best manual way to read temp of cpu,gpu and system ?

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Kevin Fraser

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Basically my pc is giving off some crazy readings with any software i use to read the temp..... even in bios it starts at 50c then climbs as high as 95c and would climb higher if i didn't exit bios i imagine.

The AMD Apu heatsink always feels cool to touch as does my gpu.

So can these temps be manually measures when the pc is at load ? with a thermometer or something to set my mind at rest. >
 
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well if you don't have anything, i would say go to store and buy one of those thermometers that are digital and have indoor and then outdoor wire (not wireless),
at the end of that outdoor wire is sensor, stick it between heating fins and read the temps,

to give you an idia

http://www.allergyone.com/page/AO/PROD/ACURITEHUMID

it should be something like that, little digital, with wire sensor, i got my for $10, and its very accurate,

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well if you don't have anything, i would say go to store and buy one of those thermometers that are digital and have indoor and then outdoor wire (not wireless),
at the end of that outdoor wire is sensor, stick it between heating fins and read the temps,

to give you an idia

http://www.allergyone.com/page/AO/PROD/ACURITEHUMID

it should be something like that, little digital, with wire sensor, i got my for $10, and its very accurate,

 
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thx1138v2

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Radio Shack has a non-contact thermometer for around $40.00. Maybe $30.00. It comes in handy for a lot of things and should work OK for this as well. If I remember correctly it went up to 110C. You just point it at the surface you want to measure and press a button, hold it for a few seconds, and it gives you a reading. That might be a problem though since the heat sink probably covers the CPU and/or GPU. I guess you could measure the base of the heatsink.

The bigger problem would be what the mobo, CPU, GPU, and/or PSU _think_ the temperatures are. If the onboard sensors are giving bad readings they might start shutting it down (or throtttling back the GPU) even if the actual temperatures are OK.

You might look for BIOS updates and contact the mobo, CPU, and GPU manufacturers about bad temperature readings. It would be good to have the non-contact readings handy when you contact them.
 
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