Archive for February, 2011
How To Monitor CPU Temperature
We all know that a CPU tends to overheat. How many computers were trashed because it overheated?
It is a fact that excessive heat damages electronics and it could damage the computer permanently. Thus, being able to monitor CPU temperature makes your computer last longer at itsmaximum condition.
Ever since PCs came into the market, system engineers already took into consideration the heat emitted by the system components. Thus, cooling designs were integrated and ensuredso there would be minimal damage or instability caused by heat. However, a decade later, since systems were more complex, the heat increased and became a major problem for most CPUs. This excessive heat makes it unstable and causes it to shutdown. Thus, it became important to be able to monitor CPU temperature.
Before you start installing various cooling methods, you need to see the temperature of your CPU so you can monitor how hot it gets. There are many CPU temperature monitor software that you can consider. One of them is the speedfan. It is a software that lets you see the status of your PC including the temperature. You can also consider Core Temp. This does not only let you see the temperature of your PC but the temperature of each processor in it. Last but not the least, you can download and install CPU thermometer. It serves as a thermometer that you can see at a glance in your desktop tray icon.
