has it ever occurred to you that the definition of "gaming PC" is simply a PC that can game?
When the poster posted 'ITX' I had no idea what that was. Looked it up and it seems to be the Intel Atom (not sure what AMD's is called) mobos.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini-ITXModern Example:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131840They appear to have branched out the 'role' from just a simple Media Center computer attached to a TV/Projector. To a Low- to Mid- range computer.
"Gaming PC"
"A gaming computer (also gaming PC and sometimes called a gaming rig) is a personal computer that is capable of playing computationally demanding video games."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaming_computerGuess I'm just old school.

I've never considered a computer that couldn't play a "big title" (Crysis, Skyrim, Far Cry, and the like) with the settings (excluding Shadows) set to maximum as a Gaming PC.
they really should go back to core+fintemp comparisons. it should be noted that even if the core temp is higher, if the fin's temp is lower then the overall heat dissipated is still lower.
Wouldn't the Core sensor and the CPU sensor do just that. Or at least close enough.
I have an i7-920, in a EVGA X58 Classified (Model 760) mobo, and if I install say EVGA's E-LEET software there's a Core #1,#2,#3,#4 Sensor reading, as well as, a CPU Temp reading. The Core readings are about 10c higher than the CPU Temp.
I would assume by the temps that the Core is the actual chip dies inside the CPU Case and the CPU Temp is the case.
PS: OP, you lost yet? Cause I'm getting there
