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    Favorite/Best System monitoring software?

    I asked this as part of a different thread, but thought a separate topic would be good too:

    What's your favorite system monitoring software? I know some are better for particular information that others.

    Here's a list I started, feel free to comment:

    CPU-Z http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z...s-history.html

    MSI Afterburner http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm

    OCCT http://www.ocbase.com/

    Furmark http://www.ozone3d.net/benchmarks/fur/

    HWMonitor http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html

    Speccy http://www.piriform.com/speccy (thanks Chazus)

    AIDA64 http://www.aida64.com/ (thanks glo)

    Uningine http://unigine.com/ (thanks glo)

    I'll update this post with more as they come in
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    I use a combination of CPU-Z, HWMonitor, and Speccy.

    I like Speccy for its general system info output. I use all three though for CPU head/stress/load testing, because I've found that all three seem to have problems with a few select CPU's, so the only way to be sure is to cross reference.

    My system at work misreports heat, CoreTemp doesnt show up at all, and on my laptp HWMonitor misreports as well.
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    This is what I use:

    General system monitoring: AIDA64 (previously Everest)

    GPU monitoring: Whatever, they're all essentially clones of each other with Riva for OSD. I tend to go with MSI simply because they have better OSD support for 64bit games. GPU-Z for VRM/VRAM temps and other exotic stuff.

    CPU monitoring: There's only one real option here, CPU-Z

    CPU stress Testing: AIDA64

    GPU Stress Testing: Furmark and others usually aren't a stellar idea on some cards due to thermal throttling and built in hardware throttling for most of them. I use Unigine for real world temps.
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