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CoreTemp is a tiny, portable application for monitoring CPU temperature
CoreTemp is one application that falls into the "I can't believe we've never covered it" category. It's a tiny, free and portable CPU temperature monitor. It's a single executable weighing in at around 500KB, and it's my go-to whenever I suspect my CPU is starting to overheat.
You can download either a 32-bit or 64-bit version. The whole thing is very minimalistic. It doesn't have a temperature graph, but it does log temperature information so you can graph it with another application. It has very few bells and whistles; one useful feature is the System Information dialog, which exposes a wealth of information about your CPU. You can gawk at nerdy stats such as the exact voltage any of your CPU's core is getting (should be identical, I think). One thing I noticed with this dialog is that my CPU speeds up one core, while leaving the other core at a lower clockrate. That happens even when the computer is not doing much; I find it kind of interesting, but maybe it's the hour.
At its core, this is a simple application which does one thing, and does it well. Highly recommended.
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Subscribe to commentsstinlen56Jun 20th 2010 4:42PM
I happen to like Real Temp.
It isn't a single exe, but it doesn't need to be installed, has most of the above information plus GPU temp (which having the nVidia chipset on a dell XPS is more of a countdown to destruction timer), optionally integrates with Prime 95 and Riva Tuner if you want more power, and will quickly and easily give you an XSBench score.
Big BenJun 20th 2010 5:57PM
Nifty little program that I will probably throw onto my toolkit thumb-drive, though for my main PC I still run a minimized version of SpeedFan with a little gadget someone threw together called Speedfan Meter which allows you a little customization as to what values are displayed on the desktop. Now if I could just nail down a good pattern for these stupid desktop gadgets that doesn't cover up another program yet doesn't default with rather annoying spacing.
ZargggJun 20th 2010 6:01PM
Sounds like an awesome program... if it worked with Pentium 4s.
DemoJun 20th 2010 7:58PM
I also can't believe it's never been covered here. I assumed it had been before I even started visiting the site, so I never bothered tipping you guys off to it. It's really quite handy.
silversunJun 20th 2010 10:37PM
i'd been using this for the past 2 months or so, i actually just switched to speedfan today because of it's integration with rainmeter
SugarDaddyJun 21st 2010 8:51AM
Always been a fan of HWMonitor from the CPU-Z folks:
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html
Lonnie McClureJun 24th 2010 5:36PM
For some reason, CoreTemp says the AMD Athlon II X2 240 on this PC is running at 68°F, which would be quite a feat, considering the room temperature is at least 6 degrees higher.