
Skyrim was the highest CPU demanding program but it still only run the CPU no higher than 80% for more and 3-5 sec and the whole time the core temperatures never got above 48☌ after 1-2 hours playing. I test Skyrim, The Witcher 2 and CorelDraw X4 (They are my must taxing CPU programs). I am thinking about running the core temperatures a little hotter around +65☌ with the Prime95 test, knowing that none of my programs will ever tax my CPU like Prime95. This has given me about 8-10☌ cooler core temperatures. I have cleaned & increase the outflow from the CPU fan. DRAM speed only shows 1599.1mhz on the Memory tab, but then SPD tab shows 1066mhz. BIOS keeps showing 3200mhz Timing/voltage looks right and I turned on XMP in the BIOS. I am thinking that high core temperatures will be important part of my OC as I now believe that my Alienware’s will not let me adjust the CPU fan RPM, consequently I am limited by core temperatures. spent an hour or so looking thru similar threads.

I noted that both Piriform Speccy & SpeedFun will read the core temperatures about 5☌ cooler then Core Temp.

I was wondering what programs people are using to view the core temperatures? I am using three program Piriform Speccy v1.13.276, SpeedFun v4.45 & Core Temp v1.0. 1.32.740 Speccy analyzes your computer and brings together a large amount of information about your PC, offering you data about your CPU, RAM or graphic.
