#5326
Any computer hardware that works at high temperatures over a long period of time will age quickly, with the possibility of striking or even burning out. So every summer while doing a good job of cooling your computer, we'd better monitor the temperature inside a computer in real time through temperature monitor. This way, in case the temperature is found to be too high we can let the computer rest in time, so as to make the hardware avoid aging too quickly.

#3085
The well-known and classic CPU-Z (not the GPU-Z) is the most popular product of CPUID. After it, they made another practical tiny app HWMonitor (AKA: CPUID Hardware Monitor) - which is specially designed for monitoring the hardware status in real time.

#2791
Instructions in advance, after Lavalys's EVEREST (from Canada) was discontinued, FinalWire's AIDA64 (from Hungary) became its successor. EVEREST Ultimate Edition is now AIDA64 Extreme Edition, and EVEREST Corporate Edition is now AIDA64 Business Edition.

#1652
As the fourth (after CCleaner, Defraggler and Recuva) outstanding freeware developed by Piriform, Speccy is designed to check PC's software (can even detect the system installation date) and hardware info (detailed statistics of each hardware), including CPU, motherboard, RAM, graphics card, hard drive, optical drive, audio...

#120
HWiNFO is a professional, comprehensive hardware information analysis and diagnostics freeware from Slovakia. It supports the latest hardware, technology and standards, as well as DOS, 32-bit & 64-bit multiple OS at the same time.