Core Temp

Latest in our Saturday Software Review series

It´s good, especially in summer to keep tabs on just how hot your system is running. Any issue that causes your system temperature to climb too high can be a likely cause of crashes and/or system slow downs - even, in extreme cases, permanent damage. Core temp makes that easy and unobtrusive.

Platform: Windows
Cost: Freeware
Summary: A compact, no fuss, small footprint program to monitor CPU temperature..



This tiny little app comes with a lot of features but won´t consume all your resources to run. I leave it sitting in my system trey all the time, making it easy to tell, at a glance, of there is any temperature problems.

Generally if the temperature is creeping anywhere about 60C then something is amiss, either a fan has stopped or the case is insufficiently cooled. In any case, something that should be attended to. Core Temp even helps make this visual with a colour coding that turns the trey temperature from green to yellow to red based on how hot things get.

Core temp also integrates both with it´s own gadget and the All CPU Meter sidebar gadget to provide a multi-core head´s up display of current status.

Regardless how you choose to use Core Temp, it´s a great addition to your system to help ensure things keep running smoothly.

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