CPU Temp Tool

[xTrekStorex]

Hey guys,

I've been monitoring my systems temperatures with Speedfan and HardwareMonitor (CPUID) for the last 2 years and except for my FX-6350 everything is fine.

But thats exactly the problem, I want to be able to get an accurate temperature reading from my CPU, be it Core or as close as possible to that.

Since the CPU-label in HWM never was that precise on any other of my PCs I started monitoring the Temp3-label, but now my main question:

 

How accurate is Temp3 (which I suppose is located between NorthBridge and CPU-socket)?

And can you guys recommend me a better tool for FX-chips and their stupid temp monitoring?

 

 

BTW: The Max-tab in HWM for the CPU said 255°C before I reset it and 15 minutes of prime95 (heat-test) got my system to shutdown due overheating (Temp3 was 97°C and "CPU" at 85°C).

 

Kind regards,

Trek

[xTrekStorex]

Hmm... northbridge doesn't come with fans because they don't heat a lot... but had a mobo where I'd to change thermal paste... but in this case if it really heats like that you'd also have to put a fan unless it's rare in your mobo, then you've to RMA...

 

Ah I forgot to mention:

The NorthBridges heatsink is a little loose since it was delivered so you can move it back and forth by approximately ~0.5cm. Since it was like that, pressing it back on didn't help and the system worked (and the heatsink didn't fall of when I turned it upside down) I didn't bother with it.

I guess I should reattach it with new thermalpaste once I change the CPU cooler next month..

[chaozbandit]

HWMonitor has a knack for randomly showing absurdly high maximum values, usually a bug that occurs over long periods of usage. You can try CoreTemp.

[Blade of Grass]

I would suggest using RealTemp for temperature monitoring, and see what it says. HWM isn't very accurate and has lots of problems, and I would recommend against using it.

[xTrekStorex]

I would suggest using RealTemp for temperature monitoring, and see what it says. HWM isn't very accurate and has lots of problems, and I would recommend against using it.

 

RealTemp doesn't support AMD FX CPUs.

 

HWMonitor has a knack for randomly showing absurdly high maximum values, usually a bug that occurs over long periods of usage. You can try CoreTemp.

 

I got CoreTemp now (had it before but it didn't work back then) and it seems to pick up the correct values.

Even the tj. value makes sense (90°C) since that was what my CPU hit while torture-testing.

 

Guess I'm gonna stick to that.

Thanks!

[Blade of Grass]

RealTemp doesn't support AMD FX CPUs.

 

 

I got CoreTemp now (had it before but it didn't work back then) and it seems to pick up the correct values.

Even the tj. value makes sense (90°C) since that was what my CPU hit while torture-testing.

 

Guess I'm gonna stick to that.

Thanks!

Ah, didn't realise your were using an AMD CPU, my mistake.