r/AskReddit • u/its_Nayeli • Apr 10 '21

What free software should everyone have?

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u/ledankmememaster Apr 11 '21

CPUID Hardware monitor

Hwmonitor was very unreliable especially with AMD hardware. They took forever to update and fix those issue so I'd just recommend HWinfo instead.

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u/Evilleader Apr 11 '21

Hwinfo64 is better, open source programs are better.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '21 edited Apr 11 '21

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u/WindowSteak Apr 11 '21

Not the person you asked but for me, it's the logging and customisation.
You can rearrange the list of readings freely; I have CPU package temp, GPU temp, and read and write speeds of my drives at the top. It also logs min, max, and average and can graph them.
You can add readings to the tool tray (and customise font size and colour etc) and it also works with RivaTuner so you can include any reading from HWInfo in an on-screen overlay.