Reliable software to see CPU temperature?

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TheWolfRyder

TheWolfRyder

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Hi,

I'm really new to this forum so I hope I ask this in the right place :)

I just build my first pc with a 4670k intel processor, the asrock fatal1ty z87 Killer motherboard and 8gb of Ram. I heard that the new Haswell processors from intel tend to run quite hot so i decided to install an aftermarket CPU cooler (Coolermaster hyper 212 evo).

Because this was my first time i wanted to check if I installed the cooler the right way. I googled how to view CPU temps and found three pieces of software, Coretemp, Realtemp and speedfan. First I ran speedfan while my cpu wasn't under load (I was just running a browser) and got this:
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Then when I ran Coretemp and Realtemp I got this:
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As you can see the temperature readings in Coretemp and Realtemp are way lower than the ones in speedfan? Which should I trust? (I hope Core and Real temp because that would mean my cooler is actually doing his job :))

Thanks!
 
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My favourites are Speedfan and HWmonitor sadly I haven't had any experience with the others but I don't feel that speed fan has ever lied to me.

I believe that it may be because speedfan is using the temperature readings from the motherboard sensor and the other two programs are perhaps using the sensors from the CPU that could be something to consider.
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My favourites are Speedfan and HWmonitor sadly I haven't had any experience with the others but I don't feel that speed fan has ever lied to me.

I believe that it may be because speedfan is using the temperature readings from the motherboard sensor and the other two programs are perhaps using the sensors from the CPU that could be something to consider.
 
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When I run HWmonitor it does indeed tell me that my Motherboard CPUTIN is 38 C (like speedfan tells me) and that my processor itself runs at 20 C (like Core and Real temp tell me). However at which one should I look to determine if my cooler works correctly because I think 38 degrees without any load is a little high for an aftermarket cooler when its winter.
 
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sedona

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Check your settings again. SpeedFan should also report Core0, Core1, Core2, Core3 temperatures separately.

How did you get your chassis fans (Sys Fan and Aux1 Fan) to run at 700 RPM? That's the quiet mode I wanted but unfortunately all my chassis fans ran at max speed 1200 RPM and very noisy.
 
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Mine are 200 mm fans thus they run slower while still being able to move the same amount of air. Yours might be smaller fans that have to run at higher speeds to mantain good thermals.
 
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I like HWMonitor but I can't make it save the display format I wanted. Every time I start it up, I have to adjust the items I want to see or re-size the window to my liking, waste time and can't stick. I don't know if there is alternative software to HWMonitor that shows me all the things I wanted on a single application, instead of opening CPU-Z, GPU-Z, Real Temp, Core Temp, etc etc.

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