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Message 980698 - Posted: 19 Mar 2010, 0:48:09 UTC


To check the Temperature of the CPU, GPU, MB, HDD you can use:

EVEREST
http://www.lavalys.com/

SIV 'System Information Viewer'
http://www.rh-software.com/

SpeedFan
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php


Motherboard Monitor 5
http://majorgeeks.com/downloadget.php?id=311&file=9&evp=c230ac3b359a1981f1b0a9ee8fa4a983
for old motherboards



The following programs run only on newer CPUs (Intel Core & AMD64)

Core Temp
http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/
check/show in systray the Temperatures of the CPU Cores

Real Temp (Intel Core (and up) processors only)
http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/


TThrottle
http://www.efmer.eu/boinc/download.html
http://www.efmer.eu/boinc/tthrottle_manual.html
for automatic Temperature regulation


 


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Message 981888 - Posted: 21 Mar 2010, 0:40:22 UTC



Know your CPU


Short info:

Maximum CPU temperature and maximum CPU power usage
http://www.heatsink-guide.com/content.php?content=maxtemp.shtml


Long info:

Processor Electrical Specifications (V, A, W, Maximum CPU temperature)
http://mysite.verizon.net/pchardwarelinks/elec.htm


Common page:

PC Hardware Links
http://mysite.verizon.net/pchardwarelinks/


 


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Message 987243 - Posted: 7 Apr 2010, 11:15:11 UTC



Some of these programs (Core Temp, Real Temp, TThrottle) report only the internal CPU temperature measured by internal in-the-CPU-chip diode.

Other (EVEREST, SIV, SpeedFan) report both internal and external (measured by diode (located under the processor) and sensor chip (located on the motherboard)) CPU temperature.

Motherboard Monitor 5 reports only external CPU temperature.

This is why you can see different CPU temperature values.

Intel defines max internal (TJunc) temperature.
AMD defines max "CPU case" (measured at the centre-top of the CPU package) temperature.


 


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Message 989284 - Posted: 15 Apr 2010, 9:38:17 UTC


GPU-Z Video card GPU Information Utility
http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

Shows several temperatures (GPU, Video RAM, ...) of the Video card


 


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Message 993249 - Posted: 1 May 2010, 15:03:00 UTC


EVGA Precision
http://www.evga.com/PRecision/
http://www.evga.com/Precision/faq.asp

Ability to view temperatures in the system tray
Real-Time on-screen display support for ingame temp, framerate, and clock monitoring
In-app temp/clockspeed monitoring of GPU's

EVGA Precision 1.9.1 Download
http://majorgeeks.com/download6209.html?2010-01-23
http://downloads.guru3d.com/EVGA-Precision-1.9.1-download-2454.html


 


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Message 993849 - Posted: 3 May 2010, 18:58:54 UTC

PC Wizard 2010 from www.cpuid.com is also very good at telling you al sorts of things about your PC. Including temperatures etc.
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Message 1014860 - Posted: 12 Jul 2010, 1:40:10 UTC


PassMark BurnInTest
http://www.passmark.com/products/temperature.htm

Hmonitor (Hardware sensors monitor)
http://www.hmonitor.com/

How to Monitor CPU Temperature
http://www.tech-faq.com/how-to-monitor-cpu-temperature.html


 


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Message 1019700 - Posted: 26 Jul 2010, 13:46:45 UTC



HWMonitor
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html



 


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Message 1019710 - Posted: 26 Jul 2010, 14:53:26 UTC

If you have Windows Vista or Windows 7, do also check the "Gadgets" menu on your desktop. Here you can also find good temperature checking applications, although some that check the GPU will need an external program such as Rivatuner running.
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Message 1019787 - Posted: 26 Jul 2010, 20:16:29 UTC

If you get the "GPU Observer" you do not need any external drivers to get GPU temp, load, fan speed etc

if you search on the windows gadget site you can find it quite easily :)
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Message 1019945 - Posted: 27 Jul 2010, 3:13:02 UTC

I'm installing BOINC and I noticed this post and was wondering if, there is a way to limit the usage of BOINC in term of CPU and GPU processing determined by a factor, like 50%?
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Message 1019991 - Posted: 27 Jul 2010, 6:17:16 UTC - in response to Message 1019945.  

If you are running windows, you could try TThrottle.

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