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r_manic   06-15-2009 at 09:02:29 AM

I already know of Speedfan, Everest Lavasys, and of course the ever-trusty(?) BIOS... what do you guys use to monitor CPU temps? Which is the most reliable in your opinion? :)

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TheMan1214   06-15-2009 at 09:22:28 AM
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i personally really like speedfan but it's for the more experienced. it measures individual core temps gpu and fan speed

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starams5   06-15-2009 at 09:28:04 AM
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Hi R

I prefer RealTemp, CPU and GPU temp monitor with alarm.

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Kraynor   06-15-2009 at 12:01:38 PM
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Best temp monitor would be a sensor placed inside the CPU itself. I don't think any of the current software is 100% accurate, but personally I prefer RealTemp.

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randomizer   06-15-2009 at 12:10:14 PM
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Kraynor wrote :

Best temp monitor would be a sensor placed inside the CPU itself. I don't think any of the current software is 100% accurate, but personally I prefer RealTemp.


Where do you think Real Temp reads the temperature from? ;)

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Kraynor   06-15-2009 at 12:13:27 PM
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The DTS that provides figures relative to a TJ-Max, the sensor I'm on about is opening the CPU, putting in a thermal sensor that gives an absolute value output that doesn't have to be subtracted from a guessed figure ;)

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Janti   06-15-2009 at 12:17:03 PM
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I recommend coretemp for processor.

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randomizer   06-15-2009 at 12:17:55 PM
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Well in the case of i7 it's not a guessed figure. Tj Target is stored in a Model-Specific Register, and unlike Core 2 it's actually quite close to the real thing on most CPUs.

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brendano257   06-15-2009 at 02:39:09 PM
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randomizer wrote :

Where do you think Real Temp reads the temperature from? ;)




RealTemp is the most accurate in terms of 45nm 775 CPU's I believe.

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randomizer   06-15-2009 at 03:30:19 PM
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Real Temp is just as "accurate" as anything else (meaning not accurate) if you don't calibrate it. Speedfan is accurate if you calibrate it according to this guide: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] ture-guide

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starams5   06-15-2009 at 10:15:51 PM
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randomizer wrote :

Real Temp is just as "accurate" as anything else (meaning not accurate) if you don't calibrate it. Speedfan is accurate if you calibrate it according to this guide: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] ture-guide



Thanks for the link, I found the Tcase/Tjunction useful.

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randomizer   06-16-2009 at 02:55:54 AM
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It is the most comprehensive guide of its type anywhere. Last i was told (a few months ago) it had almost 2000 hours of research put into it.

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Testgamma1   06-22-2009 at 05:34:05 AM
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i dont recomend coretemp,....

i found in speedfan my temp as 23 in idle same with occt in idle and in bios 23-24 idle,..


then i found in coretemp that my idle temp is 45,.....

maybe if the bios temp is the same with core temp i might believe that speedfan and occt are the does who inaccurate,.. but man the bios,....

ofcourse its the most reliable because its bios man...

speedfan=5/5
occt=5/5
bios=5/5
coretemp=0/5

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randomizer   06-22-2009 at 05:39:51 AM
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Testgamma1 wrote :

ofcourse its the most reliable because its bios man...


Er... no. Read the temperature guide: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] ture-guide

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