Who do I trust?

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I just replaced the stock HSF on my system (specs in sig) with an XP-90 and Panaflo 92mm Medium flow fan. My temps before the switch were 45idle/61load according to MSI CoreCenter Utility (after the BIO fix) and 40/57 according to Motherboard Monitor. Load temps are determined after an hour of Prime95. Either way, both seem a little high, with CoreCenter being WAY high. After I installed the XP-90 with AS5, the temps read 40/55 in CoreCenter and 36/49 in MBM. While the MBM temps are nice, the CoreCenter readings look high. My question is, which temp readings are more close to the actual temps? I have heard that MSI CoreCenter temps are always jacked up and that MBM is more reliable. Hopefully that is the case. Any ideas/advice?

Also, my case temps are mid-30's in MBM with 5 - 80 mm Stealth's. 3 inflow, 2 exhaust.
 
well, i don't think either is really accurate, but yes, i think MBM is more accurate...i would say like +/-5*C for MBM...
 
Honestly, the only thing I use reported temps for are referrence to previous temps on the same board. They are just about worthless for comparing one system to another.
 
Well, taking that into consideration, my temps dropped about 6-8 degrees both in idle and load, with both CC and MBM, with the XP-90. :) I hope for even more drops as my AS5 continues to break-in. I guess it was worth it.
 
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