[mr_tombuben]

Wouldn't the better solution be to rely on the heatsink temperature instead of on the chip/core temperature then? I mean in the end, the air from the fan is cooling the heat sink, not the chip directly.

[Joker_vD]

Why would it be better? In the end, you would like your CPU to stay (at most) at, say, 40 degrees, not your heat sink — that thing can be at 35 if it needs to.

[hoseja]

Heatsinks don't typically have thermocouples, is the problem.

[pca006132]

but it isn't hard to add thermocouples to a heatsink? perhaps the reason for not doing this is because the improvement is not visible in standard benchmarks? it is not improving the overall performance, not reducing the peak noise, just make the transition smoother...