Monitoring temps

[MrGrim999]

I'm using HWinfo64 to monitor my temps in windows. I manually set my cpu voltage to 1.125 and noticed hwinfo lists each core (0,1,2,3) individually but saw that only core 1 is 1.125 and the others were all 1.127.

Does that mean I should raise the voltage another notch? Or is it nothing to worry about?

 

[Deders]

So long as it's stable you probably shouldn't worry. Test it with Intel burn test and Prime64.

 

[i7Baby]

It'll only run all cores at that voltage under load eg Prime95, Intel Burn Test, etc

 

[SystemVipers]

I personally love coretemp for monitoring my system temp, puts the temps right in the taskbar so you can see when your pushing it how hot it's getting. But i also agree that it's always best to run some kind of stability and burn in tests to validate your settings.

There is also PCmark for the system and 3Dmark for your gpu, those stress out your computer under a bunch of different situations.

 

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Core temp is un supported unless your running a 775 socket, Realtemp is da shiznick!
http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Core temp is un supported unless your running a 775 socket, Realtemp is da shiznick!
http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/

I've used them all, but -- you're right -- it's important to keep up with the software revisions.

Some folks like to have all the little temp icons in the sys-tray, and those two utilities make that possible. Not bad, since they don't monitor much other than temperatures.

I don't leave those sorts of things running all the time on my systems, though. If I'm tuning or tweaking the system, I like to have "everything" in front of me with one applications: core speeds, voltages, temperatures, fan-speeds . . all of it.

It's important in this business, if you're looking for that sort of utility, that the readings are accurate and jive with other monitor softwares.

For "free," I use HWMonitor. AIDA-64 is great, because it bundles with its own stress-test -- considered to be a "validated" stress-program. But for each PC, you'll pay $25 for a license -- though free to upgrade, I think.

I think, with AIDA, you can get "the little sys-tray" icons through choices in the "View" or other menu. OCCT uses the HWMonitor DLLs -- built-in.

A utility like AfterBurner (for your graphics card(s)) will also track CPU usage and temperatures, verified consistent with other monitoring software. As comprehensive as some of these programs seem, there isn't a single one which offers all the monitoring options you'd want in one application.