Very Important Computer Hardware Information Tools

Very Important Computer Hardware Information Tools

· AIDA64: Identifies your PC hardware, including your motherboard manufacturer and model.

· AMD CPU Info: Software from AMD to correctly detect the installed AMD CPU on your PC.

· AMD CPUID: Software from AMD to detect the CPU clock, L1 and L2 memory cache, model, revision and supported instruction sets.

· AMD OverDrive: Program for identifying, monitoring and overclocking AMD CPUs.

· AMI Motherboard ID Utility: Finds out your motherboard manufacturer if its BIOS is from AMI.

· BIOS Agent: Software that identifies everything about your BIOS and the need of a BIOS upgrade.

· Cpuid: Identifies the installed CPU.

· Cpuidw: Identifies the installed CPU.

· CPU-Z: Identifies the installed CPU.

· CD-R Identifier: Identifies the CD-R media brand name. It is necessary to install ForceASPI first, which is also available at this link.

· Codec Check: Small utility that detects which audio codec your motherboard has, allowing you to install the correct audio driver on your system.

· Ctbios: Finds out your motherboard manufacturer.

· Ctbios 1.5: Ctbios more updated version. Besides recognizing your PC motherboard manufacturer, it gives you a lot of information about it. The only problem is that this is software is in german.

· Ctp2info: Checks if your Pentium II or Pentium III processor is counterfeit or not.

· Ctpci: Lists all PCI devices installed on your PCI. Very usefull to find out your motherboard real chipset.

· Dimm_id: Checks if the type of SDRAM memory installed on your PC is PC-66 or PC-100.

· GPU-Z: Program that reports all features from your video card graphics chip (GPU).

· HWiNFO: Excellent indentification software. Very useful to determine your motherboard manufacturer, model and chipset.

· Intel Turbo Boost Monitor: Small utility to monitor Turbo Boost technology.

· MobileMeter: Program for monitoring the temperature, clock rates and battery charge/discharge from your laptop.

· PC-Config: Identifies all components from your PC.

· PC Wizard: Program that identifies all hardware parts installed on your PC.

· Sandra: Identification, test, and bench marking software.

· Unknown Device Identifier: Software for identifying unknown devices installed on your PC, excellent to find out more information about devices Windows isn't able to correctly detect.

· Wcpuid 3.0: Identifies the installed CPU, giving you detailed info about it.