apps to monitor core temp & fan speeds

Ananda1122 · 4 Jun 2007 at 10:51

just wondering what programs you all use to monitor core temp and fan speeds and the like?

El Jimben · 4 Jun 2007 at 10:55

For temps, most use coretemp or TAT. For fan speeds, I'd suggest Speedfan I spose.

Hedge · 4 Jun 2007 at 11:05

I just got that coretemp program, is it normally accurate?

Asus probe is rating 29 degrees for my cpu, thats after 20 mins of CSS just now, and core temp is saying each of my cores on my e4300 are 21 degrees. Surely they cant be that low

schumi84 · 4 Jun 2007 at 11:05

Or you could just use Everst Ultimate Edition as that measures everything and allows you to place the readings in the quick launch bar at the bottom.

Nicos Rex · 4 Jun 2007 at 11:11

schumi84 said:
Or you could just use Everst Ultimate Edition as that measures everything and allows you to place the readings in the quick launch bar at the bottom.

As a bonus, you can set it up as a Vista sidebar gadget.

Ananda1122 · 4 Jun 2007 at 19:13

Well my rpm is now 2850

Cpu temp 29
MB Temp 35

This is idle

Isnt the rpm a bit high???

Teaf · 4 Jun 2007 at 19:36

RPM sounds right for a AF7 Pro on full whack.

Also, the tools I use for monitoring CPU temps is Core Temp. Never really found a reliable program to monitor my case fans, so I tend to go off what I have them set too on the little switch attatched to them (Low/Medium/High).

fobose · 4 Jun 2007 at 19:44

I still use motherboard monitor 5 to monitor my temps/fan speeds. My motherboard is old though

Ananda1122 · 4 Jun 2007 at 20:35

What does the red bit mean?

Ananda1122 · 4 Jun 2007 at 20:55

Comes up with a voltage warning. have no clue what that means and should i be worried?

Teaf · 4 Jun 2007 at 21:00

After googling, people suggest that you should disable Linkboost and Nvidia GPU ex in the BIOS to get it back to 1.2v. But you probably want a better explanation or opinion on that, since I have no idea what it is and just had a look on google

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w3bbo · 4 Jun 2007 at 21:02

Ananda1122 said:
Comes up with a voltage warning. have no clue what that means and should i be worried?

Ananda1122 · 4 Jun 2007 at 21:03

What is linkboost?

w3bbo · 4 Jun 2007 at 21:23

It overclocks the PCI-e.

Have you read the manual? It should explain all this in there m8.

Ananda1122 · 4 Jun 2007 at 22:30

Not really the pc was bought already made from OC UK Ultima 8800 GTS so i assumed they would sort all this out

Do you think i should contact them?

w3bbo · 4 Jun 2007 at 22:41

Is it pre-overclocked? If so and you are really worried then go into the bios and reset defaults. The voltage used isn't exactly excessive its just 'out of spec' according to asus' monitoring software.

Ananda1122 · 4 Jun 2007 at 22:44

w3bbo said:
Is it pre-overclocked? If so and you are really worried then go into the bios and reset defaults. The voltage used isn't exactly excessive its just 'out of spec' according to asus' monitoring software.

Yes it is pre-over clocked il just leave it for now and email them tomorrow. What exactly should i say to them? surely they should test it before they sell it anyway?

Hedge · 4 Jun 2007 at 23:39

Ananda1122 said:
Yes it is pre-over clocked il just leave it for now and email them tomorrow. What exactly should i say to them? surely they should test it before they sell it anyway?

Is yours definately overclocked?

there was a kid on here before who bought a similar pc and OCUK hadnt actually overclocked it at all, but charged him for the privilage

Ananda1122 · 5 Jun 2007 at 00:24

Hedge said:
Is yours definately overclocked?

there was a kid on here before who bought a similar pc and OCUK hadnt actually overclocked it at all, but charged him for the privilage

Im pretty sure its over clocked

Hows a definate way to tell??

Hedge · 5 Jun 2007 at 00:50

Ananda1122 said:
Im pretty sure its over clocked

Hows a definate way to tell??

Run CPU-Z and check if it shows the speed they claim it is