When performing intense tasks, your computer should remain cool under pressure. It shouldn’t lag or slow down, and it must maintain a low temperature at all times. Otherwise, you could face long-term ...

You can check your CPU temperature by downloading a third-party app, like HWMonitor for PCs and XRG for Macs.

Radiograph comes with mainly three options – Monitoring, Driller, and Storage. Although there is another tab called Benchmark, it doesn’t work in the stable version. In other words, you need to opt ...

Just as you don't want your phone getting too hot, an overheating computer is no joke. If your CPU goes over a certain temperature, it will start throttling performance in an effort to reduce excess ...

A good temperature for your desktop computer's CPU is around 120℉ when idle, and under 175℉ when under stress.

After one of his PCs came close to overheating, Brien is more vigilant than ever about monitoring its CPU temperature. Here's the setup he's using to do it. Bonus: no annoying app notifications ...

About a year ago, my computer started acting funny. It would freeze up, applications would randomly crash, and I even got a BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) or two. After a few hours of suffering through ...

An easier and inexpensive way of adding a data logging feature and a digital thermometer to a PC is featured in this project. An easier and inexpensive way of adding a data logging feature and a ...

[Taylor] popped a new graphics card into his computer, but before he could settle in for a round of gaming, his card started to overheat. He eventually tracked the problem down to an undersized power ...

This application note is a reference design for a PC-based temperature measurement system. It uses the MAX1396 and MAX6603EVKITs, a MAXQ2000 microcontroller, and MAX6603 signal conditioner. The design ...

If you feel your computer is running too hot and increasing the ambient temperature of your room, you need to check all components' temperatures and see which one is causing the most trouble. The temp ...