Temperature Monitor

Temperature Monitor is a straightforward piece of software designed to help you monitor the CPU and motherboard temperature, as well as fan speed.

Since this is a portable program, it is important to mention that it doesn’t leave any traces in the Windows Registry.

You can copy it on any USB flash drive or other devices, and take it with you whenever you need to keep an eye on the temperature of your CPU and motherboard, without having to go through installation steps.

Temperature Monitor runs quietly in the system tray until called upon when it reveals several configuration settings to tinker with.

One of the top features bundled in this tool enables you to set up alarms when the temperature thresholds for the CPU and motherboard exceed user-defined values.

What’s more, you can automatically refresh the information at a certain time, make the utility remain on top of other programs, set the opacity level, as well as pick the background color for the high and low temperature values.

Since it doesn’t require much computer knowledge to work with this tool, even rookies can learn to set up the dedicated parameters with minimum effort. On the downside, it hasn’t been updated for a while, so it may cause compatibility issuers on newer operating systems.

During our testing we have noticed that Temperature Monitor doesn’t eat up a lot of CPU and memory, so the system performance is not burdened.

All things considered, Temperature Monitor proves to be a simple-to-use program that comes bundled with limited features. It still needs some improvements for enhancing the alarm system, such as support for email notifications or customized sounds.