best CPU temp software

[Shephard]

what is the best CPU temp software?

I heard Speedfan isn't good like it use to be.

I heard it's a battle of Hwmonitor vs Coretemp?

I know MSI afterburner is the best for GPU. That's what I always use.

 

[Idontcare]

For CPU you want to use coretemp or realtemp.

 

[Shephard]

oh yeah realtemp I forgot about that one. That's the oldest one around isn't it?

and why not Hwmonitor?

 

[Idontcare]

I have nothing against HWmonitor, but I know for fact that both coretemp and realtemp work correctly. So unless you just really want to use HWmonitor for some reason, go with coretemp or realtemp and don't look back.

 

[Shephard]

no I am asking for your expert opinion.

are Coretemp and Realtemp even? Do they temps for everything or just CPU?

 

[Idontcare]

Temps are just for the CPU.

They are both the same in terms of accurately reporting the temperatures of the cores as measured by the on-die temperature probes. They will give identical results.

They differ in their screen layout and features such as data logging and taskbar icons, etc. But the data itself is identical.

 

[Shephard]

thank you very much. I will choose at random then!

 

[Idontcare]

thank you very much. I will choose at random then!

Try them both, see which has the interface that is more to your liking.

I prefer realtemp when doing screencaptures because the temperature font is nice and big so it is easy to read. But coretemp has superior data logging, so I use it when I want to have time vs temperature graph.

 

[Vesku]

Friend was complaining last week his download of Coretemp installed a frustratingly hard to remove version of Yahoo Toolbar (not sure where he grabbed the download but he's not a computer novice). So might want to do some internet research before installing.

 

[rgallant]

I used both when I went z77-ib just to check\compare ,as I have one bad core sensor at idle[-room\water temp]
-but every day core temps sits on my g15 lcd ,and msi-ab on my g13 lcd.

 

[jr26]

Friend was complaining last week his download of Coretemp installed a frustratingly hard to remove version of Yahoo Toolbar (not sure where he grabbed the download but he's not a computer novice). So might want to do some internet research before installing.

You can opt not to install the toolbar. Noticed this myself the other day when updating the app.


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[SPBHM]

I'm using hwinfo64 ("sensor-only"), and it works well for me,
it gives you a lot of information.

 

[amenx]

A nice thing about realtemp is that it has configurable alarms for both CPU and GPU for whatever temp thresholds you set. It saved my gtx275 a years ago when Nvidia released a buggy driver where fan speeds were stuck on idle.

 

[grimpr]

I use Throttlestop since it has a very good implementation imho of cpu counters, it shows the core c states of the cpu, power usage etc.

 

[mikeymikec]

SpeedFan works for me... exactly how it used to. Short of adding another tab and hardware support, it has hardly changed at all in years.

 

[lehtv]

I'm using hwinfo64 ("sensor-only"), and it works well for me,
it gives you a lot of information.

Agreed. I like how it monitors CPU load, VID, VDDC as well

 

[Bill Brasky]

I use coretemp. A stand alone version without adware is available.