as both companies embed temperature sensors in their chips that can be read by any utility that requests this information.

Personally, I find HWiNFO to be the best option. It lets you monitor the temperature sensors for your graphics card, memory, motherboard sensors, and storage drives. You can also check fan speeds ...

not the CPU temperature portion of the motherboard listing—reveals current temps and other nitty-gritty details. NZXT’s Cam monitoring software. NZXT’s Cam software is another popular option ...

The ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility is designed to give the user with an ASRock motherboard ... Monitor shows the following information: CPU speed, CPU ratio, BCLK/PCIE Frequency, CPU temperature ...