How To Monitor Your GPU and CPU Temperature

You can use a wide variety of utility programs to monitor temperatures, but if that is not your thing, or only want to check once if you suspect overheating, then use your computer’s BIOS. To access your motherboards BIOS interface, restart your gaming computer and press the Delete/Insert/ Random F key (check your bios manual to confirm the key, or watch for on screen instructions during POST) button during the booting up process. The BIOS interface may appear daunting if you are not familiar with it, but it's usually fairly easy to check the processor temperature.

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Navigate through the different options until you find the processor settings – you will find the temperature reading here (if it was not on the first screen). The downside of this approach is that you must restart your computer each time you want to check the temperature and you cannot check the GPU/CPU temperature under load (such as in game).