Here's a quick guide for what you should be looking for when you fire up one of the utilities below and see your CPU's ...

The fastest, easiest way to check your CPU temp is using the aptly named Core Temp. Be mindful during installation though! Like many free programs, it tries to install bloatware unless you uncheck ...

There are a number of ways to check your CPU temp, but you’ll have to download a third-party app. Whether you need to ...

This basically uses the sensors command in repetition and provides the readings in a nice way. It also writes the output (for critical tempertatures) to temps.log. You can set the critical (line 41), ...

Or in case of expected excessive work of CPU, it is possible to monitor CPU temperature in given time frame, after which you can find average value of CPU temperature in a given time frame, inside a ...