What temp monitoring software is every one using?

sneakysnail · 20 Sep 2015 at 11:50

I was previously using Aida64 but with the removal of windows gadgets it's not really what I'm looking for any more, Just want a simple layout on the desktop to show cpu, gpu core, gpu vrm, usage %'s and maybe fan RPM. A lot of the other software available don't seem to offer a lot of customisation, I don't need a whole page of voltage reading and each cores usage, Just something quick and easy to glance at on the desktop.

any one know of any good alternatives?

Scottland · 20 Sep 2015 at 12:15

MSI Afterburner, or you could look at a rainmeter skin if you want a desktop gadget type setup.

Bone9 · 20 Sep 2015 at 12:22

HWinfo64 and MSI Afterburner is what I use. How about https://cam.nzxt.com/

Orcvader · 20 Sep 2015 at 12:36

MSI AfterBurner, with my own custom Rainmeter design: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=28476968&postcount=2328

There are alternative Rainmeter themes which will show something more basic, or if you're willing to learn you can design your own to fit your preferences.

sneakysnail · 20 Sep 2015 at 12:40

I always use afterburner for OC and fan profiles but monitoring wise it's not really what I'm after, rainmeter skins seems like something I'll look into though. cam also might be worth a look

Scottland · 20 Sep 2015 at 12:45

Orcvader said:
MSI AfterBurner, with my own custom Rainmeter design: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=28476968&postcount=2328

There are alternative Rainmeter themes which will show something more basic, or if you're willing to learn you can design your own to fit your preferences.

Care to share the rainmeter config?

Orcvader · 20 Sep 2015 at 12:46

sneakysnail said:
I always use afterburner for OC and fan profiles but monitoring wise it's not really what I'm after, rainmeter skins seems like something I'll look into though. cam also might be worth a look

You'll need this to allow Rainmeter to read off from MSI AB: http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=319558

Orcvader · 20 Sep 2015 at 12:50

Scottland said:
Care to share the rainmeter config?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwQJqwBIsTP5V1BwZlNkaVpIZUk/view?usp=sharing

You will need to tweak it, there are some fields I couldn't grab from the system so had to manually set some of them. Make sure to grab the MSI plugin I linked above as well.

andy_mk3 · 20 Sep 2015 at 12:54

I use MSI AB too, which works nicely with my G510 keyboard. It's nice not having anything on-screen while gaming.

Scottland · 20 Sep 2015 at 13:28

Orcvader said:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwQJqwBIsTP5V1BwZlNkaVpIZUk/view?usp=sharing

You will need to tweak it, there are some fields I couldn't grab from the system so had to manually set some of them. Make sure to grab the MSI plugin I linked above as well.

Thanks for that, I just want something decent I can tweak a little

NeilF · 29 Feb 2016 at 13:55

I'm looking to replace my old little LCD display runnning LCD Studio and am thinking of just plugging in a little 7" USB monitor to display system information.

I assume RainMeter would allow me to display (straight from booting up) information on that second 7" screen? Such as:-
- core temps?
- max temps?
- cpu usage?
- frames per second (when plahing games)?
etc?

theMilitant · 29 Feb 2016 at 16:20

MSI Afterburner user here as well.

Craig321 · 29 Feb 2016 at 16:21

I use HWMonitor if I ever need a monitor. I don't really bother watching temps these days though unless I'm fiddling with stuff.

Orcvader · 29 Feb 2016 at 16:50

NeilFawcett said:
I'm looking to replace my old little LCD display runnning LCD Studio and am thinking of just plugging in a little 7" USB monitor to display system information.

I assume RainMeter would allow me to display (straight from booting up) information on that second 7" screen? Such as:-
- core temps?
- max temps?
- cpu usage?
- frames per second (when plahing games)?
etc?

You need to link Rainmeter to a program that can read temps, by itself it can't do this. The link I posted above is a plugin that links it with MSI AfterBurner.

NeilF · 29 Feb 2016 at 16:56

Orcvader said:
You need to link Rainmeter to a program that can read temps, by itself it can't do this. The link I posted above is a plugin that links it with MSI AfterBurner.

..and Rainmeter could be used to create a "display" that would appear on my second 7" (800x480) monitor basically using it's area to display graphs/values etc?

Ideally I'd just want to boot, and it would be there?!

I assume then, if I moved a program into that second 7" monitor it would appear over the top of (replace) the Rainmeter graphics?

ttaskmaster · 29 Feb 2016 at 17:12

HWMon from CPUID, along with CPU-Z and GPU-Z, Speccy, Afterburner... I got quite a lot of crap installed, actually.

Orcvader · 29 Feb 2016 at 17:45

NeilFawcett said:
..and Rainmeter could be used to create a "display" that would appear on my second 7" (800x480) monitor basically using it's area to display graphs/values etc?

Ideally I'd just want to boot, and it would be there?!

I assume then, if I moved a program into that second 7" monitor it would appear over the top of (replace) the Rainmeter graphics?

Yup. The screenshot I posted above is actually on my second screen, so I have somewhere very easy to look while I have a game loaded on the main screen. Apps you open will go on top of Rainmeter as well, so it doesn't really get in the way.

bledd · 29 Feb 2016 at 18:23

I just fire up Speccy from time to time.

I don't bother monitoring temps 24/7

marc2003 · 29 Feb 2016 at 18:57

bledd. said:
I don't bother monitoring temps 24/7

Indeed. I like to monitor stuff on a new build just to make sure everything is running right and it's nice to see GPU/CPU usage in relation to each other when testing new games. But once that is done, forget it.

V F · 29 Feb 2016 at 19:19

bledd. said:
I just fire up Speccy from time to time.

I don't bother monitoring temps 24/7

I remember a time computers used to keep ones room cosy.