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How do you test a CPU under load and find its temps?

Most motherboard cd's come with a app to monitor temps like Asus Probe. MBM5 will do fine as well. Sandra Burn in, Aquamark, and Prime 95 are all good apps to test for stability as well as some good gaming. Even watching your temps while in the BIOS will give you a general idea of your load temps.
 
I use speedfan and have it run up in a corner...yeah you can't obviously watch while running 3dmark or playing game, but it is already widely known those type of applications will not max the temps anyways....Run superpi 32mb or prime 95. they dont fill the screen and so you have plenty of desktop to watch speedfan or MBM....
 
Can't think of a thing to add, except this. If you are over-clocking, pay attention to the error-reports under PRIME95. Take some time to read the "Readme" and other files provided, because they provide advice to over-clockers. You may have an over-clock setting that posts temperature X, and a higher over-clock setting also shows temperature X, but the higher setting results in PRIME95 errors while the lower one doesn't. Attention to these errors may help you find the proper voltage, memory timing and FSB settings which result in no PRIME95 errors or "halts" for the duration of a "torture test".

Another thing you can do is raise your Task Manager's Performance-Tab to monitor CPU usage. And some people even run multiple instances of PRIME95, or combinations of other programs, keeping the CPU usage at a full 100%.
 
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