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Checking CPU Temp
Many of us take it for granted that all is well in our computers that we have built.
Today someone mentioned a program called Speccy to identify hardware in your system. (I personally use Belarc Advisor) Well I downloaded it and started looking at my internal CPU temps.
Hummm they seem to be a little high.
CPU 0% idle was 42c
CPU loaded to 75% 61c
Well I decided to do a little checking and removed the CPU heatsink & fan and noticed that only 3 of the 4 clips were properly mounted to the MB.
My fault on build. Too much in a rush.
Long story short. Removed, cleaned and re-installed with new paste and mounted correctly to MB.
Final Results
CPU 0% idle was 30c
CPU loaded to 75% 43c
Checkout the difference temperatures between the two programs.
CoreTemp2 and Speccy
Which one do you use or like?