P67A-GD80 uEFI 'BIOS' temperatures reading...

Hello,
Few weeks ago I finished my PC build, this time I took my time and planned everything to the last screw and nut. My specification is: Sandy Bridge i7 2600K on P67A-GD80, N580GTX Lightning XE and so on (full specs here http://cauldron.net.tvtrinec.cz/PC_prices.txt , do not mind irrelevant items there, this list was in the first place made for me to track the progress, spendings and my budged to the last penny). It went outstandingly well, but there is one thing, that still bounces in my head. Prior to Windows installation, I was fiddling a little bit in the motherboards uEFI BIOS, and noticed significant overheating according to the BIOS readings. With everything set, good aftermarket cooler - Cooler Master V6GT nicely sitting on top of the brilliant piece of 32nm technology - i7 2600K and "sticked" with one of the best thermal compound in the world - Shin-Etsu X23-7783D.
EDIT: Aaah, sorry, I sent it accidentally before completing it... continued
So with this setting, my readings in the BIOS (I flashed the latest BIOS version 10.4) were over 50°C on the CPU, I thought that it was really high, so maybe I did not apply thermal paste properly (Shin-Etsu is known for being really thick and dense), unmounted heatsink, cleaned everything with ArctiClean 1/2 and applied again, this time really perfectly thin layer. This knocked temperatures about 5-8°C down (with 40°C on start building up over time to about 48°C), but still quite high for idling Sandy Bridge on stock clocks and voltages with this setting :| . I was sad, so I ordered many different high performance thermal compounds (as you can see in a link of the specification list above) and solutions, and prepared myself for looong testing session.
Meanwhile I just installed OS Windows 7 Ultimate, and started playing with settings and installing drivers and so. Then I noticed, it was in MSI Control Center, that core temperatures are not that bad (ranging from 26 to 33°C on all cores idle), and the CPU temperature reading in Green Power card there (Control Center) is even 23°C! I started reading and googling, and people often said that BIOS temperatures are somehow faulty, that CPU in BIOS is not really idling and so...
I downloaded some other third party utilities and software (CPUID HWMonitor, SpeedFan, Real Temp...) and temperatures there were similar with MSI Control Center, around 30°C on all cores idle. I just do not know how many sensors there are on the motherboard, and which software I can trust. Temperatures are similar but not exactly the same, and redings from BIOS are completely off.
If you have anything to this topic, share it with me please.
Jan

Well yeah, that's what people say everywhere, that BIOS puts some load on CPU. But now, in Windows, what software should I trust in showing real temperatures? Or what are people using most? In what software for example you are checking temperatures? And what are "normal" values for each core, motherboard or CPU as a whole?
And one related query, what about those power saving settings in BIOS? Can they change CPU temperature by that many °C? I mean items like EuP 2013, CPU Phase Control, C1E and Intel C-States, EIST or Power Technology. I know that I will probably need to disable them, since I am going to overclock that Sandy Bridge, but I will appreciate some more info on those. Again, I was googling, found some inconsistent info and opinions about "green power" settings and OC, but the more info from more sources, the better... Thank you

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    Bernard, Froggy and flobelex, much appreciated.  Can I ask if your answers remain the same in concern the G3 board as they did for the B3?
    My reply would still be similar to Reply #2. Since you do have a 'G3', one benefit would be the ability to run a PCI-E 3.0 graphics card to it's full potential. Even PCI-E 3.0 is not all that superior in performance to earlier PCI-E 2.0 revisions. I have both, a GD80(G3) with a Sandy CPU and Ivy BIOS, and one with an Ivy. Rather than go into all the details, they both suck as far as I am concerned, with the Ivy CPU rig being the worse! The Ivy UEFI/BIOS's IMO are not ready for prime time. Even with two PCI-E 3.0 GTX680 cards in SLI, my eyes don't see any real world visual benefit over them running at PCI-E 2.0 on the other mainboard.
    Soon as an ironclad user level procedure is developed that I can restore both primary and secondary chips back to Sandy BIOS's and ME7, I will do so. The Ivy CPU will be sold off. Performance wise, the 2700k is a kickbutt CPU compared to an Ivy on a 6 series chipset mainboard!    

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