I have recently finished a new build with a 7700K on Asrock Z270 Gaming-ITX/AC. In trying to tune and overclock the thing, I use HWMonitor to get a feel for the temperatures. I notice something I ...

CPU monitoring utilities have a reputation problem, and it is not about accuracy so much as the junk that often rides along with them. In a landscape crowded with ad-supported dashboards and bloated ...

Sarfraz is an avid PC enthusiast who has a decade of experience in PC hardware. He has written extensively on all types of consumer PC components and peripherals on Xtremegaminerd since the time when ...

HWMonitor is free software for our Windows devices that can help us monitor the various aspects of our system’s working. In short, it is the most effective application from CPUID for any system that ...

Processors can withstand a lot of heat, but how hot is too hot? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Processors need a cooling ...

You can check your CPU's temperature on a Mac or PC by downloading a third-party app. If your CPU gets too hot for too long, your computer could shut down or stop ...

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One of the most important pieces of software to have in any PC is some sort of hardware or system monitoring tool. While many think this is only necessary for overclockers who push their hardware to ...

Adrian has been a tech enthusiast since the 90s with a particular passion for gaming that developed thanks to his first gaming outings on Pong, Zork and Space Invaders. In the years that followed he ...

The naming scheme for Intel’s recently announced Panther Lake series of mobile processors has been spotted in the release notes for the popular system sensor monitoring tool, by developers CPU ID.