When comparing TThrottle vs HWMonitor, the Slant community recommends HWMonitor for most people. In the question“What are the best CPU temperature monitors for Windows?” HWMonitor is ranked 2nd while TThrottle is ranked 5th. The most important reason people chose HWMonitor is:
Doesn't require being installed and can be carried around on an USB device.
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Pros
Pro Always on top
Option to have temperature always visible.
Pro Flexible behaviour
You can write some reasonably complex rules governing how your CPU is used and how the system should react.
Pro Integrates with BOINC
(i.e. for those participating in "Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network" (BOINC) projects)
Pro Gives the ability to throttle CPU
Throttle CPU usage either permanently or based on a temperature threshold to increase component lifetime.
Pro Options for Celsius or Farenheit
Pro Visualisation (graphing) of core temperatures
Pro Lightweight
Doesn't require being installed and can be carried around on an USB device.
Cons
Con AMD systems
Does not seem to report correct temperatures for some AMD systems.