temp sensor?

Greetings,

Just bought a new vid card (eVGA 8800gt 512mb) for my comp (an HP a6228x bought on black friday '07) and realized i have no way to tell how hot my comp runs. everything runs fine when playing CoD4 so i assume everything's good. but i'm one of those anal people who has got to know.

so my question is, is there some sort of program i could use to tell my temps for the cpu, case, and vid card, or maybe some sort of sensor device i could hook up to my cpu, case, and vid card to see the temp?

i know there is, i just don't know what i'm looking for.

thanks in advance

speedfan for cpu
and ntune for the 8800

Everest is another good one. Records temp data from all your sensors .....

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html

Rivatuner

GPU-Z

and ATI Tool all have built in temp monitoring. Be forewarned that GPU-Z reads ~5ºC cooler than the other programs.

thanks for the suggestions on apps guys, but do i need any hardware (sensors etc) to run these apps?

i don't believe i have any sensors on my comp now. i haven't seen any temp or fan speed readings when i go into the system setup before vista starts up.

thanks in advance

Its hardware dependant, but you will find you'll have at least a HDD sensor, cpu sensor and motherboard sensor ....

Bios's can sometimes be very limited in info ....