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motherboard temp, fans, and hard drives

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by NoFear21, Jun 30, 2007.

  1. NoFear21

    NoFear21 Member

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    need to know how to find the temp of my CPU, and how to monitor it.

    heres the info about my MB,
    Intel (Thrasher) Motherboard No CPU R1 [Part #2520578],
    http://support.gateway.com/s/PC/310_Series/Shared/2520218/2520218sp2.shtml

    (serial 0032965890)


    also anyone used one of these before?
    http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=586530&CatId=801


    also what type of hard drive should i get id like one with about 500 gbs but is there any other specs that i should look for, like buffer or rpms?


    Thanks
    Kevin
     
  2. Waymon3X6

    Waymon3X6 Regular member

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    Motherboard monitor... http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=311

    I have it and it works great. It monitors you cpu temp and case temp.

    I recently bought a fan that went up to 3500 rpm, and this thing is LOUD! I removed it and replaced it with the older one, since this thing seriously sounds like a real vacuum.

    If you're going to get a hard rive, make sure you buy one that is SATA compatable, and is about 7400 rpm. Anything below that is super slow. Also, make sure it has a 16mb cache.

    Personally, if you're into gaming, I would go with Western Digital, since they have really fast HDDs.
     
  3. NoFear21

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  4. abuzar1

    abuzar1 Senior member

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    Try a program called Speed Fan. I'm too lazy right now so do a google search it shoud come up.
     
  5. NoFear21

    NoFear21 Member

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    that one didnt help either, i guess my MB just doesnt have way of checking, cause theres nothing in BIOS either



    kevin
     
  6. elokito

    elokito Regular member

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    Waymon3X6 there r no 7400rpm hard drives or 7500rpm hard drives so update ure sig to 7200rpm hard drives
     
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    abuzar1 Senior member

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    Thats odd, call up intel support see if they can help.
     
  8. Waymon3X6

    Waymon3X6 Regular member

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    Sorry bout that man, it's an old HDD, so I was to lazy to look on the cover to see the rpms, so I just guessed.

    Btw, I dont think you're allowed to do that... I think you should've pm'ed me or something.
     
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    elokito Regular member

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    lol do what? it was just a "tip"
     
  10. Waymon3X6

    Waymon3X6 Regular member

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    this thread is for NoFear21, not for me....
     
  11. elokito

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    oh...i c
     

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