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Best CPU monitoring program

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  • Temperature Monitor
  • Computers
  • Windows 7
  • CPUs
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January 20, 2014 6:57:58 AM

What is the best CPU temperature monitoring program out there. My computer is running Windows 7 Pro 64bit.

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January 20, 2014 7:03:33 AM

coretemp http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/ :D  you could even minimize it and show you the different readings at the taskbar ,very convenient :D  also HWmonitor is also good :3 I use both of them xD
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January 20, 2014 7:10:15 AM

I use HWmonitor and Hwinfo since it can be minimized to the task bar.
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January 20, 2014 7:40:56 AM

So can Coretemp :) 
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January 20, 2014 8:03:38 AM

If you have an Intel CPU, I'd highly recommend the Intel Extreme Tuning Utility. The GUI is very well built, much more so than CoreTemp, etc. IMO.
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January 20, 2014 8:14:42 AM

I have tried that before. It installs all sorts of low-level-drivers deep into Windows. These drivers eat up performance, and I even had stability issues. When you uninstall the utility, the drivers remain active in the system. What is the use of a fancy GUI when the software is not stable? I can only advise against any such "tuning" software. The gain is never worth the hassle.
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January 20, 2014 8:16:30 AM

Oh, really? I didn't know that. How did you remove the low-level drivers then? Thanks for telling me about this.
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January 20, 2014 8:32:14 AM

I did this many months ago, so I do not remember exactly how I proceeded, but I have vast knowledge about Windows and probably waded through registry entries and checked services and processes. Perhaps I even looked for driver files on the hard disk based on their date. Something along that line.

Bottom line is that you cannot do it unless you really know what you are doing in Windows. The complexity of this is probably why Intel refrained from writing a proper uninstallation routine for this. The danger of rendering the Windows installation unusable was too high from their standpoint, so they resorted to leave the drivers in place.

Again, I am writing all this based on my memories from half a year ago, so not everything needs to be accurate.
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January 20, 2014 8:58:06 AM

I'm partial to AMD Overdrive, but Coretemp and HWMonitor have served me well too
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January 20, 2014 2:05:28 PM

My CPU is a AMD
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January 20, 2014 5:13:18 PM

try coretemp and hwmonitor :) 
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January 21, 2014 8:08:10 AM

and K10stat :D 
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October 10, 2014 9:53:57 AM

**** CoreTemp unfortunately has an exploit at the moment and is unsafe to use. ****

alsysio64.sys turns up in Rougekiller.

I had been using the program for years so I'm very disappointed. Hopefully they update CoreTemp one day.
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Calculatron said:
I'm partial to AMD Overdrive, but Coretemp and HWMonitor have served me well too


Thermal margin is great.
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