GPU temperature monitors

[AlexanderLuiten]

Hey guys, 

 

So just completed my first full custom water loop, system works great! I'm getting amazing frames per second and my temps seemed relatively normal.

My set-up is;

i7 4790k @4.4ghz

Asus Maximus VII ranger

8GB corsair vengeance pro Ram

Asus GTX980 (reference PCB)

XSPC CPU and GPU blocks

XSPC Photon 270mm D5 Combo pump/res
1 x 360mm radiator 

1 x 240mm radiator

 

I have been using HWmonitor to measure temps, both before water-cooled loop was installed and now that the loop is in, I didn't think anything of the temps I was getting. Idle temps have been around 35-40c for CPU and GPU (ambient temps where I live are 32-38c). during load the hottest CPU core peaks at 65c.. However HWmonitor reports GPU temps of up to 83c. 

 

I thought that was a bit high, so I tried MSI afterburner, it reports a maximum temps of 65c CPU and 67c for the GPU (much closer to what I was expecting). Is HWmonitor wrong? or is MSI afterburner wrong? what other software is there to test system temps? 

 

Thanks in advance for the help. 

 

 

[Oshino Shinobu]

Try GPU-Z. It tends to be pretty accurate. 

[Castdeath97]

It seems like HW monitor is misinterpreting what the actual sensors say.