One of the pillars of good PC custodianship is ensuring all your gear isn't running out of spec, which can cause slowdowns, crashes, and frustration. The chief culprit for something running too hot is ...

Stress testing your CPU is a great way to ensure that your overclock is stable, check that your cooling is powerful enough, or run in some new heat paste that you've applied to your processor. But ...

CPU monitoring utilities have a reputation problem, and it is not about accuracy so much as the junk that often rides along with them. In a landscape crowded with ad-supported dashboards and bloated ...

Under load (a Prime95 torture test), iStat is reporting my cpu temp is getting up around 220°F. I've never heard of a modern CPU getting that hot safely, or even allowing itself to get that hot. This ...

If you're looking for authoritative information on how much cooling is enough for your CPU, you'll be hard-pressed to find an answer. While we all know that modern processors need some degree of ...

Both the idle and stress tests are run for 20mins and then the lowest/maximum values are recorded. Prime95 is used to place all four cores under 100% load for the 20 minute period. The room's ambient ...