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  1. 17-01-2009, 12:43 PM #1
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    Speedfan vs Hwmonitor Intel i7 temp differences

    Hello,

    I have run both Speedfan and CPUID Hardware monitor to look at temperatures for the Intel i7 processor (Dell Studio XPS, Vista 64bit, 6GB DDR3 RAM, ATI4850 card).
    Speefan shows 6 cores and CPUID shows 4. Also there is a large difference in temperatures.

    Does anyone know which would be more accurate?


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    Re: Speedfan vs Hwmonitor Intel i7 temp differences

    I'd say HWMonitor is much more reliable than speedfan in my experience.
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    Re: Speedfan vs Hwmonitor Intel i7 temp differences

    Personally i have NEVER like speed fan, the temperatures and voltages are all over the place.


    -63c?

    Mind you the other pice of software you are using isn't much better, the voltage readings seem to agree with speedfans.

    Try Coretemp / realtemp for temperature monitoring.
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    Re: Speedfan vs Hwmonitor Intel i7 temp differences

    Quote Originally Posted by mac124 View Post

    Try Coretemp / realtemp for temperature monitoring.

    I agree.

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    Re: Speedfan vs Hwmonitor Intel i7 temp differences

    speedfan has a bug where the temps are shown 15 degrees lower than the real temperature.
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