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When looking for a maximum safe temperature for a CPU where do I find the Power (W)?

I'm using SpeedFan to alert me about unsafe CPU temperatures, Found ACPI temperature Found Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P7350 @ 2.00GHz End of detection I looked up my CPU over at Intel and on page ...
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Understanding SpeedFan terminology

There has been a lot of people posting problems running Battlefield 3 with an Nvidia card, specficially the GTX 560Ti. Something doesn't sound right - if it really was a driver problem, then I would ...
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Massive difference between Core Temperature and CPU temperature

I've recently purchased a new machine, and decided it was time to start seeing what it could do. I downloaded and installed SpeedFan to see how everything was running before fiddling, for obvious ...
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Speedfan interpret his log [closed]

I use Windows 7 profesional 32-bit I installed speedfan http://www.almico.com/speedfan.PHP. I found some log files in C:\Program Files\SpeedFan. Log files names:This folder contains this log files: ...
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What is the difference between Temp1 and Core shown in SpeedFan?

I am beginning to use Speedfan. I was wondering what is the difference between Temp1 and Core shown in SpeedFan? Whose temperature is more important?
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What is the purpose to have clock control?

I am beginning to use SpeedFan. It has a function to automatic control clock with respect to the CPU temperature. I was wondering if the clock control means to control cpu frequency? What are the ...
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Are these acceptable temperatures for my laptop?

I just installed SpeedFan 4.0 since my laptop's fan seems to be continually running at a high speed. It reports these numbers: GPU: 74C Temp1 (ACPI): 75C Temp2 (ACPI): 95C Core 0: 89C Core 1: 89C ...
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What do the Speed0x controls do in SpeedFan?

I'm monitoring my PC for suspected overheating, and I want to know what the Speed01, Speed02, and Speed03 controls do in SpeedFan? Specifically what does the Speed03 set to 41 mean? My CPU is an old ...
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What is considered temperature too high for a Core2Duo CPU on a notebook computer?

So I took the advice of installing SpeedFan (also because download.com has Editor's recommendation), and see that the temperature of my notebook's CPU (Intel Core2Duo) is about 60C and jumps up to ...