Hey there. I need a little help reading CPU temperatures. I downloaded SpeedFan and used it before installing nVidia Drivers, and the only two temperatures that it gave me was:

Local Temp: 53
Remote Temp: 63

After installing nVidia drivers for my graphics card I got two new temperatures:

Core: 72
Ambient:53

Now, while idle, these temperatures all seem to stay pretty much the same. How do I know which one is my CPU temperature? And are they high?

My PC:

Intel Pentium 4 550 3.4 GHz
nVidia GeForce 6800 GTO

Any help would greatly be appreciated!

Download coretemp and realtemp. Don't know where to get them, so just google for them.

Oh and they're a bit on the high side, take off the side of your box and see if it lowers, if it does you need better airflow in your case.

Alright I will, thanks a lot!

Damn it seems both realtemp and coretemp are not compatible for the Pentium 4 that I have. I know I should upgrade, the only reason I don't is because I would need to change motherboard too I think. Oh well. Thanks anyways!