Reliable CPU Temp Program?

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Blazestorm

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I just installed my Arctic Cooling 64 Pro... SpeedFan is telling me 50*C... Bios was telling me 21* on initial startup...

Which do I trust... is there a better program?

EDIT: Is the Core my processor? Cause that's showing 23* ... lol...
 
Nah something is making SpeedFan show "Core" as my CPU... "CPU" stayed at 50* even after a 400mhz overclock... but core went up 5-6* C idle...
 
Latest versions of speedfan now include the core reading temperature that coretemp uses. In speedfan it'll be added as "core" alongside 'CPU' if it has identified that. You should use the core option as it is more accurate.
 
Rivatuner also has a C2D core temp plugin that works well. I also have Everest Ultimate and the reported temps are about the same. Rivatuner is nice because it records the temps as a line chart that you can review after benching - handy for things like 3DMark06 that take over your monitor. I wish I knew that before I blew 30.00 on Everest Ultimate.
 
everyone is quick to make blind suggestions without knowing what hardware your using.
 
Check out the new speedfan, coretemp, and tat and see if two out of three agree. If so, go with that. I found that on my 4300 speedfan and coretemp are both right on, but TAT (which thinks I have a Pentium M) is a good 10C higher. So I use either speedfan or coretemp, whichever I'm in the mood for.
 
No, that is why you need to say what hardware you are running. Some work better than others for c2d, some with certian motherboards and so on.
 
Old thread...

X2 4200 w/ Foxconn C51035285250123958023945092345982345 Board...
 
Do not use speed fan for the core temp.IMO

Speed fan reads the cooler of my 2 cores so it is not for me.

Use Coretemp , Coretemeter or A64

Everest Ultimate is good also but after 15 days is disabled unless you buy it.

They all cannot seem to decide which is core-0 and which is core-1 however.
I had coretemeter maker go with coretemp config after pointing it out to him. So I think Coretemp is right?/ IMO

Happy monitoring
 
ive been using coretemp for a more realtime reading, and using TAT to load the processor. both programs report almost the same temp, they vary by 1 degree every so often.

my $.02
 
it seems to me that TAT doesnt work good with e4300. I get around 30c with speedfan and coretemp while tat gives me 45c. Finally i can rest easy now. This has been buggin me for the longest time. Im gonna oc some more now. nThank you all for your results.
 
i've found coretemp best usually shows +1~2C to TAT as brinox says.

Tat's logging is useful 2 check average temp over orthos run.
 
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