How can I check the temperature of my CPU in Windows?

Question

Does Windows provide a means to check my CPU temperature natively?
If not, are there any software tools which can reveal this information?

I'm sure somebody's going to vote to close this as a duplicate, but while I found a bunch of questions asking what software to use I didn't actually find any specifically asking "Can Windows do this on its own?" which I think is novel enough to a potential searcher to keep.

Griffin · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-08 01:49:59Z

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Actually this information is given to OS by the BIOS, but you will need an application to expose the information. You can find a lot of applications to do this, Google found these:

edited Mar 8 at 1:49

Griffin
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answered Feb 29 '12 at 19:16

Diogo
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what search terms did you use? did Open Hardware Monitor (see Shinrai's answer) come up too? – d3vid Nov 28 '12 at 14:47

CPU temp monitor.... – Griffin Mar 8 at 1:53

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Have you tried any of these or are they just Google results? – Burhan Ali Mar 31 at 15:52

Nate Koppenhaver · Answer 2 · 2012-02-29 19:22:50Z

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There is no builtin Windows utility to do this, so you need to use another tool.
My personal favorite is SpeedFan. SpeedFan can monitor CPU temps, GPU temps, S.M.A.R.T. data, HD temps, and more; and if you want to you can also adjust fan speeds with it too.

answered Feb 29 '12 at 19:22

Nate Koppenhaver
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SpeedFan RULES. +1 to that. – studiohack♦ Feb 29 '12 at 23:00

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SpeedFan is very powerful, but it's very clunky IMO. I don't like it even for serious technical use. The interface is just so awful! – Shinrai Mar 27 '12 at 14:27

sadly the download site now doesn't actually give you the program but a load of malware/adware/crap/junk instead. – jwenting May 20 at 17:31

@jwenting I just installed it without any problems. Not sure what you're referring to. – Brian Ortiz Aug 2 at 15:18

@jwenting you must have tried to download it from somewhere else... try this page – Nate Koppenhaver Aug 10 at 20:47

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Shinrai · Answer 3 · 2012-02-29 19:15:32Z

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Windows doesn't expose this information out of the box - you need to install any of a myriad of tools to find it. (For something lightweight, I like Open Hardware Monitor.)

answered Feb 29 '12 at 19:15

Shinrai
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	Technically, Windows does have access, but you will need an application to expose the information. Windows just doesn't have a built-in tool to show it to the user. – Ben Richards Feb 29 '12 at 19:17
	@sidran32 - It's a valid point, I probably should have chosen my verbiage more carefully. Slight edit incoming. – Shinrai Feb 29 '12 at 19:18

Breakthrough · Answer 4 · 2013-03-08 02:31:50Z

You might want to take a look at HWMonitor, which shows a wide variety of system sensors.
In addition to temperature, it also shows system voltages, fan speeds, and power consumption - not only for your CPU, but all the hardware connected to your computer that has sensors (including your graphics cards and hard drives).
For a more "advanced" tool (showing much more information), you may want to use HWiNFO.

KenM · Answer 5 · 2013-05-13 17:24:57Z

* 1st note that I have only used NVIDIA System Monitor and have no user-knowledge of other tool software for this purpose.
If your PC has a NVIDIA graphics card, or installed monitor software, their System Monitor tool is available at Nvidia dot com. IT IS AMAZING !!! Add the program to your desktop and you can open the program and instantly know cpu, gpu, and disc temps, as well as memory % in-use, vital multi-core cpu % in-use for each, net data transfer speed and identifies cpu clocking speeds and more. It also shows fan speeds and allows you to change their settings from auto to manual control easily (I use this feature as a temp spike preventive on hot Summer days). I physically clean the inside of my pc more often since using this program to record a 30* cpu avg. temp drop after a good cleaning.

jdh · Answer 6 · 2012-02-29 19:16:13Z

No, there is no native windows 7 method to monitor temperature, a third party utility is required. Coverage of all temperature sensors (cpu, graphics, motherboard, hd) woule be ideal.

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