Repair Tool of the Week: CPUID Hardware Monitor

12/26/2007
11 COMMENTS

CPU-Z is a great application, but it doesnt show the temperature of a CPU. GPU-Z is also a great application, but it doesnt show the temperature of the GPU. Core-Temp will show the temperatures of each computer core, but not much else.

So, the creators of CPU-Z have just released a new application called CPU-ID Hardware Monitor which seems to fill the holes that the above programs missed. CPU-ID Hardware Monitor is a stand alone, freeware utility which shows the voltages of the system on each rail, the system temperature (in total and on each core), the fan speeds and the temperature of the GPU. It will even show you the temperatures of each hard drive.

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gunslinger says:

12/26/2007 at 10:34

Looks like something that would come in handy for overclocking, not that I do much of that. But It would be easier to tell if a customers CPU was over heating causing random shutdowns.

Takarii says:

12/26/2007 at 11:03

There seems to be a discrepancy in CPU core temperatures reported by this utility and SpeedFan. CPUID Hardware Monitors temperatures are always around 14-18°C higher for each core (the gap increases to 18°C at the low end and decreases slightly to 14°C at higher temperatures). How do I know which values to trust?

Hank says:

12/26/2007 at 12:37

Core-Temp is my prefered temp monitoring tool for newer systems as it gets the data from the processor which is more acurate. I don’t know if this tool uses the same method or not I would compare the two and see how close to figure how good and accurate it is. I also like to compare them to the motherboards provided monitoring tool. I have yet to find more then 1C or 2C difference in them which I am not concerned with.

Takarii says:

12/26/2007 at 16:03

You’re right, they seem to be polling different sensors. I’ve tried using my motherboards tool, but it only reports case temperature. What would solve this problem for me would be knowing the relationship between core and case temperatures, as all the monitors report exactly the same case temperature. Would you say that in general the case temperature is around the same temperature as the cores, or that the cores are usually around 10-12°C hotter than the case temperature?

Gunslinger says:

12/26/2007 at 22:00

This program seems to be extremely accurate. It is within 1

Hank says:

12/27/2007 at 07:39

Core temps are usually the hottest unless your PSU and GPU are outputting so much heat and you have poor ventilation. Generally if that is the case your cores won’t be able to cool and still end up hotter. I rarely even glance at the case temp unless the CPU is also running hot to see if it is due to poor ventilation. I should probly give it a better look but since most CPU coolers in the end rely on the air in the case they won’t cool the CPU below the case temp.

Takarii says:

12/27/2007 at 13:40

Thanks for your prompt replies Hank – think I’ll have to trust Core-Temp and CPUID Hardware Monitor since they both seem to agree on my CPU temperature. Just makes me wonder how much hotter my CPU has been running than I thought eheh, especially since I had it overclocked.

Takarii says:

01/06/2008 at 06:30

Thanks for the great tool.