I am giving up on Intel and have bought an AMD Ryzen 9950X3D

Re:I am giving up on Intel and have bought an AMD Ryzen 9950X3D by epolanski on Monday September 08, 2025 @03:45AM (#45165611)

I always wonder: how many sensors are registering that temp?

Because CPUs can get much hotter in specific spots at specific pins no? Just because you're reading 100, doesn't mean there aren't spots that are way hotter.

My understanding is that modern Intel CPUs have a temp sensor per core + one at package level, but which one is being reported?

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Re:I am giving up on Intel and have bought an AMD Ryzen 9950X3D by lucianbr on Monday September 08, 2025 @08:31AM (#45167472)

There's no way on Earth Intel hasn't thought of this. Probably the sensors are in or near the places that get the hottest, or they are aware of the delta and have put in the proper margin, or something like that.

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Re:I am giving up on Intel and have bought an AMD Ryzen 9950X3D by epolanski on Monday September 08, 2025 @09:41AM (#45168155)

I haven't said they didn't think about it, I'm just asking due to sheer ignorance.

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