Monitoring temps for CPU & more

I just got a new system with a Zalman cpu cooler and wanted to get a good monitoring tool to watch temps on the cpu,hdd and video card. Also be able to adjust the speed of the fans if needed. What are the best ones out there to achive this goal?

Thanks

 

Welcome to MajorGeeks!

There a lot of temp monitor programs:

Core Temp: http://www.majorgeeks.com/Core_Temp_d5665.html

Everest: http://majorgeeks.com/download4181.html

SIW: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4387.html

For fan control (if your motherboard supports it), I would try Speedfan: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download337.html

Keep in mind software temp monitoring programs may not be accurate! I get different temps from different programs. But they can be very usefull.:cool

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OK thanks.

What are some good temps to have for a CPU,SATA HDD and a Video Card like a 8800 GTS?

Thanks

 

it hard to tell give us more info like the temp of the room the pc is in the current temps for HDD CPU GPU ect ect as well as the make model and rev of your mobo and cpu and gpu

 

I've found that hardware temp monitoring devices are more accurate. They fit into one of the case drive bays, under your DVD drives or into an unused floppy drive bay. There's an LCD readout panel and controls to switch between HDD1, HDD2, CPU, GPU, fan speeds, and they have fan speed controls. They have wired temp sensors that you mount on your HDDs, under the CPU heat sink next to the CPU, etc. Here's one at Newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813999351 and here's a bunch of really cool front panel devices for fan speed control, sound volume, temp monitors, you name it (really cool stuff, I mean really!) http://www.logisyscomputer.com/departments.asp?DID=FRONTPANEL

Check it out!

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