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Utility that displays CPU temerature?
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I just got a new Mac Pro and I'm looking for a utility that displays the CPUs temperatures (or an average of all 8 cores) in degrees Fahrenheit, in the menu bar. I have MenuMeters and like it, but it seems it cannot display the temperature as number, only a graph.
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Hardware Monitor/Hardware Monitor Lite
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smcFanControl
That will allow you to change those temperatures too. 
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I use Menu Meters and smcFanControl in combination.
Perfect setup!
Tells me all the info I need at a glance! Useful menus too!
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SMCFanControl is a bad choice for a Mac Pro because it sets the default minimum fan speed to 1000RPM which is great for a laptop but the Mac Pro default min fan speed is and only needs to be about 600RPM.
Regarding MenuMeters, as I state above, I like it but it doesn't display temperature as a number, which is something I wanted.
I'm now using iStat Menus and like it so far.
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Sorry but that's false:
(Last edited by Tesselator; Jan 14, 2008 at 10:10 AM.
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That's only if you set a custom profile in the application. Setting the app to fan system defaults actually makes the fans run at 1000RPM but the actual fan defaults on a Mac Pro are lower. See how SMCFan Control doesn't play well with a Mac Pro?
It's really made for Macbooks and Macbook Pros which run hot and where you want to control the fans, not Mac Pros where you don't really need to control the fans yourself.
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One would either have to be retarded or hate their mac to not set a profile.
And there is no option to set it to "fan system defaults". There's a default profile
that's there for you to set it to what you like. Mine is 500, 500, 500, 600 and I think
it installed with that.
(Last edited by Tesselator; Jan 14, 2008 at 10:22 AM.
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Originally Posted by mediahound 
It's really made for Macbooks and Macbook Pros which run hot and where you want to control the fans, not Mac Pros where you don't really need to control the fans yourself.
Also I have to totally disagree here. The latest version of smcFanControl got changes specifically
to accommodate the MacPro. And the MacPro's active cooling system (the fans, their defaults and
etc.) is terribly inadequate! It runs too hot. Especially the hard drives! Ideally your HDD units
SHOULD be running at just slightly above room temperature. Practically they should never see
temperatures of 40c or over. Though I always get some clown that wants to argue the point and
who has misunderstood the manufacturer's spec sheet. 
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Were the personal attacks necessary? Why do you care what app he uses?
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Originally Posted by C.A.T.S. CEO
Were the personal attacks necessary? Why do you care what app he uses?
Personal attacks? Ummm... where? Please show me where you read a personal attack into
anything I wrote - and I apologize in advance for where ever you have already done so.
Why shouldn't I care about what app he uses? Isn't it nice to care about others? I always
kinda thought it was. Isn't he asking me to care about which program to use by the very
creation of this thread? Offering clarity and understanding to another who may be misinformed
or just not seeing all angles is a nice thing to do imo. Please don't mistake my offering as
an attempt to try and control anyone.
(Last edited by Tesselator; Jan 14, 2008 at 12:07 PM.
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