A good software to monitor the temperature

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kevin0

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My PC
Intel Core i5-4430 Haswell (with Intel fan )
ASRock B85M
Kingston ValueRAM 4GB DDR3 1333MHz CL9
Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002 500GB 7200.14 SATA 6Gb/s HDD
SeaSonic S12II Bronze 520W 80 PLUS Certified PSU
GTX 660
Cooler Master K280 Mid Tower

I wonder if there is a good software to monitor the temp specially while playing ? then I will post results here to see if it normal.
BTW I didn't touch the fans default settings of the CPU and the GPU. I had only edited the chassis fan speed from the BIOS
And finally if there is any advice about anything it will be great because I have a low experience.
Thanks.
 
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HWMonitor Pro is a nice monitoring software, just make sure to enable it's log feature and leave it running background while you play.
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Last year I did a temp check with HWMonitor free, CPU and GPU both was about 60 I was checking it from time to time while playing BF3 on monitor 1336 x 768. I don't know if this the write way to know the temp.
And I think the CPU fan doesn't run at the maximum speed while temp is jumping to 50 or even 60 (with the Intel fan) I can see this in a motherboard program from ASRock, why are they doing this default setting ? regard to GPU i have no idea about fan reach maximum speed or not.
So what do u think should I have to speed CPU & GPU fans up or just let its at the default settings ? since i use this PC for gaming most times.

And I notice that when I start play BF3 everything run ok but after about 10 minutes the game become little bit lag I think its because of temperature but this is annoying.
Regards.
 
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At BIOS you can set the way your CPU fan behaves, usually is set as "auto" but you can change it to maximum performance, thus ensuring it will work at full speed.

Regarding the GPU you could modify it's fan speed with MSi Afterburner (if the fan supports it) but that would be only necessary if you see GPU is going beyond 75ºC.

With only 4GB of RAM it's very likely that your games like BF3 start using the virtual memory once your 4GB are completely used, being the HDD way slower than RAM it's common to feel the game starting to lag/slow down, only fix for that is to get more RAM (BF3 uses usually around 6GB).
 
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I can even customize the CPU fan from BIOS but .. is there a reason WHY its set to work with this "default" settings ? I mean why they didn't set the perfect speed at each point of heat ! maybe there is a reason or not idk
And what about the period I have used this PC in gaming with the default CPU fan setting I mean is that may cause a damage or shorten the PC life ?, CPU temp was 60 while playing I was checking its temp the way I had mentioned before & GPU as well.
I think I will not touch the GPU because it was 60 C
any way I will use HWMonitor again and see.
And yeah I was thinking to buy another 4g ram.
thanks a lot. and I don't know if u can understand my English because I think i'm not good. :)
 
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It's set like that because some people don't like the noise it does when at max setting, usually there's also the option to set a target speed for temp thresholds, you just have to look around in BIOS settings to see if you can configure it.

60ºC while gaming it's acceptable so it's not really a concern.

It wasn't hard at all to understand you hehe.
 
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If u mean the " customization of CPU fan speed " yeah there is an option for this in BIOS. So which speed (%) at which temp should I choose ? I mean what is the perfect fan speed for example at 50 C ? and I don't mind even hearing a plane taking off every minute :)
And they r a little bit stupid to not setting the max CPU fan speed at its maximum speed when temp reach 50 C oh god, Because I have seen before that the heat can reduce the PC life so this might be happened since the used fan its the Intel cheap fan, I spent a year thinking its alright keep in my mind they r will never set any thing can cause harm but now I will check every thing from now on.
:) sorry for this much of words, and have a nice day.
 
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Well temps above 60ºC start to reduce your CPU's life though it could be just a few hours or months if you were to run it at 70ºC+ 24/7...

if you don't mind the noise simply set it to run at 100% once 50ºC is reached.

Also is never a bad idea to invest in some aftermarket cooler, stock ones have always been a disappointment.
 
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