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Question

How i moniter my Hardware Temprature inside Windows 7

by Jun 2, 2016 9:07AM PDT

I am newbie here I want to know about how do I monitor my PC hardware temperature. I run into serious trouble when my PC restarted couple of times when I play games more than an hour. I discussed with friend he told me that it could be overheating problem. If this is over heating problem then how do I monitor temperature of hardware of my PC. Or if this is not problem of overheating then what else is the issue.

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Something I rarely do.
by Forum moderator Jun 2, 2016 9:29AM PDT

There are so many good hardware temp monitors today that I'll just share one I used yesterday as it had no malware. SPECCY.

That said why don't I measure? Because I fix such things by replacing heatsink compound, fans and such rather than measure. If it's too hot, we get that under control since it can age or kill chips and boards.

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hardware temprature monintor
by languri Jun 2, 2016 11:19AM PDT

IS speccy free to use software or I have to pay it. Could you please share me where do I get this

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I take it you are very new to finding such,.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jun 2, 2016 11:41AM PDT

I went to google.com and typed in SPECCY. It's on the Piriform web site and it's free here. I opted out of Cleaner.

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by languri Jun 3, 2016 4:36AM PDT
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Temp monitor
by Jun 2, 2016 10:40AM PDT

As mentioned speccy is a easy to use product.

Even non-gamers should occasionally check that area.

Just to see if something is getting a bit warm which would indicate it's time for a little maintenance.

Gamers because they work the machine hard should keep a close eye on temps.

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Temp Monitor software
by languri Jun 2, 2016 11:29AM PDT

Well thanks it's good to know that speccy is user friendly software. is this shows complete picture of particular hardware that overheating. By the way I am not a professional gamer I like to play games

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Try SPEEDFAN
by Jun 4, 2016 10:48AM PDT

There are a number of temperature sensors already in your PC and the FREE program SPEEDFAN will display them for you along with the speed of your fans. It worked well for me in troubleshooting an overheating GPU problem.

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Computer Hardware Temperature Monitor
by Jun 4, 2016 11:47AM PDT

CPUID has a free software that monitors the computers' temperature called HWMonitor. They also have two other free softwares that monitor other aspects of your computer.

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HWMonitor
by languri Jun 12, 2016 11:59PM PDT

Installed HWmonitor it shows me detail data about core elements


Note by moderator. The URL in this post was removed for it's unwanted software included with the title.

Post was last edited on June 13, 2016 7:56 AM PDT

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That site appears to be malware.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jun 13, 2016 7:54AM PDT

"Reported Unwanted Software Page!

This web page at 95.211.174.215 has been reported to contain unwanted software and has been blocked based on your security preferences."

This is why I removed the URL.

Try to avoid posting bad sites.

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