QUOTE(chipD @ Mar 21 2008, 03:42 AM)
Heatsink temps dont mean $hit.You could take a reading from a heatsink, then take it off to do a xclamp mod, or add as5, then put it back on and get a lower reading, then you think you dropped some degrees....but what if you didnt tighten the clamps right, or applied too much as5.....guess what.....your heatsink temps will be lower, but your core will be hotter.
also if your heatsink is not seated your heatsink could be cool why your core is pretty much smelting its self.
If you wanna cool the whole system f the heatsink temps and worrie about your case temps. the air inside the case.
Edit. 70c for a gpu temps aint to bad. it should be good to about 100C give or take a few. Most of your ati gpu's hit around 60-70 stock so its not to bad but i never like my gpu's going over 60c. Now the cpu temp is very bad. 70 is to hot for a 90nm cpu. 60c should be the max it should hit but thank MS for that one. Remember the 65nm cpuz have less tollerance for heat so 70c on a 65nm is much worse than 70c on a 90nm.
temps are accruate to 1/100th of a degree useing the equipment i got. I do alot of benchmarking and overclocking $1,100 CPU's for benchmark runs on LN2 and phase so i gotta have somthing that can take accruate readings.