I was looking for something that would help me see what's the hottest my CPU/GPU can get. What's the best software right now for this kind of thing?
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Software for stress testing CPU/GPU temperatures?
post #2 of 8
11/10/12 at 5:45pm
- DevilsNight
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I use prime95 to test my cpu and furmark for my gpu.
AMD FX Water cooled HAF 932
(27 items) |
Thermaltake Armor+ MX
(14 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD FX-8350 | SABERTOOTH 990FX | MSI R7970-2PMD3GD5/OC | Corsair |
| RAM | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive |
| Corsair | Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm | Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm | OCZ Agility III |
| Cooling | Cooling | Cooling | Cooling |
| Gelid Wing PL | RS120 | XSPC RS360 | Swiftech Komodo |
| Cooling | Cooling | Cooling | Cooling |
| Swiftech MCP655 | Monsoon Matte Black Fittings | XSPC Raystorm | EK spin reservoir |
| Cooling | OS | Monitor | Monitor |
| EK D5 pump top | Windows 7 64bit | Benq | Soyo 19" |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Azio Levetron Clicker Mechanical | Apevia Warlock 1100watt | Cooler Master HAF 932 | Logitech G500 |
| Mouse Pad | Audio | Other | |
| Razer Goliathus | Corsair Vengeance 1500 | Nmedia PC Pro LCD Display | |
| View all | |||
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Phenom 955 | Biostar N68s3+ | XFX Radeon 5870 | G.Skill Ripjaws |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling | OS |
| Seagate Barricuda | DVD Burner | Coolermaster Hyper N | Windows 7 |
| Monitor | Keyboard | Power | Case |
| 22" Acer LCD / Vizio 32" TV | Wireless Logitech | CoolMax 600w | Thermaltake Armor MX+ |
| Mouse | Mouse Pad | ||
| Wireless Logitech | None | ||
| View all | |||
AMD FX Water cooled HAF 932
(27 items) |
Thermaltake Armor+ MX
(14 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD FX-8350 | SABERTOOTH 990FX | MSI R7970-2PMD3GD5/OC | Corsair |
| RAM | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive |
| Corsair | Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm | Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm | OCZ Agility III |
| Cooling | Cooling | Cooling | Cooling |
| Gelid Wing PL | RS120 | XSPC RS360 | Swiftech Komodo |
| Cooling | Cooling | Cooling | Cooling |
| Swiftech MCP655 | Monsoon Matte Black Fittings | XSPC Raystorm | EK spin reservoir |
| Cooling | OS | Monitor | Monitor |
| EK D5 pump top | Windows 7 64bit | Benq | Soyo 19" |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Azio Levetron Clicker Mechanical | Apevia Warlock 1100watt | Cooler Master HAF 932 | Logitech G500 |
| Mouse Pad | Audio | Other | |
| Razer Goliathus | Corsair Vengeance 1500 | Nmedia PC Pro LCD Display | |
| View all | |||
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Phenom 955 | Biostar N68s3+ | XFX Radeon 5870 | G.Skill Ripjaws |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling | OS |
| Seagate Barricuda | DVD Burner | Coolermaster Hyper N | Windows 7 |
| Monitor | Keyboard | Power | Case |
| 22" Acer LCD / Vizio 32" TV | Wireless Logitech | CoolMax 600w | Thermaltake Armor MX+ |
| Mouse | Mouse Pad | ||
| Wireless Logitech | None | ||
| View all | |||
- KaiZ51
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Thanks, I'll check those out. And I forgot to ask, how do I log the temperatures?
My desktop
(18 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 | Gigabyte P35-DS3L | XFX Radeon HD 5770 | Team Group Xtreem Dark |
| RAM | RAM | RAM | Hard Drive |
| Team Group Xtreem Dark | Corsair | Corsair | Western Digital Caviar 500GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache |
| Optical Drive | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| Samsung SH-S203N | Tuniq Tower 120 | Windows 8 Pro 64-bit | LG IPS234V-PN 23" |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Logitech Media Keyboard 600 | NOX Urano 600W | NZXT Apollo - black | Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 |
| Mouse Pad | Audio | ||
| Regular black rubber mouse pad | Realtek HD Audio | ||
| View all | |||
My desktop
(18 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 | Gigabyte P35-DS3L | XFX Radeon HD 5770 | Team Group Xtreem Dark |
| RAM | RAM | RAM | Hard Drive |
| Team Group Xtreem Dark | Corsair | Corsair | Western Digital Caviar 500GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache |
| Optical Drive | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| Samsung SH-S203N | Tuniq Tower 120 | Windows 8 Pro 64-bit | LG IPS234V-PN 23" |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Logitech Media Keyboard 600 | NOX Urano 600W | NZXT Apollo - black | Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 |
| Mouse Pad | Audio | ||
| Regular black rubber mouse pad | Realtek HD Audio | ||
| View all | |||
post #4 of 8
11/10/12 at 5:59pm
- DevilsNight
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Furmark has an option to log your temperatures for your gpu, but I'm not sure if prime95 has an option like that.
AMD FX Water cooled HAF 932
(27 items) |
Thermaltake Armor+ MX
(14 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD FX-8350 | SABERTOOTH 990FX | MSI R7970-2PMD3GD5/OC | Corsair |
| RAM | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive |
| Corsair | Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm | Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm | OCZ Agility III |
| Cooling | Cooling | Cooling | Cooling |
| Gelid Wing PL | RS120 | XSPC RS360 | Swiftech Komodo |
| Cooling | Cooling | Cooling | Cooling |
| Swiftech MCP655 | Monsoon Matte Black Fittings | XSPC Raystorm | EK spin reservoir |
| Cooling | OS | Monitor | Monitor |
| EK D5 pump top | Windows 7 64bit | Benq | Soyo 19" |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Azio Levetron Clicker Mechanical | Apevia Warlock 1100watt | Cooler Master HAF 932 | Logitech G500 |
| Mouse Pad | Audio | Other | |
| Razer Goliathus | Corsair Vengeance 1500 | Nmedia PC Pro LCD Display | |
| View all | |||
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Phenom 955 | Biostar N68s3+ | XFX Radeon 5870 | G.Skill Ripjaws |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling | OS |
| Seagate Barricuda | DVD Burner | Coolermaster Hyper N | Windows 7 |
| Monitor | Keyboard | Power | Case |
| 22" Acer LCD / Vizio 32" TV | Wireless Logitech | CoolMax 600w | Thermaltake Armor MX+ |
| Mouse | Mouse Pad | ||
| Wireless Logitech | None | ||
| View all | |||
AMD FX Water cooled HAF 932
(27 items) |
Thermaltake Armor+ MX
(14 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD FX-8350 | SABERTOOTH 990FX | MSI R7970-2PMD3GD5/OC | Corsair |
| RAM | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive |
| Corsair | Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm | Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm | OCZ Agility III |
| Cooling | Cooling | Cooling | Cooling |
| Gelid Wing PL | RS120 | XSPC RS360 | Swiftech Komodo |
| Cooling | Cooling | Cooling | Cooling |
| Swiftech MCP655 | Monsoon Matte Black Fittings | XSPC Raystorm | EK spin reservoir |
| Cooling | OS | Monitor | Monitor |
| EK D5 pump top | Windows 7 64bit | Benq | Soyo 19" |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Azio Levetron Clicker Mechanical | Apevia Warlock 1100watt | Cooler Master HAF 932 | Logitech G500 |
| Mouse Pad | Audio | Other | |
| Razer Goliathus | Corsair Vengeance 1500 | Nmedia PC Pro LCD Display | |
| View all | |||
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Phenom 955 | Biostar N68s3+ | XFX Radeon 5870 | G.Skill Ripjaws |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling | OS |
| Seagate Barricuda | DVD Burner | Coolermaster Hyper N | Windows 7 |
| Monitor | Keyboard | Power | Case |
| 22" Acer LCD / Vizio 32" TV | Wireless Logitech | CoolMax 600w | Thermaltake Armor MX+ |
| Mouse | Mouse Pad | ||
| Wireless Logitech | None | ||
| View all | |||
- KaiZ51
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Quote:
Nope, prime95 doesn't have one, at least that I have found. So I'm guessing I need to use another program... Anyone know of anything?
My desktop
(18 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 | Gigabyte P35-DS3L | XFX Radeon HD 5770 | Team Group Xtreem Dark |
| RAM | RAM | RAM | Hard Drive |
| Team Group Xtreem Dark | Corsair | Corsair | Western Digital Caviar 500GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache |
| Optical Drive | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| Samsung SH-S203N | Tuniq Tower 120 | Windows 8 Pro 64-bit | LG IPS234V-PN 23" |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Logitech Media Keyboard 600 | NOX Urano 600W | NZXT Apollo - black | Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 |
| Mouse Pad | Audio | ||
| Regular black rubber mouse pad | Realtek HD Audio | ||
| View all | |||
My desktop
(18 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 | Gigabyte P35-DS3L | XFX Radeon HD 5770 | Team Group Xtreem Dark |
| RAM | RAM | RAM | Hard Drive |
| Team Group Xtreem Dark | Corsair | Corsair | Western Digital Caviar 500GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache |
| Optical Drive | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| Samsung SH-S203N | Tuniq Tower 120 | Windows 8 Pro 64-bit | LG IPS234V-PN 23" |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Logitech Media Keyboard 600 | NOX Urano 600W | NZXT Apollo - black | Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 |
| Mouse Pad | Audio | ||
| Regular black rubber mouse pad | Realtek HD Audio | ||
| View all | |||
post #6 of 8
11/14/12 at 6:38pm
- DevilsNight
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Try Real Temp. This program can log your CPU temps.
AMD FX Water cooled HAF 932
(27 items) |
Thermaltake Armor+ MX
(14 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD FX-8350 | SABERTOOTH 990FX | MSI R7970-2PMD3GD5/OC | Corsair |
| RAM | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive |
| Corsair | Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm | Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm | OCZ Agility III |
| Cooling | Cooling | Cooling | Cooling |
| Gelid Wing PL | RS120 | XSPC RS360 | Swiftech Komodo |
| Cooling | Cooling | Cooling | Cooling |
| Swiftech MCP655 | Monsoon Matte Black Fittings | XSPC Raystorm | EK spin reservoir |
| Cooling | OS | Monitor | Monitor |
| EK D5 pump top | Windows 7 64bit | Benq | Soyo 19" |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Azio Levetron Clicker Mechanical | Apevia Warlock 1100watt | Cooler Master HAF 932 | Logitech G500 |
| Mouse Pad | Audio | Other | |
| Razer Goliathus | Corsair Vengeance 1500 | Nmedia PC Pro LCD Display | |
| View all | |||
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Phenom 955 | Biostar N68s3+ | XFX Radeon 5870 | G.Skill Ripjaws |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling | OS |
| Seagate Barricuda | DVD Burner | Coolermaster Hyper N | Windows 7 |
| Monitor | Keyboard | Power | Case |
| 22" Acer LCD / Vizio 32" TV | Wireless Logitech | CoolMax 600w | Thermaltake Armor MX+ |
| Mouse | Mouse Pad | ||
| Wireless Logitech | None | ||
| View all | |||
AMD FX Water cooled HAF 932
(27 items) |
Thermaltake Armor+ MX
(14 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD FX-8350 | SABERTOOTH 990FX | MSI R7970-2PMD3GD5/OC | Corsair |
| RAM | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive |
| Corsair | Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm | Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm | OCZ Agility III |
| Cooling | Cooling | Cooling | Cooling |
| Gelid Wing PL | RS120 | XSPC RS360 | Swiftech Komodo |
| Cooling | Cooling | Cooling | Cooling |
| Swiftech MCP655 | Monsoon Matte Black Fittings | XSPC Raystorm | EK spin reservoir |
| Cooling | OS | Monitor | Monitor |
| EK D5 pump top | Windows 7 64bit | Benq | Soyo 19" |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Azio Levetron Clicker Mechanical | Apevia Warlock 1100watt | Cooler Master HAF 932 | Logitech G500 |
| Mouse Pad | Audio | Other | |
| Razer Goliathus | Corsair Vengeance 1500 | Nmedia PC Pro LCD Display | |
| View all | |||
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Phenom 955 | Biostar N68s3+ | XFX Radeon 5870 | G.Skill Ripjaws |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling | OS |
| Seagate Barricuda | DVD Burner | Coolermaster Hyper N | Windows 7 |
| Monitor | Keyboard | Power | Case |
| 22" Acer LCD / Vizio 32" TV | Wireless Logitech | CoolMax 600w | Thermaltake Armor MX+ |
| Mouse | Mouse Pad | ||
| Wireless Logitech | None | ||
| View all | |||
post #7 of 8
11/14/12 at 7:26pm
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Quote:
This.
Realtemp will track both CPU and GPU temps.
Powered by Dual Watercooled Hamster
(15 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| i7 920 4200mhz | ASUS P6t | Gigabyte WF3 HD 7950 1265/1785 | 12gb Corsair Dominator |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling |
| 1tb WD Black | 250gb Samsung 840 SSD | Samsung Writemaster DVDR | Corsair H60 P/P |
| OS | Monitor | Keyboard | Power |
| Windows 7 Professional | Samsung Syncmaster S24B30 | Microsoft Media Pro | 650watt modular Thermaltake Toughpower |
| Case | Mouse | Mouse Pad | |
| Antec 900 | Microsoft Sidewinder | Steelseries 4HD | |
| View all | |||
Powered by Dual Watercooled Hamster
(15 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| i7 920 4200mhz | ASUS P6t | Gigabyte WF3 HD 7950 1265/1785 | 12gb Corsair Dominator |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling |
| 1tb WD Black | 250gb Samsung 840 SSD | Samsung Writemaster DVDR | Corsair H60 P/P |
| OS | Monitor | Keyboard | Power |
| Windows 7 Professional | Samsung Syncmaster S24B30 | Microsoft Media Pro | 650watt modular Thermaltake Toughpower |
| Case | Mouse | Mouse Pad | |
| Antec 900 | Microsoft Sidewinder | Steelseries 4HD | |
| View all | |||
- KaiZ51
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Thanks, RealTemp worked perfectly. 

My desktop
(18 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 | Gigabyte P35-DS3L | XFX Radeon HD 5770 | Team Group Xtreem Dark |
| RAM | RAM | RAM | Hard Drive |
| Team Group Xtreem Dark | Corsair | Corsair | Western Digital Caviar 500GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache |
| Optical Drive | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| Samsung SH-S203N | Tuniq Tower 120 | Windows 8 Pro 64-bit | LG IPS234V-PN 23" |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Logitech Media Keyboard 600 | NOX Urano 600W | NZXT Apollo - black | Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 |
| Mouse Pad | Audio | ||
| Regular black rubber mouse pad | Realtek HD Audio | ||
| View all | |||
My desktop
(18 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 | Gigabyte P35-DS3L | XFX Radeon HD 5770 | Team Group Xtreem Dark |
| RAM | RAM | RAM | Hard Drive |
| Team Group Xtreem Dark | Corsair | Corsair | Western Digital Caviar 500GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache |
| Optical Drive | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| Samsung SH-S203N | Tuniq Tower 120 | Windows 8 Pro 64-bit | LG IPS234V-PN 23" |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Logitech Media Keyboard 600 | NOX Urano 600W | NZXT Apollo - black | Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 |
| Mouse Pad | Audio | ||
| Regular black rubber mouse pad | Realtek HD Audio | ||
| View all | |||
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