What's nominal temperature for hard drives, GPU, etc.?

Happy Hopping · Post by **Happy Hopping** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 3:41 pm

I already download and run Systool, it won't recognize my motherboard. I am using HP Workstation.

but HP themselves doesn't have temp monitoring software, neither on their BIOS nor any of their utility software

Needless to say, I can tell my GPU temp.

But I like to know my hard drive, motherboard and CPU temp.

any idea?

nick705 · Post by **nick705** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 3:59 pm

Have you tried the usual suspects - Speedfan, Everest, Core Temp, HDTune, HWMonitor... ?

Happy Hopping · Post by **Happy Hopping** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:53 pm

do they all monitor everything? including cpu, hard drive, MB. I am not verse in those software so I don't know which one is good

dhanson865 · Post by **dhanson865** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 6:03 am

Start with speedfan, it'll monitor everything.

http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php

jhhoffma · Post by **jhhoffma** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:55 am

Everest is easily the best but it'll cost you. Speedfan, Motherboard Monitor, and CoreTemp are free.

Happy Hopping · Post by **Happy Hopping** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:11 am

1) what is the normal idle temp. of hard drive? As mine ones are at 35 C, 38 C, 38C, 36 C

2) And what is Temp1 & Temp3?

If my GPU is 56 deg C, what temperature is Speed Fan reading that says 53 C and 30 deg. C

3) Is GPU 56 deg C high? It's an idle temp., i.e., nothing is running

frenchie · Post by **frenchie** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:13 am

google the name of your motherboard and add Speedfan to the search. It should help you

andyb · Post by **andyb** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:29 am

The HDD Temps are good, the rest are well within decent limits.

You dont have anything to worry about.

Andy

blackworx · Post by **blackworx** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 11:30 am

Pure guess: going by the relative temperatures, I'd say temp1=CPU and temp3=case

Easy way to find out which one is CPU:

- Select the graph tab in speedfan and select temp1 and temp3
- Let your pc idle for a few minutes
- Start a stress test with something like CPUburn or Prime95
- Whichever temp rises first and fastest is your CPU temp

If temp3 is in fact your case temp then during a stress test it will rise later, more slowly and not by nearly as much, although temp3 could feasibly be your chipset temperature. Also, if you are running an open case then it may not rise at all.

It's easy to become obsessed by temperatures (I'm not saying you are, but I know I was once). If your hardware is less than 10 years old, then as long as your drives generally stay below 50ÂºC and all your other temps stay beneath 60-65ÂºC you have nothing to worry about. GPUs will generally cope with considerably more.

Note that these figures are pretty conservative. In my experience most hardware will be absolutely fine for quite a bit beyond these limits.

Happy Hopping · Post by **Happy Hopping** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:25 pm

http://fixunix.com/storage/381971-recom ... ature.html

on this link, they said the nominal temp. of hard drive should be 40 deg C

blackworx · Post by **blackworx** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:10 pm

Not sure "nominal" is the word I'd use, but yeah 40Âº is a good average operating temperature for a hard drive. There a lot of factors which can affect this though. With very good cooling they can idle as low as 20Âº.

The 55Âº I mentioned in my last post is a conservative maximum - i.e. under sustained load.