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| Thread ID: 127199 | 2012-10-09 18:45:00 | Free temp monitor app | Myth (110) | Press F1 |
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| 1306105 | 2012-10-09 18:45:00 | Looking for a temperature application to monitor CPU / GPU temps. Relates to this post: pressf1.pcworld.co.nz The Zalman has a speed controller, and I want to run this as low as possible but don't want to cook the GPU OS is Windows 7 Free please (incidentally - what sort of temps should a non-gaming CPU / GPU get to? The computer is used for video encoding) CPU is Athlon X3 Graphix card is Quadro FX 3450 |
Myth (110) | ||
| 1306106 | 2012-10-09 18:50:00 | try realtemp or speedfan, probably speedfan if you want to see gpu temps. anything under 70 at full load is ok, lower the better of course. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1306107 | 2012-10-09 20:00:00 | realtemp. | ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1306108 | 2012-10-10 01:22:00 | I like SpeedFan. Does good analysis of HDD SMART too. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1306109 | 2012-10-10 01:29:00 | I personally just keep Speccy open on a second monitor :) I agree, 70 is a good number. Anything too much hotter and you'll undoubtedly be shortening the life of the card unnecessarily. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1306110 | 2012-10-10 01:48:00 | Not to flog a dead horse again (I've brought up my SLI woes a few times now), but back when I tried SLI with 2x GTX460s the top card was hitting 90+ under furmark and well into the 80s with some games and it actually was running perfectly fine. I just couldn't live with the noise and the suspicion that something was going to melt. Most CPU/GPUs are able to handle 90-99 C and just either throttle themselves back or trigger a power shutdown (immediate power off not a windows shutdown) when approaching that limit. Some cards start throttling at lower temps. Still the reason I said 70 is I consider that a good safe limit without undue component stress, some compact systems or machines with poor airflow can exceeed that and still be ok. If I had a CPU that got to 75 and everything checked out ok I could live with it. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1306111 | 2012-10-10 07:24:00 | Thanks all. Had a look at them... decided Speccy was the one for me :) | Myth (110) | ||
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