Solved Computer cooling

[americancritic2]

Hi is there a way to check hot my computer gets and how I can check it all the time. I do not know what it should be...

 

[lehnerus2000]

Speccy

You could use a program like Speccy:
https://www.piriform.com/speccy

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[johnhoh]

Realtemp has your temp plus this cool part called "distance to TJmaxx", which is the distance in degrees you are away from "thermal junction max" temp, the temperature at which your cpu slows down automatically to keep from overheating. I'll attach my current reading, which shows a whopping 70C below the thermal throttling temp. You can set it up to show your temp in the system tray near the clock

Download Real Temp | techPowerUp

 

[americancritic2]

How important is it to keep watch on the temp and how often. I know I'm new and young but how many years of school did you guys go through to know all of this and have all these things in your systems.

After my dad passed and I got his system which is the one I am on now, I watched him a lot when he was on the web and I am still kind of scared of the internet as I don't know what to look for or really even search. I don't want to get a virus so does anyone have any advise they could give to me. Oh and thank you for your comments above I think it will help me.

Danny...

 

[AddRAM]

I consider it very important to monitor your cpu temps.

Use the suggestion above

Don`t download any garbage and you`ll never get a virus. (just my opinion)

 

[YaMoonSun]

So long as you dust the computer out with compressed air every three months or so, and clean the heat sink and replace the thermal compound, it'll run like a dream.

 

[americancritic2]

YaMoonSun I'm sorry as I don't even know what a heat sink or a thermal compound is. I am 17 and just starting to learn about computers.

If you would explain to me what to do and how to do it, then I will know. Thanks for your help.

Danny...

 

[AddRAM]

The easiest thing for you to do is start watching youtube videos, then get to it.

We can tell you how to do something over and over, but until you do it yourself you`ll never learn

Heat sink = it draws the heat away from the cpu, a fan is either attached to it or blows air across it.

Thermal compound = what is used between the cpu and the heat sink to fill in the gaps, it spreads out like putty.

Everyone has a favorite method and brand of TIM (Thermal Interface Material) they like to use.

Mine Antec - Formula 7

How to Remove Apply Thermal Paste on CPU - YouTube

How to apply and remove Thermal Paste? | Tutorial - YouTube

How Thermal Compound Spreads - YouTube

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
I like realtemp it uses very little resources
Here is how I install it on intel systems
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Just download it to your downloads folder open the realtemp download and you'll see the same listings here shown

Then open the shortcut on your desktop and you'll see the temp # all the time on your taskbar


If you have a amd system this too uses very little resources but also works on intel systems too,
Download MajorGeeks.Com - MajorGeeks

 

[Anak]

@ThrashZone, I wanted to go to the major geeks site to check core temp1 but your link shows this:




@americancritic Before you start worrying about thermal paste get and use one of the monitoring utilities mentioned here in your thread; Real Temp or Speccy and watch where the temps go so you can find a range, then if the temps are consistently high and out of range you can consider reapplying new paste. But, make sure you don't have any dust bunnies inside the case.

If you can supply the model number of your Dad's, now your Lenovo desktop we should be able to pull up a servicing manual to show you how to remove covers to do routine maintenance like blowin' out the dust and applying paste to the heat sinks.

Check around the outside of the desktop tower to see if you can find a model number if that fails go to Control Panel and click on System, when that opens look at the second section under System it should be listed there. Then we'll show you how to add it to your system specs for future reference.

 

[johnhoh]

regarding the importance of cpu temperature monitoring, my opinion is that there is no reason at all to watch the temp, or to pay any attention at all. You should never touch your heatsink or change the compound. Backing up your data is what matters. Your hardware is fine.

 

[americancritic2]

Hello I downloaded real temp. I unzipped the file and there is no .exe to click on to install, can someone assist me on this. I unzipped it using 7 Zip.

Thank you
Danny...

 

[johnhoh]

try clicking on each file one by one, one of them will work

 

[johnhoh]

to figure out which lenovo system you have, try Belarc Advisor and post a screenshot of the main results page it produces.

 

[Anak]

With any downloaded program you would click on the ones that have an .exe file extension and say Application in the Type column. The ones I have boxed would be the ones you can use:



But, there will be times when your downloaded file may look like this when you open it, could you pick the ones you need?



Some of the other members may have suggestions on how they use Real Temp (RT) but I see no way for installation, the documentation that I found says that RT can be set-up as a start up only, but, that doesn't stop you from going into its Folder and clicking on one of those that I boxed.

Oh, btw, the RT doc says you need to right click and run as administrator for RT to run right. That's probably why the author said it's better to create a task for 7 because you can set it to run that way.

StartMinimized

Selecting this will force RealTemp to start up in the System Tray area.

To get Real Temp to start up when Windows XP starts up, drag a link to Real Temp into your All Programs -> Startup folder.

When using Vista or Windows 7, I prefer using the Task Scheduler to control the start up of Real Temp.

Source about 2/3rd's down the page: https://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/docs

Being that your Central Processing Unit (CPU) is an i7/2300 this says it has 4cores and this says you should use the Standard version RT that would be the third one down in my boxed list.
I'd read up on all the documentation in my source link before using RT and the others, you can and you won't hurt anything but you won't understand what you're seeing, usually you'd want to see temps around 100 °F or 37.78 °C there is a box you can check in settings to convert °C to °F.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Thanks for the heads up
Here's a new link to coretemp
Download Core Temp - MajorGeeks

 

[americancritic2]

Hi this is what I get there is no .exe to run.
Well I was going to upload a picture but I can't figure out how to send you a picture of what is going on with the download for core temp can someone help me please of upload a picture to the forum.

Danny...

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Coretemp is a little easier to install it downloads as a installer so all you have to do is double click on it in the downloads folder and it will install
Just follow the yellow highlighting

 

[Anak]

You're welcome TZ

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
No problem I've always just done at on my post #9 for realtemp.exe to my desktop
When I want it to run I open it from there
It seems as accurate as cpu-z for Mhz and load on the processor

It has a lot of features I do not use or need it is only a heads up for temp and load at that time

During MS updating issues it came in quite handy

Coretemp is as accurate it's just easier to install and of course good for intel or amd systems but will show all core temps which could be 2 or 4 temp #'s which all I need is 1