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How to find out the temperature of the processor, video card and hard drive, what is considered the norm? Ways to reduce the temperature of computer / laptop components

User question

Hello.

Tell me how you can find out the temperature of the laptop processor?

The fact is that when I play - from the side, over time, very hot air begins to come out, even the left hand fogs up (and if you put it opposite the exit of this air, then in 10-15 seconds the hand does not tolerate).

At the same time, by the way, you can hear the fan humming (if you don't play games, you can barely hear it).

The laptop works as expected, but the heating temperature confuses me. No matter how it burns ...

Good day!

In general, you should pay attention to the temperature in case of suspicious behavior of the computer (laptop), for example, it automatically turns off, reboots, your games and some programs start to close, strong brakes appear after some time of operation, strong noise of coolers and hot air escaping (this you can clearly see on laptops, as you did).

As for the fact that the processor may burn out - there is, of course, a small probability of this, but a modern computer (with a modern processor) will simply turn off when it reaches a certain temperature.

In this article I will give several ways how you can find out the temperature of the main components of a PC / laptop (processor, video card, hard drive, motherboard), as well as analyze all the most popular questions regarding temperature and overheating. So...

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Determination of the temperature of the main components of the PC

👉 Method number 1: using the HWiNFO utility

Official website: //www.hwinfo.com/

An excellent free utility for monitoring the temperature of all major computer components, viewing the characteristics of the installed hardware. Supported by all popular versions of Windows today, there are portable versions that do not need installation.

To view the readings: run the utility and select the button in the menu "Sensors" (it has a thematic picture with a thermometer).

Sensors

Actually, now you can monitor the temperature, and not only the current  (Current, see screen below) , but also maximum (Maximum) and minimum (Minimum). The average temperature is referred to as Average. Convenient, to be sure!

HWiNFO64

pros : the utility is free, shows the current temperature, maximum and minimum values ​​in a certain time interval (useful when testing the system).

Minuses : It is somewhat inconvenient to get to the indicators, plus their abundance can confuse a novice user.

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👉 Method number 2: using the AIDA64 utility

Official website: //www.aida64.com/downloads

pros : the fastest and easiest way to find out the temperature. The utility supports the Russian language, the results are clearly presented in the table (screen below).

Minuses : the utility is paid (not all values ​​will be shown in the free one), you cannot watch the max. and min. values.

Note: to find out the temperature in AIDA64 - install and run the utility, then open the tab "Computer / Sensors" ... After a while (up to 5-10 seconds), the program will receive the readings of the sensors and present them to you in a convenient plate.

The screenshot shows the temperature: CPU (48 ° C), Video cards (43 ° C), Hard disk (35 ° C).

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👉 Method number 3: using the Speccy utility

Official website: //www.piriform.com/speccy

pros : The utility is free, shows the results graphically, and works quickly. The user is only required to start it - on the first screen you will see the temperature (example below).

Minuses : it is impossible to look at the temperature for some components. Shows only the current temperature.

Speccy - current temperatures of the processor (CPU), video card (Graphics), hard disk (HDD, Storage)

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👉 Method number 4: look at t-ru in BIOS (UEFI)

pros : no need to install or download anything. You can see the temperature even if Windows does not boot.

Minuses : Shows only the current temperature. To see the values, you need to restart the laptop / computer, and during this time, as a rule, the temperature value will change (i.e. the results will not be accurate). It can be confusing for novice users - the required data is not shown in some BIOS versions.

👉 To help!

If you do not know how to enter BIOS, I recommend that you read this article.

Processor temperature 31 degrees. centigrade

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What temperature is considered normal

How many people - so many opinions!

Generally, very much depends on model your device, the same CPU, for example (sometimes, the difference can reach tens of degrees).

In addition, each specialist (experienced user) has his own opinion and disputes about this - a lot arises. Therefore, everything that is written below is purely my subjective opinion based on my personal experience.

Important!

In any case, I recommend the following: find out what kind of equipment you have (the links above to the necessary utilities were given, you can use the same AIDA64, or Speccy), then go to the official website of the device - and see the manufacturer's recommended operating temperatures!

For processor

👉 Help! Intel processor temperature: how to find it; which is considered normal and which is overheating.

Generally speaking, the following boundaries can be distinguished.

Normal I consider the temperature for the processor in the range 30-45 ° C without load, and up to 55-60 ° C under heavy load (games, video encoding, graphics, etc.).

When the temperature rises above 60 ° C - I recommend that you take a close look at the maximum heating values. The fact is that at about this mark (above 65 ° C) problems with brakes may begin - the processor starts to work slower to reduce the temperature (throttling - skipping bars).

As for laptops : some models are designed for heating up to 70-85 ° C under load (play). Although it is allowed by the manufacturer, I personally do not consider this to be normal, and I recommend using cooling pads in this case.

For example, below are the temperatures for the Intel Core i3, i5 and i7 Skylake, Ivy Bridge, Sandy Bridge, Haswell processors (which are the most popular on the market today):

  1. 30-40 ° C - normal temperature under light load: a browser, a notepad, a music player is working;
  2. 40-60 ° C - Normal temperature under load: running game, video encoding, file archiving, etc .;
  3. up to 70 ° C-85 ° C Is the maximum operating temperature allowed by Intel.

If your temperature reaches the limit values ​​(and even more so if it goes over them), I recommend that you familiarize yourself with the tips for lowering the temperature given below in the article.

For graphics card

👉 Help! The temperature of the video card: how to find it, the permissible and critical values ​​of t-ry.

Everything is more complicated here ... The fact is that what kind of video card you have is very important: what kind of model, what type of cooling is installed, what it is intended for.

On average , then in idle time the video card should not heat up above 35-40 ° C (degrees Celsius). Under load - up to50-60 ° C (for some old video cards - this temperature may already be critical!).

If the temperature in the load, for example, when the game is running, goes beyond 70 ° C- there may be a defect in the heatsink, a problem with the cooler, or, alternatively, poorly applied thermal paste.

As for video cards for laptops, the values ​​can be slightly higher, by about 5-10 ° C.

Many experienced users will object to me that modern video card chips (for example, NVidia GTX) keep temperatures up to 105 ° C - but this is a critical temperature, after which the computer will either freeze or turn off (protection will work).

By the way, I will add that at a constant load temperature over 75 ° C - the life of your video card is significantly reduced!

For hard drive

👉 Help! HDD temperature: tell me what to do, HDD heats up to 49-54 ° C.

The first thing I want to say is that it is bad for a hard drive, both a very high temperature and a low one.

The fact is that a hard disk is a mechanical device, and when the temperature rises, the materials expand (at low temperatures, they contract), which is extremely undesirable for the operation of such a high-precision device.

Generally speaking, I would allocate several ranges for disks:

  1. Normal: 28-40 ° C ... The most common temperature range, which is most often indicated by all disk manufacturers (plus or minus a couple of degrees). If there are problems with air circulation there is no inside the device, and the hard drive is not too close to other heat sources - then in most cases it is unnecessary to cool it on purpose, the temperature will be normal anyway (I do not take into account exceptional cases).
  2. High: 42-52 ° C ... If the temperature has exceeded 45 ° C, there is a reason to check the cooling system: ventilation holes, the operation of coolers. If the temperature rises in hot summer months and did not exceed 50 ° C - then, in principle, there are no strong reasons for concern.
  3. Critical: above 55 ° C ... If the temperature has exceeded 50 ° C, then it is impossible to constantly use the disc in this range, it will not last long (in any case, its service life drops dramatically). First of all, I recommend: clean the cooling system from dust, install the disk away from other devices, install an additional cooler.
  4. Low: below 20 ° C ... In general, if you are not specifically pursuing the goal of lowering the temperature of the HDD below 20 ° C - it is almost impossible to achieve this in an ordinary heated living room with an ordinary computer / laptop! Therefore, it is unnecessary to give any recommendations here ...

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How to lower the temperature

My humble recommendations

Most often, the issue is acute with the temperature in the hot summer time, when the temperature outside the window rises to 35-40 ° C (and in some regions of our country, sometimes even higher!). If there is no air conditioner in the room with the PC, then the heat affects not only you, but also the components of the computer (especially under heavy load).

And so what can be done to lower the temperature ... 👌

1) Clean your computer / laptop from dust

Perhaps this is the first thing to start with. The cooling system often fails due to the fact that the ventilation holes are clogged with dust and because of it, hot air does not come out well. Due to the disturbed air circulation, the temperature inside the case rises.

👉 To help!

1) How to clean your computer (system unit, keyboard, screen) from dust.

2) How to clean a laptop from dust - by yourself at home.

2) Thermal paste

If overheating is associated with the processor, video card, it will not be superfluous to change the thermal paste. If you don't know yourself, it's better not to experiment and use the services of some service.

3) Sun

If possible, you need to remove the computer / laptop from direct sunlight (you can hang blackout curtains, or move the device away from the window). It is also good that the room is ventilated. Ideal if there is air conditioning ☝.

4) Grandfather's way (with a fan)

If you have a regular fan, then you can open the side cover of the system unit and put a fan in front of it. Thus, you can significantly reduce the temperature of all components of the system unit.

5) For laptop

If the issue of overheating concerns a laptop, then there are special stands with coolers for it. By using such a stand, it is possible to reduce the temperature to 5-10 ° C.

👉 Help! Laptop is warming up: what to do? Temperature is high all the time: 85 ° C +

Note: when purchasing such a stand, please note that some of them are quite noisy. When buying in a store, you can hear how it works far from always (extraneous noises distract: music, conversations, etc.).

Laptop Stand with cooling

6) Another point that concerns laptops.

Often users take a laptop with them and put it on a bed, sofa, etc. The fact is that the surface of the same sofa is not even and not hard, and because of this, the ventilation holes are often blocked by furniture fabric.As a result, ventilation inside the device case is disrupted, and the temperature rises.

The premise of this is simple: use the laptop on level, dry, hard and stable surfaces.

7) About hard drives

Often, many users who have several hard drives install them too close to each other in the system unit. As a result, one disc heats the other. The best option is to place them as far apart as possible, or install a small additional cooler that will disperse the warm air between them.

Location of disks in the system unit

8) Coolers

By the way, pay attention to how the coolers (fans) work. In some cases, it makes sense to replace them with more powerful (serviceable) ones.

It also makes sense to try increasing the rotational speed of coolers that cannot cope with the temperature (if they do not work at their maximum capacity). For information on how to do this, see one of my articles, the link to it is below.

👉 To help!

How to adjust the rotation speed of fans (coolers)

9) How else you can lower the CPU temperature (update from 07/05/2019)

If you have applied all of the above tips and the temperature is still high enough, you can try disabling Turbo Boost and spend Undervolting (voltage drop) CPU.

Due to this, it is possible to achieve a very significant decrease in the processor temperature, sometimes to 20-25 ° C (very noticeable on gaming laptops, PCs). See the note below for how to do this.

👉 Help!

How to reduce CPU temperature by fine tuning (up to 20 ° C): disable Turbo Boost, Undervolting (for Intel processors)

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That's all for me, good work and normal temperature!

Thank you in advance for the additions on the topic.

Good Luck!

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First publication of the article: 05.07.2017

Correction: 01/05/2020

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