Comprehensive Computer Monitoring Suite
04-07-2019, 09:51 PM
Ever wonder what kind of hardware your prebuilt PC was running on? Unsure of whether you got the parts you ordered for your dream machine? Get all these, and you'll know everything there is to know about what goes on inside your computer.
Unless you're a disgusting Mac user, in which case you suck, or you use something weird like Solaris or Unix, in which case you probably already know how to find out all this stuff.
In case it's not clear, this is mostly for Windows users.
![[Image: cpu-z.svg]](http://www.cpuid.com/medias/images/softwares/cpu-z.svg)
CPU-Z: A hardware scanning tool that reports real time information on your CPU, RAM, Mobo, GPU, and their clock speeds. It's a bit more in depth and specific than AIDA32 or AIDA64
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
![[Image: 37_icon-v1554213452017.png]](https://tpucdn.com/download/images/37_icon-v1554213452017.png)
GPU-Z:In the same vein as CPU-Z but surprisingly enough by a different developer(convergent evolution in software naming?), this tool specifically scans and analyzes your graphics card. It reports helpful statistics like ongoing GPU load, frequency and VRAM usage.
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/
![[Image: speedfan.png]](https://i.ibb.co/DDTPPyZ/speedfan.png)
SpeedFan: Great tool for measuring the temperatures of your machine's most critical components, including processors and hard disks. It displays system fan speeds, and also allows fan control if you have custom case fans installed in your desktop.
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
![[Image: procexp.png]](https://i.ibb.co/pnyGHfH/procexp.png)
SysInternals Process Explorer: This motherlode of programs is essentially Task Manager on steroids. You can set process priorities without having to go through UAC every time, which is already a plus in my book. It lets you kill processes, see what their dependencies/children are, log users out, and view graphs of obscure statistics like GPU committed bytes and IO delta.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/processexplorer.aspx
![[Image: HWi-NFO64-128.png]](https://i.ibb.co/fHFbX32/HWi-NFO64-128.png)
HWiNFO: This tool does pretty much everything that CPU-Z, GPU-Z and SpeedFan do and more, so you could technically just get this one and skip out on the rest. I think it's rather cumbersome in comparison and sometimes you have to click through a lot of menus to get to the information you want.
https://www.hwinfo.com/
Unless you're a disgusting Mac user, in which case you suck, or you use something weird like Solaris or Unix, in which case you probably already know how to find out all this stuff.
In case it's not clear, this is mostly for Windows users.
CPU-Z: A hardware scanning tool that reports real time information on your CPU, RAM, Mobo, GPU, and their clock speeds. It's a bit more in depth and specific than AIDA32 or AIDA64http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
GPU-Z:In the same vein as CPU-Z but surprisingly enough by a different developer(convergent evolution in software naming?), this tool specifically scans and analyzes your graphics card. It reports helpful statistics like ongoing GPU load, frequency and VRAM usage.https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/
SpeedFan: Great tool for measuring the temperatures of your machine's most critical components, including processors and hard disks. It displays system fan speeds, and also allows fan control if you have custom case fans installed in your desktop.http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
SysInternals Process Explorer: This motherlode of programs is essentially Task Manager on steroids. You can set process priorities without having to go through UAC every time, which is already a plus in my book. It lets you kill processes, see what their dependencies/children are, log users out, and view graphs of obscure statistics like GPU committed bytes and IO delta.https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/processexplorer.aspx
HWiNFO: This tool does pretty much everything that CPU-Z, GPU-Z and SpeedFan do and more, so you could technically just get this one and skip out on the rest. I think it's rather cumbersome in comparison and sometimes you have to click through a lot of menus to get to the information you want.https://www.hwinfo.com/
