How hot is Too Hot ?

[billythewiz]

After a bout of FPSing my temps (according to Hardware Sensors Monitor 4.5) were :-

Mainboard 39
CPU 50
HDD 34
GPU 45

Is that OK, or do I need to worry about some more cooling ? My system is quite quite (which makes a pleasant change from my previous one) and I'm not too keep to return to it sounding like a hairdryer.

[jim]

Yeah that's fine.

[ERU]

What's the best app for temps nowadays?

[Phage]

I haven't found a monitoring package that does everything I want. I use RealTemp for the CPU.

[Queelis]

I haven't seen any difference in reported temperatures by Speedfan and CoreTemp, so I guess they're both ok.

And GPU-Z for GPU temps.

[mjwebb]

I haven't seen any difference in reported temperatures by Speedfan and CoreTemp, so I guess they're both ok.

And GPU-Z for GPU temps.

Really coretemp shows 10C hotter than speedfan for me (Q6600). I suppose it depends what tjunction they have set though.

[mrt9888]

Hardware monitor is quite good for getting gpu, cpu and hard drive temps etc its made the people who make CPUZ. I remember realtemp being more accurate at getting temps for the Core 2s is still the same with the Core i's?

[Tattysnuc]

Hardware monitor is quite good for getting gpu, cpu and hard drive temps etc its made the people who make CPUZ. I remember realtemp being more accurate at getting temps for the Core 2s is still the same with the Core i's?

I don;t believe it is an issue. The temp reported should be the same regardless of the software you use on a Core iX system.

[GoNz0]

aida64 seems to be the best i have found for monitoring everything.

[jim]

Hardware monitor is quite good for getting gpu, cpu and hard drive temps etc its made the people who make CPUZ. I remember realtemp being more accurate at getting temps for the Core 2s is still the same with the Core i's?

Yeah I really like that software. It's just so simple - a "why would you want more" situation.