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Hi Fred, I just wanted to comment on the temperature plan. One thing of note… lots of people use a vacuum to clean out dust. Most should be cautioned not to touch any electronic components with the tip of the wand as most of these build up static electricity and will zap a motherboard or other sensitive gear. Don’t ask me how I know that.

Next is the software for reading temps. Some software does NOT read the values correctly. I forget which ones now but remember many years ago having to put in a “fudge” factor to calibrate the temps and such. Just a warning not to believe everything you see. Because I run the Folding program from Stanford University on my computer my CPU’s and GPU’s run 24/7 at 100% load. Needless to say I spend a lot of time keeping things cool. So…

I would like to recommend the CPUID program called Hardware monitor. I use it constantly on several machines here and it works very well. Tells me the temps of CPU’s, GPU’s, Hard drives, and voltages too… fan speeds etc. Since you mentioned CPUz I was surprised you didnt mention this in your article since it is made by the same folks.

Good to see you still writing, I still remember the old days on “BIX” with Karen Kentworthy and many others.

Take care,
Rick