Monitoring tool

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Robert

Hi,

I'm looking for a monitoring tool that keeps an eye on the temperature
of my CPU (Athlon 64) and GPU (GeForce 6800).
It must give me a warning when a threshold has been reached and even
shut down my computer if things really get too hot.
This software does not have to be free.

I hope some of you can give some good suggestions.

Robert
 
Robert said:
Hi,

I'm looking for a monitoring tool that keeps an eye on the temperature
of my CPU (Athlon 64) and GPU (GeForce 6800).
It must give me a warning when a threshold has been reached and even
shut down my computer if things really get too hot.
This software does not have to be free.

I hope some of you can give some good suggestions.

Robert
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What type of motherboard do you have?? Most motherboard manufacturers
have a program like this that is free.
 
Marty said:
What type of motherboard do you have?? Most motherboard manufacturers
have a program like this that is free.
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Asus A8N-E
But isn't it also dependant on the videocard?
 
Asus A8N-E
But isn't it also dependant on the videocard?
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Yeah most major makers have a cheapo utility that reads the temps but
not card temps. Theres are also free ones like Motherboard monitor
and SpeedFan - check them out. You can set it for temp warnings. With
SpeedFan you can even adjust the speed of the fans sometimes . Speed
fan can hang on some boards and MTM you have to look up or guess about
the sensor and settings if you dont find you MB listed.

The card -- Im trying to find that myself. Ive seen some people
mention various utils like riva tuner that works on some boards and
that it " it comes with the driver" which Im trying to look for.
Also some cards like MBs come with their own software that reads the
temps.
 
Yeah most major makers have a cheapo utility that reads the temps but
not card temps. Theres are also free ones like Motherboard monitor
and SpeedFan - check them out. You can set it for temp warnings. With
SpeedFan you can even adjust the speed of the fans sometimes . Speed
fan can hang on some boards and MTM you have to look up or guess about
the sensor and settings if you dont find you MB listed.

The card -- Im trying to find that myself. Ive seen some people
mention various utils like riva tuner that works on some boards and
that it " it comes with the driver" which Im trying to look for.
Also some cards like MBs come with their own software that reads the
temps.
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Asus has a monitoring tool for the CPU temperature.
And NVidia has drivers that can show and warn about the GPU temperature.
I just hope that there was a tool that combines these features and let
it shut down my computer too.
I will take a look at MTM and SpeedFan. Although I have no fans in my
computer :)
 
SpeedFan seems to work pretty well for me for temps, but it doesn'
get my fan info correctly. It all depends on whether you
board/chipset is supported or not
 
xubomber said:
SpeedFan seems to work pretty well for me for temps, but it doesn't
get my fan info correctly. It all depends on whether your
board/chipset is supported or not.
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I am happy with Intel Desktop Control Center and Intel Desktop Utilities so
I was sure other boards were so equipped. IDCC is configured and has a nice
GUI that has to be seen to be appreciated.

CW
 
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