Hardware Monitor

The first program in the list, Hardware Monitor, doesn’t pose any questions. It serves to monitor voltages, temperatures, fan rotation speeds. It also displays the current processor frequency and usage.

I can’t say that it is very convenient to use, however, it does its job right. We used it to monitor the voltages the mainboard set during automatic overclocking or those that were left at Auto. The program doesn’t report the correct processor frequency if you lower its multiplier, however, it is not too bad. The slider at the bottom allows to adjust the transparency of the interface window to your taste.

There is a button in the lower right corner that allows switching between voltages and fan rotation speeds.

By clicking the right mouse button in any part of the window you get access to a few more options. For example, you can minimize the window and it will only display processor fan rotation speed, CPU temperature and CPU usage. The program doesn’t let you change the parameters displayed in the minimized window or at least change the colors.

By pressing the right mouse button you also open a settings panel where you can adjust the critical parameter levels, when the system will send you a warning message or even shut down the system.

It was great to be able to disable the warning system during our tests of the overclocked processor using Intel Burn Test utility, when the temperatures were very high.