Hi everyone, What's some good software for checking the temperatures in your computer? Also, what sort of temperatures should I be looking for in my components? Thanks.
I personally use speedfan (because i can adjust my fan speed aswel) And i use catalyst control centre if i want to check up on my GPU, for cpu 30-40 idle (ish) try and keep it under 65(ish) load. GPU's really depend, but 80+ is pushing it abit. Other people will say differently, but thats what i like to keep my hardware at.
HWMonitor is nice for all temperatures, that's mostly what I use for quick checks. For specific components - CoreTemp (basic) or Real Temp (more detailed) for processor. GPU-Z for graphics card. RivaTuner works well with nVidia cards especially as it controls fan speeds too. They are all fairly small utilities, so you can go with a mixture should you need to check temperatures within the OS. I'm using SpeedFan at the moment for a C2D system so it'll adjust the CPU_FAN speed on-the-fly. It does however detects each of the cores as much cooler than every other program and BIOS sensors, so I offset it in the settings. The Q-Fan control doesn't work quite well with the BIOS on this board.
I recommend (but not free) Everest (it does a lot more things). If you want to use just for a few days, than there is a 30 day trial. It shows you temps on everything, including HDD's, as well as current system speed, stress test system component (except GPU), monitor CRT/LCD image diagnostic, and provide deep details of your system configuration. It's pretty cool. Generally processors max temps are 100-105 degree Celsius. If you are under that you good. HDD temp depends on the HDD itself... some are hotter than others, depending on how it's installed (suspended, or not), air flow, HDD speed motor, and number of platters. If HDD overheats, the HDD turns off to prevent damage, making your computer freeze. If you are looking for durability, the best is not to have the processor jump too much in temperature between idle and load. For instance idle 30 and load 90... this is bad, But 30 idle and 50 load, that is fine/better. Every processor is different (CPU/GPU), so there are no recommendation. For instance, my Geforce 6600 GT idle temps was 70C, and under load 80C, despite having high quality thermal paste, a good by reviews heatsink replacement, and plenty of case air flow. My GTX 260 with huge ass heatsink, is much cooler idle, and doesn't even reach 80 under load.
+1, I use this app and its great, there is alot of stuff that you can see with this software, e.g. detailed info about all components in the pc such as CPU, Hard drive etc. you can even get the serial number of a component using this software. Recommended.
Most decent motherboard manufacturers ship some basic software with their boards if you only want to check the temperatures. The Asus software lets you customise what temps to display.
i use coretemp ok temps completely depend on the CPU make and model. the i7 thermal junction is at 100C so temps of around 80C under load are perfectly ok but i woudnt want my AMD X2 6000+ running at 80C as max temp is 63C as stated by AMD what CPU do you have ?
Thanks for the advice, guys. I couldn't find temperatures on the trial version of Everest, I'm probably just being slow. I downloaded HWMonitor instead and here are the results: Motherboard: MSI AMD 790FX-GD70 Will go and check to see if these are okay. Edit: Pretty sure that's all the temp's I could get.
Ah that sucks it doesn't show HDD temps in trial mode.. oh well... Well at least it's not really important, in any case.
Hi I'd recommend everest as well It's great that you can have a on screen display of the important temps
