Need temperature monitoring program that graphs and records

Hey guy's I need a temperature program that graphs and records all temps of my laptop to a file. Also is there one that will export the data to a graph and I can play with?

I remember SiSoft Sandra had a decent one but if it crashed the data was lost before saving. (had to save manually i thought)

Secondly, I need a device...maybe that goes through USB to record ambient temps as well. If the two programs/devices can also could merge their readings into one graph that would be amazing.

Trying to find an easy way to record temps for my tests with as little amounts of work as possible.

Thanks again guys/gals! I always appreciate it.

 

oh i didn't know speedfan could do that sweet. out of the two which would u recommend Speedfan for graphing or HWinfo? Any noticeable difference? Also do they log to file all the time or only on save and exist. If computer crashes i want to still have th temps on file and not loose it

which is better?

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/usb-powered-thermometer-hygrometer-40-120-c-42591?item=2

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/usb-powered-thermometer-hygrometer-with-probe-40-150-c-57354?item=4

 

Throttlestop can do it with its "log" function. You would have to turn it on though.

 

yea but it is just text...i need a graph. Or how do i convert such text into a graph with little effort?

 

Just as Indrek said... A spreadsheet app.

Use Excel if you have it. OpenOffice Calc if you do not and are on a budget.

 

Yeah excel is really easy. Just copy the entire column, paste it into excel and graph it. It will ask you for a range and you can select the entire data you just pasted on there. It will graph it for you vs time "units". You might have to paste a time column separately and have that as the x axis but throttlestop also gives you time. The whole process (after getting the data itself) should take you about 1.364 minutes

 

alright thanks guys! such a big help. This will make my stuff so much easier. But which temp product do you think I should get?

 

Do all three and see which if your results are consistent. You won't take more than 1.364x3 minutes lol

 

i figured humity would be good to measure too...figured why not be though right? One said the software on the cheap one was useless and had to use a different software or something???? I don't know what it is talking about. Wasn't sure if you knew