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I am looking for a reliable way to tell what my CPU temp is so that I dont burn the thing out. I currently have MBM 5, but it just does not seem to be reliable, or I am not setting up the temperature settings correctly.
I currently have an MSI K8N Neo2 Plat w/ AMD64 939 3000+ proc w/ OCZ 3700 Gold Rev. 3. The system is set to 4x HTT, 255 FSB (OC'ed to about 2300 Mhz up from 1800 Mhz), 1.475 voltage for CPU, 2.7 voltage for memory, memory timings at 3-4-4-10, and have a Thermaltake Venus 12 w/ manual fan control. I am running Windows 2000.
Generally, my CPU temp shows up as less than 40 C in MBM 5, but after running for a day or so lately it has been inching up and now idles around 46 and 49 C. I cant see the temp when I am playing a game, but when I quickly switch out it is above 50 C. When I reboot and go into the Bios and let it sit for a while, it stays below 40 C all the time. Then when I log back into windows, it generally stays well below 40 C as well, but after a day or so it heads back up to those high temps and jumps between 46 and 49 C. Also, when I crank up the fan, it does not seem to do anything to the temp registering in MBM 5 on my taskbar.
It just makes me question MBM 5, or at least the settings that I have tried. In fact, I dont know what the appropriate settings are. Is there a better utility out there or am I destined to have no good idea of what my CPU temp is? If MBM 5 is the best, what settings should I use for my config? Also, how do I get it to correctly show my case temp. My case temp in bios is usually around 30 C I think, maybe a little lower, but it says 10 or so in MBM 5, so I am guessing that is wrong.
Thanks in advance.
I currently have an MSI K8N Neo2 Plat w/ AMD64 939 3000+ proc w/ OCZ 3700 Gold Rev. 3. The system is set to 4x HTT, 255 FSB (OC'ed to about 2300 Mhz up from 1800 Mhz), 1.475 voltage for CPU, 2.7 voltage for memory, memory timings at 3-4-4-10, and have a Thermaltake Venus 12 w/ manual fan control. I am running Windows 2000.
Generally, my CPU temp shows up as less than 40 C in MBM 5, but after running for a day or so lately it has been inching up and now idles around 46 and 49 C. I cant see the temp when I am playing a game, but when I quickly switch out it is above 50 C. When I reboot and go into the Bios and let it sit for a while, it stays below 40 C all the time. Then when I log back into windows, it generally stays well below 40 C as well, but after a day or so it heads back up to those high temps and jumps between 46 and 49 C. Also, when I crank up the fan, it does not seem to do anything to the temp registering in MBM 5 on my taskbar.
It just makes me question MBM 5, or at least the settings that I have tried. In fact, I dont know what the appropriate settings are. Is there a better utility out there or am I destined to have no good idea of what my CPU temp is? If MBM 5 is the best, what settings should I use for my config? Also, how do I get it to correctly show my case temp. My case temp in bios is usually around 30 C I think, maybe a little lower, but it says 10 or so in MBM 5, so I am guessing that is wrong.
Thanks in advance.