What PC temp app are you using?

[Gray_Area]

I remember Speedfan. I got it, from the main site and from CNET, and it didn't install anything!...and tried to install a bunch of ad crap!

So I tried CPUID Hardware Monitor, and this is all it shows me for my system.

It's idling from 45-50 C , but jumps to around 60 when I open a web page, then goes back down. I currently have about fifteen browswer tabs up, and it's idling around 50.

[lilshawn]

speedfan...but i don't blindly click ok when i install things.

oh, also...29 degrees idle. 

[Gray_Area]

speedfan...but i don't blindly click ok when i install things.

oh, also...29 degrees idle. 

Dude, I didn't. I de-selected the crap, so it didn't go on - far as I know - but no Speedfan after 'Finish'. Can you post a copy?

[hypernova]

I also use speedfan on my laptop.  Running around 40 at idle.

I use asusprobe on any pc that has an asus mobo in it, including my desktop upstairs and arcade pc.

Don't know why you have adware with speedfan.  Did you get it here?  speedfan

edit:  Actually running around 60 for the cpu.  The HDDs are around 40.  It's a slightly older laptop.  3 or 4 years.

[brad808]

If you want to do some stress testing to see how high your temps will get under the hardest conditions run a program called "intel burn test". I have a couple cabs with overclocked cpus in them and even though I never run them 24/7 I always to make sure they would be capable of it to eliminate any problems down the road caused by heat.

I start the computer and arcade monitor and make sure the cab is closed up like it will be running, let it run for an hour or two to make sure everything is warmed up to operating temperature, then I'll run intel burn test to push my cpu to the highest possible temperature it will reach and make sure that under the most extreme circumstances that I could possibly run my cab the cpu is still a safe in spec temperature.

The program I use to monitor my cpu temp is called "coretemp"

[lilshawn]

i read through that intel burn test...kinda funny actually. I'm typing this while i'm testing.

Linpack by
Intel(R) is an extremely stressful program that will put even the most pow-
-erful X86/X64 CPU in the world at its knees. Load temp under Linpack will
be up to 22*C higher than the competing software Prime95.

i'm at 43 degrees and pretty stable... up and down a degree...but i also don't believe it's truly 100% loading the processor either. I notice some degradation of the computer, but 100% load should all but freeze the system. might be because i have a AMD processor and/or 32 bit OS.

[brad808]

i read through that intel burn test...kinda funny actually. I'm typing this while i'm testing.

Linpack by
Intel(R) is an extremely stressful program that will put even the most pow-
-erful X86/X64 CPU in the world at its knees. Load temp under Linpack will
be up to 22*C higher than the competing software Prime95.

i'm at 43 degrees and pretty stable... up and down a degree...but i also don't believe it's truly 100% loading the processor either. I notice some degradation of the computer, but 100% load should all but freeze the system. might be because i have a AMD processor and/or 32 bit OS.

Just out of curiosity can you install coretemp and see what your temps are like under full load? 43 seems suspiciously low and I know some people have problems with speedfan properly reading temps depending on what sensors you have. Coretemp also has a percentage gage per core to show the load that particular core is being stressed with.

... If for whatever reason your cpu really does have a load temp of 43 degrees under stock voltage/ stock fan then you could probably do some pretty good overclocking with it!

[Gray_Area]

@hypernova: yup, I got it from CNET and from that page you linked.

The above-shown reading was with my external fan disconnected (because it was so quiet without). According to Intel, the P4 Prescotts are supposed to be stable up to about 75 C.  I re-connected the fan, but turned it around so it is blowing out, and that seems three times quieter than pulling in. The temperature now idles around 35 C; a little higher right now with few tabs in a browser page, and Mala with background music on. Having a lot of tabs on two browser pages, and it may get up to 60 C.

[lilshawn]

i read through that intel burn test...kinda funny actually. I'm typing this while i'm testing.

Linpack by
Intel(R) is an extremely stressful program that will put even the most pow-
-erful X86/X64 CPU in the world at its knees. Load temp under Linpack will
be up to 22*C higher than the competing software Prime95.

i'm at 43 degrees and pretty stable... up and down a degree...but i also don't believe it's truly 100% loading the processor either. I notice some degradation of the computer, but 100% load should all but freeze the system. might be because i have a AMD processor and/or 32 bit OS.

Just out of curiosity can you install coretemp and see what your temps are like under full load? 43 seems suspiciously low and I know some people have problems with speedfan properly reading temps depending on what sensors you have. Coretemp also has a percentage gage per core to show the load that particular core is being stressed with.

... If for whatever reason your cpu really does have a load temp of 43 degrees under stock voltage/ stock fan then you could probably do some pretty good overclocking with it!

I'm liquid cooled.

EDIT: running AMD quad core FX black edition on an Asus M5A-78LM LX series mobo. 4GB ram and an older GT9500 videocard and 4 harddrives 500 watt power supply, which i should probably upgrade.

EDIT2: the temp you see in the display below is the temp of the coolant after flowing through the radiator.

EDIT3: i installed coretemp, but can't get it to work properly. I'm just getting random low temp readings 5-15 degrees. currently settled at around 7 Celsius. i'm poking through some settings, but nothing seems to work.

[brad808]

Ah liquid cooling, yes that would explain it.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

[lilshawn]

the computer is already plenty fast, i really hadn't considered overclocking it like i did all my other computers. 

this processor is a real heater, i had issues with the stock boxed fan running in the high 60's so i swapped it for a cooler master hyper 101 cooler with 2 fans...that brought me down to about mid 40's

ever since i went liquid, I (and my computer) have been super happy. it doesn't even break a sweat.

it's a corsair H60 kit, but it's been modified with all new tubing and an extra reservoir (seen above) which effectively doubles the amount of coolant in the system. more coolant takes more time to heat up to saturation.