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    Which app is right?

    Hi all,

    I got 2 apps to monitor my temps in my pc. These being Speedfan and Asus PC Probe II which came with the mobo cd.

    Now atm speedfan is reporting the following for my CPU:

    Core 0 - 29c
    Core 1 - 29c
    Core 2 - 30c
    Core 3 - 29c

    However. PC Probe II is showing the CPU to be between 40-41c.

    The only similarities i can find is that the RPM on the cooler is the same.

    Which one is accurate? Or more likely to be accurate?

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    Re: Which app is right?

    Also give CoreTemp a try, it generally gets good press in terms of being accurate.

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    Re: Which app is right?

    Thanks Nick...i give it a try now

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    Re: Which app is right?

    Coretemp is best to check temps. Asus probe is a bit crappy for temp monitoring, the only time i use it is for the Voltage.

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    Re: Which app is right?

    On my Asus board CoreTemp is showing 9 and 16 (room is 18)!

    Asus Probe is 32 at idle - it seems more likely!
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    Re: Which app is right?

    CoreTemp for the win, there was a report that it's over reading by 15 degrees (I think) but I'd rather it over read then under.

    EDIT: It also reports the same temps as Intel TAT so it can't all be bad.

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    Re: Which app is right?

    Core temp is showing the following readings atm:

    CPU#0 (Core#0) 45
    CPU#0 (Core#1) 42
    CPU#0 (Core#2) 45
    CPU#0 (Core#3) 45

    Appox 15c more than what Speedfan was reporting

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    Re: Which app is right?

    CPUID (which make cpu z) have created a fantastic little hardware utility. Its my hardware monitor of choice CPUID

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    Re: Which app is right?

    I use HW too It reports the same as coretemp.

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    Re: Which app is right?

    Quote Originally Posted by Timmy!!! View Post
    CPUID (which make cpu z) have created a fantastic little hardware utility. Its my hardware monitor of choice CPUID
    Thanks for your reply. Il give it a try and report back.

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    Re: Which app is right?

    Just ran the exe file and heres the readings:

    Core 0 - 40c
    Core 1 - 39c
    Core 2 - 42c
    Core 3 - 42c

    Similar to CoreTemp and PC Probe seems to display an average of all 4 cores.

    SpeedFan however seems to be giving completely false readings. I doubt that a quad core cpu with stock fan will have temps below and around 30c.

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    Re: Which app is right?

    Quote Originally Posted by Timmy!!! View Post
    CPUID (which make cpu z) have created a fantastic little hardware utility. Its my hardware monitor of choice CPUID

    I use this too. Great little app.

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