Is there a widget that monitors CPU, GPU and Motherboard temperatures?
I had to operate my new build using Windows 7 for a couple of weeks. Our fantastic techies apparently fixed the problems I was having, because I have successfully added Kubuntu 13.04 to my computer in a dual-boot configuration.
While I used Windows 7 for a default OS, I purchased a small application that reads the CPU Temperature, Motherboard and HDD's. My new build is a heat producer, 8 core AMD 8350 w/ 2gb Video Card. Special cooling was required and additional fans. Well, I now have my Kubuntu back and was wanting a widget to montior component temperatures to keep from overheating the new computer. I can't remember the name, but I think it was Speecy, or something like that, that monitors internal temperatures in the Windows 7 OS. Nice little application. But, in Kubuntu, the component monitor is reading, I-don't-know-what sensor, because the temperature it shows is only 65 degrees F. For a short time, it also presented temperature readings for the GPU, so I must have heat sensors for my Video Card. And when I was running Windows 7, the ??Speecy program showed real-time temperatures for the CPU, Motherboard, and HDD's, so I am relatively sure those sensors exhist, and I am assuming they are a part of their respective hardware, because that is the only thing that makes sense to me.
In any event, with the faster Video Card came a couple of free games. The only games I have played on my computer so far are Chess and Spider Solitaire, so I was curious. One of the games, Bioshock, is wonderful. When it starts, I get a fourth-of-July experience of the capabilities of the Video Card, and it is pretty impressive. But I notice that greater demand on various heat-generators like the CPU rise very fast, when they are being tested for speed. For this reason, I would like to know if such a temperature monitor exists. If not, I will just have to figure out how to make one, even though I am way underqualified. If anyone can help, thanks in advance, otherwise, I will continue my search for the new tool. Thanks!
I have viewed and tried all those offered in the add widgets portion of Kubuntu plazmoids.
While I used Windows 7 for a default OS, I purchased a small application that reads the CPU Temperature, Motherboard and HDD's. My new build is a heat producer, 8 core AMD 8350 w/ 2gb Video Card. Special cooling was required and additional fans. Well, I now have my Kubuntu back and was wanting a widget to montior component temperatures to keep from overheating the new computer. I can't remember the name, but I think it was Speecy, or something like that, that monitors internal temperatures in the Windows 7 OS. Nice little application. But, in Kubuntu, the component monitor is reading, I-don't-know-what sensor, because the temperature it shows is only 65 degrees F. For a short time, it also presented temperature readings for the GPU, so I must have heat sensors for my Video Card. And when I was running Windows 7, the ??Speecy program showed real-time temperatures for the CPU, Motherboard, and HDD's, so I am relatively sure those sensors exhist, and I am assuming they are a part of their respective hardware, because that is the only thing that makes sense to me.
In any event, with the faster Video Card came a couple of free games. The only games I have played on my computer so far are Chess and Spider Solitaire, so I was curious. One of the games, Bioshock, is wonderful. When it starts, I get a fourth-of-July experience of the capabilities of the Video Card, and it is pretty impressive. But I notice that greater demand on various heat-generators like the CPU rise very fast, when they are being tested for speed. For this reason, I would like to know if such a temperature monitor exists. If not, I will just have to figure out how to make one, even though I am way underqualified. If anyone can help, thanks in advance, otherwise, I will continue my search for the new tool. Thanks!
I have viewed and tried all those offered in the add widgets portion of Kubuntu plazmoids.
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