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HWmonitor shows exact core temps of PC hardware?

7 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/hwmonitor-shows-exact-core-temps-of-pc-hardware.198109/

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Jaswant34 Original post #1
Jul 31, 2016 at 12:25 AM
Hey guys I recently come to know about hardware temperature monitor software for desktop. And friend of mine suggest me to install hw monitor software for viewing the hardware temperature of PC. I want to know is HWmonitor is good enough to show me exact temp of the core or should I install other software for this matter.
swatkat
swatkat #2
Jul 31, 2016 at 1:33 AM
Yes, HWMonitor is good. There are quite a tools that monitor CPU, HDD temperature, fan speeds etc. Here are a few:
HWMonitor: HWMONITOR | Softwares | CPUI
SpeedFan: SpeedFan - Access temperature sensor in your computer
RealTemp (Intel processors only): Real Temp - CPU temperature monitorin
Core Temp: Core Tem
Desmond
Desmond #3
Jul 31, 2016 at 2:03 AM
swatkat said:
SpeedFan: SpeedFan - Access temperature sensor in your computer
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I read somewhere that Speedfan is not accurate and should be avoided in favour of RealTemp.
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Jaswant34 #4
Jul 31, 2016 at 3:05 PM
swatkat said:
Yes, HWMonitor is good. There are quite a tools that monitor CPU, HDD temperature, fan speeds etc. Here are a few:
HWMonitor: CPUID HWMONITOR Download
SpeedFan: SpeedFan - Access temperature sensor in your computer
hWinfo(Intel processors only): HwINFO Download - CPU temperature monitorin
Core Temp: Core Temp Free Download
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Thanks for these resources
Desmond
Desmond #6
Aug 1, 2016 at 11:43 AM
If you search "speedfan inaccurate temperatures" you will see a lot of people complaining about how speed fan either reports the CPU temperature to be too low or too high.

From my experience, RealTemp does a better job.
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Jaswant34 #7
Aug 1, 2016 at 11:52 AM
Desmond David said:
If you search "speedfan inaccurate temperatures" you will see a lot of people complaining about how speed fan either reports the CPU temperature to be too low or too high.

From my experience, RealTemp does a better job.
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Thanks Desmond David for sharing your expeience and knowledge and suggesting me about the realtemp