe heavy wasn't the word i was looking for.

I just want to know the application has a tendency to be wrong, i guess i'll just download mbm5 and compare the two.

 

[MrBrian]

The motherboard temp comes from a little winbond chip on your motherboard not your nothbridge.

 

[squirtle632]

Do a search on Asus in the cooling section.
There are links to other post about your concern.
My personal Asus P4P800 is 5°C on the LOW side