I have a desktop with :-

Motherboard.....MSI Neo F ATX MS 7235 socket 775
CPU.................Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.40 GHz
RAM.................4 GB DDR2
Case................Antec Sonata with 450W PSU
OS...................Windows Vista Ultimate

I would like to monitor the CPU temperatures and fan speed - preferably as a display in the Vista sidebar.

I have downloaded the latest CoreCentre and DualCoreCentre monitoring software from the MSI site but it says it is not compatible with my processor.

I have searched the web in vain - help would be appreciated.

Hi there

Try Speed fan :


http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System.../SpeedFan.shtml

Sorry, the link above is actually to the beta version which requires registration etc. The link below will takes you straight to the latest non-beta version to download:

http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php

This post has been edited by Samm: Dec 11 2007, 05:07 PM

Speedfan also has some issues with Intels newest processors. You can use Core Temp to correct for those issues. Check out this article:

http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.aspx?i=3164&p=4

Thanks for the information - very useful and much appreciated.

MSI has its own hardware monitor called PCAlert. It should've been included with your motherboard. If not, go to the MSI site and download it. I find it very useful because I'm a paranoid Socket478 Prescott user (Prescott's run very hot!)

Damien

The MSI CPU monitor and fan speed control software listed for my motherboard is MSI Core Centre. However they do not do a version which supports Vista. I tried it - just in case it may work - but it does not.

I now use a programme called Core Temp from http://www.alcpu.com/ which monitors the temperatures of each core and displays the results in the task bar. I don't do overclocking so all I need is display - not the ability to tweak.