A CPU and GPU temperature widget for your Windows desktop
Spacedash's Sensors widget shows up to four hardware readings on your Windows desktop, such as CPU temperature, GPU temperature, fan speed and power, as gauges, bars, big numbers or a list. It's free.
On an NVIDIA card the GPU readings work straight away. CPU temperature, and readings from AMD and Intel graphics, come from HWiNFO.
What it shows
Up to four readings
Each with a name you can change. A new Sensors widget starts with CPU temperature and GPU temperature.
Four styles
Gauges, Bars, Big numbers or List.
The common readings
CPU and GPU temperature, GPU hot spot, CPU and GPU power, CPU and GPU fan, and CPU and GPU clock.
Anything HWiNFO sees
With HWiNFO running, every sensor it reports can be picked from a list.
Where temperatures come from
NVIDIA graphics: temperature, fan, power, clocks and video memory are read from the library that comes with the NVIDIA driver. Nothing else is needed.
Everything else, including CPU temperature and AMD or Intel graphics, is read from HWiNFO, a free hardware monitor. Run HWiNFO and switch on Shared Memory Support in its settings; Spacedash then reads its sensors.
Spacedash itself needs no administrator rights and installs no driver for this.
Setups that use it
Heat next to load
Sensors beside the CPU and GPU cards, so you see how hard each is working and how hot it runs.
One tile for the whole PC
System for CPU, GPU and memory load, Sensors under it as big numbers.
While you play
Sensors as gauges with Game Mode, the Premium widget that shows FPS for the game you're in.
What you can set
- Style
- Gauges · Bars · Big numbers · List
- Reading 1
- — · CPU temperature · GPU temperature · GPU hot spot · CPU power · GPU power · CPU fan · GPU fan · CPU clock · GPU clock
- Reading 2
- — · CPU temperature · GPU temperature · GPU hot spot · CPU power · GPU power · CPU fan · GPU fan · CPU clock · GPU clock
- Reading 3
- — · CPU temperature · GPU temperature · GPU hot spot · CPU power · GPU power · CPU fan · GPU fan · CPU clock · GPU clock
- Reading 4
- — · CPU temperature · GPU temperature · GPU hot spot · CPU power · GPU power · CPU fan · GPU fan · CPU clock · GPU clock
- Name 1
- Name 2
- Name 3
- Name 4
- Warm from (°C)
- Hot from (°C)
- Fill colour
- Warm colour
- Hot colour
Parts you can restyle
Resize, recolour, change the font of, or hide each part under Customize → Layout.
- Values
- Names
Good to know
- The free version of HWiNFO switches Shared Memory Support off after 12 hours; switch it back on in HWiNFO to continue.
- A reading your PC doesn't report shows a dash.
- The warm and hot colours start at 70 °C and 85 °C by default, and both can be changed.
Questions
How do I show CPU temperature on my Windows desktop?
Install HWiNFO and turn on Shared Memory Support in its settings, then add the Sensors widget in Spacedash. CPU temperature is one of its default readings.
Do I need HWiNFO for GPU temperature?
Not with an NVIDIA card: Sensors reads it from the NVIDIA driver. AMD and Intel graphics need HWiNFO.
Is the Sensors widget free?
Yes. Sensors is part of Spacedash Free. HWiNFO is a separate free program by its own maker.
Does it need administrator rights?
No. Spacedash reads what the NVIDIA driver and HWiNFO already publish.
Can it show fan speeds?
Yes: CPU fan and GPU fan are built-in readings, and any other fan HWiNFO reports can be picked from its list.