Best temp monitoring program for Sandybridge 2700K?

mda96bjh · 9 Apr 2013 at 22:18

Just a quick question to see what the forumites prefer....

It does not look like my old favourite Realtemp has been updated for ages!... And coretemp doesn't look much better.... Will either of these give me reasonably accurate temps on my Maximus V mobo.... I don't want to resort to the Asus bloatware AI suite for monitoring....

Thanks

Sliver · 9 Apr 2013 at 22:24

Well as all temp monitoring software are looking at the same sensors on your CPU, I don't think it matters which one you use. Core Temp and Real Temp work just fine.

mda96bjh · 9 Apr 2013 at 22:29

Sliver said:
Well as all temp monitoring software are looking at the same sensors on your CPU, I don't think it matters which one you use. Core Temp and Real Temp work just fine.

Do both still work despite any recent updates to reflect recent CPUs & chipsets?

Sliver · 10 Apr 2013 at 02:55

As far as I know, yes.

Ollie1132 · 10 Apr 2013 at 06:24

Realtemp, coretemp, CPUID HWmonitor take your pick they all do the same job.

Doco · 10 Apr 2013 at 16:01

Aye I use realtemp GT Myself - does the job

Doomedspeed · 10 Apr 2013 at 17:27

Ollie1132 said:
Realtemp, coretemp, CPUID HWmonitor take your pick they all do the same job.

Same here. Tend to use HWMonitor as it has GPU temps too.

mda96bjh · 10 Apr 2013 at 22:43

Doomedspeed said:
Same here. Tend to use HWMonitor as it has GPU temps too.

Not used HWmonitor before - might give that one a go - ta

unclewebb · 11 Apr 2013 at 00:39

RealTemp T|I Edition
http://www.overclock.net/t/1330144/realtemp-t-i-edition

This version has a few more features for the 4 core Sandy and Ivy Bridge CPUs. Intel standardized reading core temperatures from their CPUs when the original Core i was introduced in November 2008. When it comes to core temperatures, not a lot has changed since then.

IRLeetly · 11 Apr 2013 at 09:12

I use Hwmonitor and RealTemp. Hwmonitor is always off by a few degrees for my chip but it does have voltages and gpu stats.

horrorxpunk · 11 Apr 2013 at 09:33

The maximums V sensors work great; I actually use intel extreme utility to measure my temperatures a lot of the time, and it works well with HWMonitor.

The only issues to watch out for is when using AMD chips sometimes the programs have not been updated to monitor the new trinity processors or FX processors correctly.

PaulyD · 11 Apr 2013 at 09:55

Realtemp or Coretemp in my experience.