It's the BIOS which interprets the sensor, when I read something like this:
abit guru and my bios.. e6750.. at stock.. 18 C idle 38 C load.. artic pro cooler
abit guru and my bios.. e8400.. at stock.. 4 C idle 4C load.. artic pro cooler..
I have to laught very much... because he's an idiot if he believes such values. The values I got in my test you can see in my review, because I took lots of Everest screenshots, doesn't worry me.
He should get a good board with correct BIOS and shall not trust idiotic "off" temperatures. Everyone who does overclock should always set the fan to max speed when testing.
1st and 3rd screenshot is under load, 2nd and 4th is idle, look yourself:
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5871&Itemid=40&limit=1&limitstart=1best,
Eliot.