Software For CPU Temp...

[Johnny]

Hi guys,..I downloaded a program for CPU tempature,..but I have no clue what is a good temp for a CPU,..LMAO. Here's a pic of the readings I got. This is with no programs running. Is this good or bad? What would be temp 1 and what is temp 2,.that seems really high!?

Johnny

[ZappaFan]

No idea, I guess it depends on the processor. The manufacturer will have recommended operating extremes that should be adhered to. Unless you are overclocking it I would have thought it should look after itself providing the correct heatsink and CPU fan are fitted.

[Six]

No idea, as Neal said "It depends on the processor", also how hard you're making it work - the more processes it has to perform the hotter it'll get. You can see your CPU temp by entering 'setup' during boot-up, no need for specialist software really.

If you're unsure or paranoid that it could overheat, then just fit as many fans as you can.

I have two case fans sucking air in at the back, one case fan blowing air out at the front, and a huge liquid-cooled heatsink and fan on the CPU. Better to be safe than sorry... LOL

[Rick]

when i had my computer shops i used to go here

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/
good site for finding stuff out.

[Johnny]

Thanks guys! I just purchased 2 liquid coolers,..I'm going to use both by,.putting them in-line with each other. Like everyone said,..better safe than sorry.

I purchased these from a guy who needed the money for moving,..got both for $100.00. They are the Thermaltake Aquarius III Water Cooling and a Cooler Master ALC-U01-U1. The first one goes for $249.00 US and the second one goes for $179.00 US. Not bad for a $100 bucks!!

Johnny

[Guitarpima]

I tried the "as many fans as possible" route once. I ended up with a computer that sounded like a hair dryer. Louder, in fact. Just have a good copper cooler with the heat pipe system. Zalman makes good heatsinks.

[Johnny]

I tried the "as many fans as possible" route once. I ended up with a computer that sounded like a hair dryer. Louder, in fact. Just have a good copper cooler with the heat pipe system. Zalman makes good heatsinks.

I got ya man. I'm gonna use just one cooler,..the Aquarius III. Its a very nice cooler and will do the job just fine! It's external unit and looks cool as hell,..I just hope it works as good as it looks!,LMAO.
I'm sure it will,..I don't do any gaming on this,..just recording.

Johnny

[Danny Danzi]

Hi guys,..I downloaded a program for CPU tempature,..but I have no clue what is a good temp for a CPU,..LMAO. Here's a pic of the readings I got. This is with no programs running. Is this good or bad? What would be temp 1 and what is temp 2,.that seems really high!?

Johnny

Yep, depends on the motherboard bro. And, you can't just use any software to monitor it the right way because of the differences. For example, my pc idles at 100 degrees F when doing nothing. Put a load on it using Sonar and I'm at 114-120. But a huge load on it like that new cover tune I did and you're looking at 125-132....do some video rendering and it could hit 140. To some people, this is a bit hot. But dual cores run hot anyway. For my particular system, 160 degrees F is considered running hot...but it's not life threatening until 190-200 to which the pc will auto shut down. I had a failing cpu fan which was making my pc idle at 120 and go upto 180 degrees F at times. I heated my entire basement. LOL!! New fan fixed it though. It's rare for me to hit 132 these days...which is stadard for my system.

Check out your motherboard make and model and go to their website to see if they have a temperature program for your board. That's the only thing you can really rely on because it will be set up for that board and processor. Good luck!