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Opinion: What is a good temperature monitor?

post #1 of 21
5/1/05 at 5:42pm
Thread Starter 
This is a common question, so here are the best know Temperature monitors:
Motherboard:


PC Wizard 2005
MBM 5
SpeedFan
Intel Active Monitor
Hmonitor
Everest Home Edition

CPU:
PC Wizard 2005
MBM 5
SpeedFan (now has 64-bit support)
Intel Active Monitor
Hmonitor
Everest Home Edition

Case:
few are arcurate, so it is best to buy monitoring hardware first
PC Wizard 2005
MBM 5
SpeedFan
Everest Home Edition (labeled as AUX)

Video Card:
SpeedFan
built into nvidia
built into ATI tools

Interfaces:
PC Wizard 2005:

MBM 5:

Speedfan:

Intel Active Monitor:

Hmonitor:

Everest Home Edition:


Direct Download Links
PC Wizard 2005
MBM 5
Everest Home Edition
Intel Active Monitor
Hmonitor

Homepages
PC Wizard 2005
MBM 5
SpeedFan
Intel Active Monitor
Hmonitor
Everest Home Edition
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OSOSMonitorKeyboard
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Optical DriveOptical DriveCoolingCooling
12X LG Blu-ray Burner 24X Lite-On DVD Burner w/LightScribe Corsair H80  ARCTIC Accelero Hybrid 7970 Extreme 
OSOSMonitorKeyboard
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 25" Hanns-G HZ251 Logitech MK710 
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Corsair HX850 Cooler Master CM690 Logitech M705 X Trac Ripper 
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post #2 of 21
5/1/05 at 5:47pm
several ati and nvidia tools detect video card temps but so do nvidias drivers so long as the card has temp sensors... you can also add speedfan to the video card section because if your card has a temp sensor, speedfan will read it
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post #3 of 21
5/21/05 at 12:37am
It's weird at a glance i thought this said "temporary monitor" and i was like ***, but now that i read it good job
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post #4 of 21
5/21/05 at 7:58am
I say SpeedFan is best. Small and compact but it works.
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post #5 of 21
5/21/05 at 9:45am
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could someone give me a link to a screenshot of intel active monitor? rep+ to be awarded. i don't have a working intel now...
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Optical DriveOptical DriveCoolingCooling
12X LG Blu-ray Burner 24X Lite-On DVD Burner w/LightScribe Corsair H80  ARCTIC Accelero Hybrid 7970 Extreme 
OSOSMonitorKeyboard
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 25" Hanns-G HZ251 Logitech MK710 
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Hard DriveHard DriveHard DriveHard Drive
2x2TB Seagate 7200RPM 64MB Cache 2x120GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSD External 2TB Seagate 6400RPM External 500GB 2.5" WD Passport 5400RPM 
Optical DriveOptical DriveCoolingCooling
12X LG Blu-ray Burner 24X Lite-On DVD Burner w/LightScribe Corsair H80  ARCTIC Accelero Hybrid 7970 Extreme 
OSOSMonitorKeyboard
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 25" Hanns-G HZ251 Logitech MK710 
PowerCaseMouseMouse Pad
Corsair HX850 Cooler Master CM690 Logitech M705 X Trac Ripper 
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post #6 of 21
5/21/05 at 9:48am
http://www7.tomshardware.com/motherb...l2_monitor.gif
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post #7 of 21
5/21/05 at 9:49am
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small, but thx.
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2x2TB Seagate 7200RPM 64MB Cache 2x120GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSD External 2TB Seagate 6400RPM External 500GB 2.5" WD Passport 5400RPM 
Optical DriveOptical DriveCoolingCooling
12X LG Blu-ray Burner 24X Lite-On DVD Burner w/LightScribe Corsair H80  ARCTIC Accelero Hybrid 7970 Extreme 
OSOSMonitorKeyboard
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 25" Hanns-G HZ251 Logitech MK710 
PowerCaseMouseMouse Pad
Corsair HX850 Cooler Master CM690 Logitech M705 X Trac Ripper 
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Intel i5-2500K Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 Gigabyte HD7950 8GB G.Skill DDR3-1600 
Hard DriveHard DriveHard DriveHard Drive
2x2TB Seagate 7200RPM 64MB Cache 2x120GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSD External 2TB Seagate 6400RPM External 500GB 2.5" WD Passport 5400RPM 
Optical DriveOptical DriveCoolingCooling
12X LG Blu-ray Burner 24X Lite-On DVD Burner w/LightScribe Corsair H80  ARCTIC Accelero Hybrid 7970 Extreme 
OSOSMonitorKeyboard
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 25" Hanns-G HZ251 Logitech MK710 
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post #8 of 21
5/21/05 at 9:49am
I changed to a bigger one
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WinXP Pro Proview 17'' LCD elite Rosewill 400w 
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post #9 of 21
5/21/05 at 9:59am
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wont work... list updated in a few minutes... doing hmonitor.
damn internet... look at pic.
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CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel i5-2500K Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 Gigabyte HD7950 8GB G.Skill DDR3-1600 
Hard DriveHard DriveHard DriveHard Drive
2x2TB Seagate 7200RPM 64MB Cache 2x120GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSD External 2TB Seagate 6400RPM External 500GB 2.5" WD Passport 5400RPM 
Optical DriveOptical DriveCoolingCooling
12X LG Blu-ray Burner 24X Lite-On DVD Burner w/LightScribe Corsair H80  ARCTIC Accelero Hybrid 7970 Extreme 
OSOSMonitorKeyboard
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 25" Hanns-G HZ251 Logitech MK710 
PowerCaseMouseMouse Pad
Corsair HX850 Cooler Master CM690 Logitech M705 X Trac Ripper 
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Logitech Z506 
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Intel i5-2500K Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 Gigabyte HD7950 8GB G.Skill DDR3-1600 
Hard DriveHard DriveHard DriveHard Drive
2x2TB Seagate 7200RPM 64MB Cache 2x120GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSD External 2TB Seagate 6400RPM External 500GB 2.5" WD Passport 5400RPM 
Optical DriveOptical DriveCoolingCooling
12X LG Blu-ray Burner 24X Lite-On DVD Burner w/LightScribe Corsair H80  ARCTIC Accelero Hybrid 7970 Extreme 
OSOSMonitorKeyboard
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 25" Hanns-G HZ251 Logitech MK710 
PowerCaseMouseMouse Pad
Corsair HX850 Cooler Master CM690 Logitech M705 X Trac Ripper 
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post #10 of 21
5/21/05 at 10:05am
u missed a KEY one for us ASUS users:

ASUS Probe
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