New PC Arrived :)

Very happy as always with my build from PCS, It came today and have only managed a hour or so on the witcher 3 but all is great maxed out in 1440p. i was just curious as to what software i could use to monitor temps, not out of concern im just curious how it will perform under load.

Spec was:
Case
NZXT H440 MID-TOWER GAMING CASE (BLACK/RED)
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-7700k Quad Core (4.20GHz @ up to 4.8GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX Z270E GAMING: LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GB, Wi-Fi - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1080 - DVI, HDMI, 3x DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!
1st Hard Disk
1TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 3.5" SSHD - UP TO 5X FASTER THAN HDD!
M.2 SSD Drive
256GB SAMSUNG PM961 M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 2800MB/R, 1100MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Noctua NH-U14S Ultra Quiet Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
DVD Recovery Media
Windows 10 (64-bit) Home DVD with paper sleeve
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Firefox™
Monitor
IIYAMA ProLite B2783QSU-B1 QHD Freesync
Keyboard & Mouse
ASUS Cerberus Keyboard & Mouse Bundle
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days

Congrats on the new build, very nice indeed, very like mine except it's pretty much a lot newer and much more powerful

It's good practice to check temps with a new build and regularly. Personally I have a couple of programs running 24/7 with temp info and fan speeds, always want to know it's safe.

There are a few to choose from:

Piriform Speccy: lightweight, simple but effective. Handy for use on some laptops where others don't pick up the dgpu.

https://www.piriform.com/speccy

CPUID HWMonitor: more in depth, more info, more parameters checked.

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html

NZXT CAM: putting this one out there, new, lovely interface, cloud linked so you can monitor other pc's linked to your account when your not at it. I've got this one running all the time now.

https://camwebapp.com/

There are also some other benchmarks you may be interested in to check everything is performing as you like including:

Furmark: graphics stress test, not to be overused as it does load the GPU to its maximum. http://www.ozone3d.net/benchmarks/fur/

Prime95: CPU stress test http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/prime95-download.html

Memtest: memory test http://www.memtest86.com/download.htm

CrystalDisk: ssd benchmark http://crystalmark.info/download/index-e.html

Then you have some great graphics and cpu benches such as

Unigine https://unigine.com/en/products/benchmarks (heaven and valley)

3DMark: https://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/3dmark11

As far as I know, each of those has a fully featured free version.

Last time I used CAM my beef with it was that it only monitored load per physical core rather than per logical core, which makes no sense on an i7. And it used a lot more CPU than alternatives, though they've improved that in patches so I've read.

I use HWinfo + Rivatuner Statistics Server for an on-screen overlay for temps and loads in my games.

Nice one cheers for the input guys,

Idiling around 35-37 on the CPU and 30-32 on the gpu have been gaming since around 7pm too so not to shabby indeed

thanks again

Viper said:

Nice one cheers for the input guys,

Idiling around 35-37 on the CPU and 30-32 on the gpu have been gaming since around 7pm too so not to shabby indeed

thanks again

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They're both very respectable temps

Viper said:

Nice one cheers for the input guys,

Idiling around 35-37 on the CPU and 30-32 on the gpu have been gaming since around 7pm too so not to shabby indeed

thanks again

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Gaming since around 7pm and posted at nearly 10pm. 3hrs gaming is not good enough I demand more gaming time.

Any pics of that rig? Been thinking of getting something similar.