how many people here are monitoring temps

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

With the temp monitors and the like?

 

[eplebnista]

I generally just look at temps once when first setting up the PC, and if everything is stable, I don't look at them again unless the PC starts acting up sometime later on.

 

[Elcs]

Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362
With the temp monitors and the like?

I use Speedfan and look at temps periodically through the day. Keeping up this habit allows me to tell when i need a dusting.

I dont use external temp sensors. Even though mobo sensors are pretty inaccurate at times, I dont see these sensors being much better.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

When I first started building PEntium 4 systems, I used the temperatures initially to choose fan deployments. But since I got hooked on over-clocking, I watch them all the time.

I've paid less attention to the motherboard temperatures until recently -- mostly monitoring idle and load CPU values. But the mobo temperature would buoy up both idle and load, so I'm trying to refine ducting solutions to make it as low as possible.

I've run experiments to evaluate different fans, different choices of blowholes -- all kinds of things. Out of that comes my preference for "pressurized case" deployments that assure an imbalance between the amount of air being pushed in by intake fans and the fan speeds that would ordinarily draw so much CFM "out" in exhaust.

I started with the idea that more fans with lower rpms (and noise) is better, but chose to limit the number of case fans to four. I'm now attempting to do with two or three case fans what was done with more.

I figure the experience is directly transferable to future projects that will mean an end to my Intel loyalties.

 

[JBDan]

I check them out frequently (mobo sensors). Even though I know where they sit, its become part of my daily routine. 🙂

 

[scrawnypaleguy]

I use a samurize config that sits in my taskbar to monitor temps as well as ram usage, cpu usage, disk space, and many other things. Quite handy, but it also makes me obsessed with temps since i'm staring at it all day. They're stable, that's all I need to know, I just think it looks cool.

 

[marvw]

BUMP

 

[XARiUS]

Yes! I monitor 3 different areas of my motherboard's temperatures from the Guru Clock.. 🙂 Nifty little device.. Shows CPU/MB temperatures, clock speed, bus speed, voltages, fan rpm's, ambient room temperature.. oh, and it's a clock.. lol

The example pic shows that it's been overclocked from 3.2ghz to 3.52ghz. Oh, you can also overclock on the fly using the buttons on the front.. 🙂

Pic of Guru Clock

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[scrawnypaleguy]

Xarius, that's sweet, where did you get that?

 

[JE78]

I used to monitor my temps with a Enermax fan controller/temp pannel but since I got my AMD64 chip I monitor the GPU and CPU with Everest. The temps were about 10c cooler with the temp probes so I started trusting Everst so I just took the pannel out and got a fan controller to replace it.

 

[XARiUS]

Originally posted by: scrawnypaleguy
Xarius, that's sweet, where did you get that?

It's optional for some Abit motherboards, comes with others. The mobo in my sig comes with it.

You can confiure bus speeds increases and voltage increases using their application and save each to a profile, then using the Guru Clock, choose those now pre-set profiles.

Link to Guru Clock Specs

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[JEDIYoda]

I am always temp concious...especially when I pop the CPU speed up over 3.8 mhz.....lolol

 

[Tweakin]

Originally posted by: eplebnista
I generally just look at temps once when first setting up the PC, and if everything is stable, I don't look at them again unless the PC starts acting up sometime later on.

I'm with eplebnista...once I set the machine up and very all the operational tweaks, I watch it during burn in and then every now and then just to see whats going on. Other then that, I don't see the need.

 

[RalfHutter]

MBM 5 on everything that supports it, Speedfan for the newer stuff that doesn't. CPU, mobo and HDD temps always rotate in systray.

 

[CrispyFried]

I use both mbm5 and 3 external probes on the desktop and speedfan on the notebook.

I pay more attention to the notebooks temp than the desktop, the desktop has 7 fans and such so its hard to worry about overheating it. But with the notebooks its easier to accidentally block a vent.

Its like wearing a seat belt, if Im at a comp that doesnt have a temp readout I feel like somethings wrong.