Which is the most reliable Core temp monitor program?

funkychimp · 30 Mar 2008 at 18:35

Hi,
I have a Q6600 and am about to start overclocking it. I have installed Speedfan and Core Temp.

However they both report different temps i.e

Speedfan show my cores to be 28c, 28c, 18c & 22c

and Core temp reports 43c, 43c, 33c & 37c respectively.

Why the difference? They cant both be right.

Any help would be most welcome

Thanks

Paulh

Rackerz · 30 Mar 2008 at 18:41

Speedfan, you have to add 15c to the temperatures, so it's actually got your temperatures displaying correctly. Coretemp is the most accurate, well, considered most accurate

.

Monkey Puzzle · 30 Mar 2008 at 18:43

The core temp ones are correct, speed fan gives temps 15C too low iirc (18C for a core would be a very very good temp, being below ambient for most rooms).

rxmac · 30 Mar 2008 at 19:07

For individual readings of the cores I always use core temp, speed fan gives some REALLY odd readings sometimes, ie 127c which is just unbelievable.

funkychimp · 30 Mar 2008 at 19:08

Hi Monkey Puzzle,
Thanks for the quick reply, I have just downloaded HWMonitor which reports the same temps as Core temp. I will bin Speedfan.

Thanks

Paulh.

funkychimp · 30 Mar 2008 at 19:12

Thanks for the advice guys

Paulh

Ben M · 30 Mar 2008 at 19:31

Rackerz said:
Speedfan, you have to add 15c to the temperatures, so it's actually got your temperatures displaying correctly.

I heard that the latest speedfan reads properly (not 100% on that). So perhaps it'd be worth getting the latest version to see if it reads properly (aka the same as coretemp)

naudiz · 30 Mar 2008 at 19:48

With speedfan its one of those things you gotta check out, the last 2 versions of speedfan have had no problem recording my core temps, and measure exactly the same as coretemp and TAT

Naud

Exibit · 31 Mar 2008 at 08:41

Hi

try Real temp and see what you get compared with the other programs listed
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17848893&highlight=real+temp

khrall · 31 Mar 2008 at 10:19

I've got a similar problem to the OP (sorry for the hi-jack

)

E8200 which I've oc'd to 3.2ghz on stock VCore, nothing to drastic, Freezer Pro 7 @ full speed. Running Orthos Blend Test.

Real Temp 2.24 = 45/45
Core Temp 0.97.1 = 55/55
Speed Fan 4.33 = 34/34

Which temp is correct, as I'm wondering how much more room I have to OC

Rackerz · 31 Mar 2008 at 11:08

Both coretemp and Realtemp are correct (speedfan will be correct if you add 15c).

Coretemp is telling you the temperatures it actually is and realtemp is telling you how far away the temperatures are from the tjunction. I think that's right, somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

khrall · 31 Mar 2008 at 11:20

Piccy if that helps, different Tj.Max on core temp and real temp?

Bald-Eagle22 · 31 Mar 2008 at 12:33

What is the latest version of Cortemp please guys ?

Exibit · 31 Mar 2008 at 15:50

Hi

Hope this helps
Core Temp 0.97.1
http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/
Direct Download Link Below
http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/CoreTemp.zip

jonas123 · 31 Mar 2008 at 20:45

Does anyone know how coretemp works? It jumps from 54 degrees ish to 30 almost instantly when I go from 100% workload to 0%. The heat can't dissipate that quickly can it? So i pressume it doesn't take readings off little thermometers in the cores?

rxmac · 31 Mar 2008 at 22:27

khrall said:
I've got a similar problem to the OP (sorry for the hi-jack )

E8200 which I've oc'd to 3.2ghz on stock VCore, nothing to drastic, Freezer Pro 7 @ full speed. Running Orthos Blend Test.

Real Temp 2.24 = 45/45
Core Temp 0.97.1 = 55/55
Speed Fan 4.33 = 34/34

Which temp is correct, as I'm wondering how much more room I have to OC

if in doubt use the hottest readings

InkZ · 1 Apr 2008 at 08:06

coretemp