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I would like a simple Windows program that can display the temperature of the computer's components and also show fan speed.

Any suggestions of a good and preferrably free (as in free beer) program?

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I've would've gone with glass thermometer but it isn't as soft as needed... :) – egon Feb 11 '10 at 11:13
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Speedfan does all that.

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SpeedFan at the moment is the best – Drake Jul 15 '09 at 14:53
SpeedFan was simple to install, shows all interesting temperatures and fan speeds. Has some more functinality but this is hidden away in other tabs. – Jonas Jul 15 '09 at 15:04
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speedfan, when I tried it anyway.. lists temp1 temp2 temp3.. not always clear which is CPU.. though perhaps one can work it out.. with prime95 and see which temp rises..be interesting to know how others do it. – barlop Sep 23 '10 at 8:28
@barlop, agreed, SpeedFan didn't show temperature for GeForce MX440 card and it shows some strange temp1 temp2 temp3(128C!!!) values, I assume that temp1 is CPU – geotavros Dec 11 '11 at 19:33
@geotavros I don't know the mechanism but rivatuner from guru3d(haven't tried it n i don't have your card) might according to this link frihost.com/forums/vt-24437.html and it might be in ctrl panel system properties advanced you may have a geforce section there according to that link. – barlop Dec 12 '11 at 23:36
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Motherboard Monitor is a free app that has lots of tools including Temps, fan speed and core voltage. It is a slight pain to configure correctly, but otherwise a great tool.

It looks like MBM is a dead project though (last update was in 2006) in which case, Wikipedia suggests Speedfan and CoreTemp

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Hmm... Seems CoreTemp can't detect all the temp sensors, otherwise it had a very simple GUI. – Jonas Jul 15 '09 at 15:03
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I prefer MBM5. Here's a good link for information on it: http://www.thetechrepository.com/showthread.php?t=74

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Perhaps a bit to much work to install for my taste. – Jonas Jul 15 '09 at 15:00
Cannot be started on my Windows 7 - a DLL is missed. – Pavel Vlasov Feb 16 at 16:03
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CPUID's HWMonitor works great for me. Unlike SpeedFan, it has no problems detecting my GPU, and presents information in a more useful manner, including displaying sensor and device names instead of "Temp1", "Temp2", "HDD1", etc.

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NHC is a powerful program http://www.pbus-167.com/. It comes with an script language to control fan speed.

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I suggest tiny http://www.cputhermometer.com/

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