CPU Temp Monitor

[HolyBob]

Hi, I am looking to overclock my system and I was trying to find a good CPU temperature monitoring program to go in my system tray. I saw that Motherboard Monitor was recomended in several places, but it does not support my motherboard. I am running a Chaintech VNF3-250 and an Athlon 64 3000+. Thanks in advance.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Give SpeedFan a try.

 

[HolyBob]

Thanks that works great, wow CPU is cold as ice, 16C idle

 

[harrkev]

Originally posted by: HolyBob
Thanks that works great, wow CPU is cold as ice, 16C idle

**DANGER WILL ROBINSON. DANGER**

There are five posibilities:

1) You are using a peltier cooler.
2) You are using a refrigerator cooling system (compressor, freon, etc.)
3) You are running your system in Alaska outside in the winter.
4) You keep your house VERY cold (are you wearing a jacket right now?).
5) The program is inaccurate with your setup.

Typical room temperature is around 23 to 25 degrees C. If you are getting almost 10 degrees below that, then either you have some type of active cooling (not just a heat sink or water setup), or the software is giving you wrong readings.

So it is possible that you have no idea what the real temperature is.

 

[HolyBob]

Yeah I thought that was a little cold, but the bios also reads 15-17C idle so maybe its the mobo?

 

[HolyBob]

Could it just be that I need to update my BIOS? I went to the Chaintech site when i first got my system running a few days ago, but only saw the v1.0 BIOS there. I thought i saw someone say there was a new BIOS but I can't remember where.

 

[HolyBob]

bump

 

[TooRude]

lol ive never seen temps like that ... theres no in between generally with water ull see 30s but once u jump to peltier its -c

 

[Travis6586]

Motherboard Monitor 5 is another good program for temperature and voltage monitoring. Although, you'll have to get your incorrect temperature issue solved before you're able to use this program.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: Travis6586
Motherboard Monitor 5 is another good program for temperature and voltage monitoring. Although, you'll have to get your incorrect temperature issue solved before you're able to use this program.

What part of the OP didn't you read? :roll:

 

[firerock]

yes, the initial temp reading on vnf-250 is wrong. Go to http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=340353 to get the latest bios and help thread there.

 

[HolyBob]

Thanks my temps are now accurate...i think.... is 39-42c idle average for a AMD 64 3000+ on stock settings and cooling?

 

[MrK6]

Sure, those are fine temps. If you have 5 case fans its a little high.

 

[HolyBob]

only got 3 + the HSF

 

[firerock]

Well, you also have to consider your room ambient temperture into your system temp as well. In this hot summer, 39-42 idle sounds normal.

 

[Travis6586]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel

Originally posted by: Travis6586
Motherboard Monitor 5 is another good program for temperature and voltage monitoring. Although, you'll have to get your incorrect temperature issue solved before you're able to use this program.

What part of the OP didn't you read? :roll:

Just trying to give him another option. Maybe in case he doesn't want to use SpeedFan. I read your post earlier. Just calm down, bud.

 

[HolyBob]

no i think he means that in my original post, i said MBM 5 wasnt compatable with my Chaintech VNF3-250

 

[Travis6586]

Oh...I stand corrected. You did say that, and I forgot all about it. My apologies to BlueWeasel!

 

[DaRock42]

i'm experiencing some problems with the Speedfan prog.

On the Readings Tab, instead of it saying CPU or HDD fan speed and temperature, it says in the left box:

Fan01: 2163 RPM
Fan02: 3358 RPM
Fan03: 0 RPM
Fan04: 0 RPM
Fan05: 0 RPM

and on the right box, it says:

(fire symbol) Temp1: 74 C
(fire symbol) Temp2: 61 C
(arrow pointing down) Temp1: 36 C
(arrow pointing down) Temp2: -1 C
(fire symbol) Temp3: 118 C

???????????????

which one is my CPU temp and which of them are for which fans? I'm really confused about this and I hope my computer is ok. please help.

I have 3 fans in my system and the factory CPU heat sinc and fan that came with my Athlon 2000+