amd temp reading software

[Jskn]

Anyone know of good temp reading software for an fx series cpu?  HWmonitor seems really low for idle on a stock cooler

EDIT: It said I was at 9F

[SteinerW]

Piriform Speccy works well for me.

[GreezyJeezy]

afterburner

[LeStringMan]

AMD Overdrive is the best for monitoring temps, you have the same board as me, if you have HWmonitor, one of the TMPIN temps should be your cpu temp plus a constant 15 or 16c, the best i can assume is that this sensor is meant for calculating idle temp, which would put you around 25c.

[HPWebcamAble]

17 minutes ago, Jskn said:

EDIT: It said I was at 9F

That's an issue.

 

Try MSI Afterburner, but if it reports the same temp, you've got a malfunctioning sensor somewhere.

 

Now, don't quote me on this, but I THINK AMD CPU's have no physical sensor and instead calculate the temp based on workload or something crazy. But that's just something I've heard. Not sure if that plays in.

 

Maybe @Enderman has some ideas?

[LeStringMan]

1 minute ago, HPWebcamAble said:

That's an issue.

 

Try MSI Afterburner, but if it reports the same temp, you've got a malfunctioning sensor somewhere.

 

Now, don't quote me on this, but I THINK AMD CPU's have no physical sensor and instead calculate the temp based on workload or something crazy. But that's just something I've heard. Not sure if that plays in.

 

Maybe @Enderman has some ideas?

I believe that they indeed have no physical cpu temp sensor, as far as hows its calculated i do not know.

[middleclasspoor]

Like 'LeStringMan' suggested...AMD Overdrive. Overdirve seems to be the only thing that gives accurate temps on an AMD board. It certainly is the only thing I could find for an AMD APU.

 

 

[Enderman]

1 hour ago, HPWebcamAble said:

Maybe @Enderman has some ideas?

not really, if the temp algorithm is screwed up on the CPU then there isnt much you can do about it

usually just running the CPU at higher temps will make it give proper readings, but there isnt a fix for it, its just the way they are

usually people with this problem get correct readings when above ~40C

 

if there is a temp sensor below the CPU socket on the motherboard you could use that instead since its pretty close to the CPU core temp