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    Best way to check temperature?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Lazerpooper, Jul 12, 2011.

  1. Lazerpooper

    Lazerpooper Notebook Enthusiast

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    What is the best way to and how do you check your M11x temp?

    thanks
     
    Lazerpooper, Jul 12, 2011
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  2. DeeVu

    DeeVu That Compsci/Psych Major

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    I use HWiNFO32. It gives you temps on each core as well as highs and lows. Not sure on its accuracy but its seemed pretty reliable in the past. Also allows you to increase fan speed if you feel its too hot. Wouldn't mess with this though unless you are sure about what you are doing.

    Attached is a pic. For what you need I would just run it in Sensor-Only mode when starting the program up.
     

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  3. Vallejo

    Vallejo Notebook Consultant

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    I use CPUID HWMonitor. It gives you, as DeeVu said, high and lows. As far as I know, this is a good program to calculate temps.
    Here a photo of how does it look like:
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    In case that you want more info. or you want to download it, here is the link the webpage :
    CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting
     
    Vallejo, Jul 12, 2011
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  4. DivineAura

    DivineAura Notebook Evangelist

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    Ahh I use only ThrottleStop 3.0 to monitor the temps,
    even if you increase fan speed you will only hear loud noise with high temps, I just don't know why so I don't use the program again.
     
    DivineAura, Jul 12, 2011
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  5. el_pitaya

    el_pitaya Notebook Consultant

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    i use core temp to monitor temps, not sure of the accuracy but works for me, and can put the cores temps in the bar below, so I can always take a look ;)
     
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  6. Lazerpooper

    Lazerpooper Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the help guys, it is 90 degrees today and I have my AC off and windows open.. My GPU is running at 53C
     
    Lazerpooper, Jul 12, 2011
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