Hardware Monitoring/Tweaking Software Guide

Keeping tabs on all your computer components is tough. This guide shows you some simple ways of making sure your computer doesn't fail spectacularly. Temperatures can be monitored for almost all of your components with various pieces of software.

Tools featured here:
CPU-Z - http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
Real Temp - http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/
Core Temp - http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/

MSI Afterburner - http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm
EVGA Precision - http://www.evga.com/precision/
ASUS GPU Tweak - http://support.asus.com/download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=gpu%20tweak&os=30
GPU-Z - http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/
GPU Shark - http://www.ozone3d.net/gpushark/

Memory Monitor - http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Memory-Tweak/BNM-Memory-Monitor.shtml
Task Manager - Built In

CrystalDiskInfo - http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html
CrystalDiskMark - http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/index-e.html
HD Sentinel - http://www.hdsentinel.com/

Corsair Link - http://www.corsair.com/en/corsair-link.html

HW Info - http://www.hwinfo.com/
AIDA64 - http://www.aida64.com/
ASUS ROG RealBench - http://rog.asus.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?156-ROG-RealBench

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