Hardware Diagnostic Utilities

[Yaaheydereh]

I'm curious to learn what type of hardware diagnostic utilities should be considered as "must have" in the hardware arena, regardless if they are free or not. MB, memory, processor diagnostics basically that would be of assistance.

 

[Hefemeister]

cpuz
CPUID

gpuz
GPU-Z Video card GPU Information Utility

 

[oldskool]

Another (free) choice is PC Wizard 2009 - Download. It's free, AND has a very detailed hardware output without being too much.

 

[Harper]

SiS Sandra (Free and Pro)

 

[BonzNumber1]

as far as monitoring goes i like speed fan it has temp and fan speed monitoring as well as SMART hard drive monitoring and health stats