Generating heat comes with the territory of using electricity in computers to process information. Though this heat is often limited to certain areas, excessive use can rapidly increase the ...

You can check your CPU's temperature on a Mac or PC by downloading a third-party app. If your CPU gets too hot for too long, your computer could shut down or stop ...

After one of his PCs came close to overheating, Brien is more vigilant than ever about monitoring its CPU temperature. Here's the setup he's using to do it. Bonus: no annoying app notifications ...

About a year ago, my computer started acting funny. It would freeze up, applications would randomly crash, and I even got a BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) or two. After a few hours of suffering through ...

I hear you — 50 degrees Fahrenheit sounds like a lot. And it is, but it's a difference in PC temperatures that doesn't seem like that much. 50 degrees Fahrenheit is equal to 10 degrees Celsius, which ...

In this guide, we'll show you how to set your PC to respond to coolant temperature, rather than the CPU temperature. Why would you want to do that, you might ask. It seems logical to set your fans to ...

An easier and inexpensive way of adding a data logging feature and a digital thermometer to a PC is featured in this project. An easier and inexpensive way of adding a data logging feature and a ...