Temperature sensing?

Joe P · 24 Oct 2010 at 20:20

Hi everyone,

i was wondering if you could help me out a little. i was trying to find out how hot my system was running but unfortunately cant find anything to do with it. do my cpu/gpu etc. come with temp sensors as std or do you guys/girls fit them afterwords

Cheers

Joe

cmndr_andi · 24 Oct 2010 at 20:44

Hi there,

If you are looking for accurate temperatures of your CPU and GPU, Coretemp and GPU-Z are what you need, they use the in-built temp sensors on the components.

HWMonitor also gives you loads of temp information on your components.

RJC · 24 Oct 2010 at 20:44

Most modern systems come with temp sensors built in.

Download HW monitor this show most temps on the system, I use this a lot.

Joe P · 24 Oct 2010 at 20:47

cmndr_andi said:
Hi there,

If you are looking for accurate temperatures of your CPU and GPU, Coretemp and GPU-Z are what you need, they use the in-built temp sensors on the components.

HWMonitor also gives you loads of temp information on your components.

RJC said:
Most modern systems come with temp sensors built in.

Download HW monitor this show most temps on the system, I use this a lot.

lovely cheers i'll download it when i get back (assuming its free) :eek:

i was thinking of buying a fan controller too, any idea if they come with there own sensors of do they somehow use the existing ones ?

thanks again

RJC · 24 Oct 2010 at 20:48

Yes there free

Joe P · 24 Oct 2010 at 20:52

RJC said:
Yes there free

nice one cheers is there anything else worth downloading while im on, im planning on gettin a ssd, cpu and gpu cooler tomorrow

gunno do a bit of diy OCing lol should be fun

RJC · 24 Oct 2010 at 20:57

Prime 95 or Intel Burn Test to check for stability, both are free.

What SSD are you looking at getting, I'm running a OCZ vortex 2 60gb

Joe P · 25 Oct 2010 at 08:04

RJC said:
Prime 95 or Intel Burn Test to check for stability, both are free.

What SSD are you looking at getting, I'm running a OCZ vortex 2 60gb

the same one you have, im going to order it as oon as i find my wallet

Joe P · 25 Oct 2010 at 08:11

Just downloaded HWMonitor and Prime95

HWMonitor is spot on and im not too sure what settings to run Prime95 on

Metroid · 25 Oct 2010 at 08:15

Real Temp is by far the best for it.

http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/

Joe P · 25 Oct 2010 at 08:29

Metroid said:
Real Temp is by far the best for it.

http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/

i'll try that too

in the mean time heres a pic

Metroid · 25 Oct 2010 at 08:41

Joe P said:
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Nice, look at mine.

It gets lower than this.

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 25 Oct 2010 at 09:53

What the hell is your ambient temperature to get a minimum temp on one core of 12C

You living in the artic?

Metroid · 25 Oct 2010 at 21:14

lol, ambient temperature 5C.

It gets lower than this, also I messed up with the CPU thermal sensor, only 2 lowly 800RPM fans are working right now because the others were hit by lightning. I'm waiting for 5 Gentle Typhoons 1850RPM. I will leave an update as soon as the fans arrive.