PC Performance – PC Hardware and System Monitoring Software for Windows 10 – DIY in 5 Ep 135

Rather than spending lots of money for someone to diagnose and upkeep its performance, you can use some simple software options to help you monitor your PC’s health and keep it running smooth as silk and even allow you to predict major issues before they occur. Knowing your PC parts intimately is crucial when trying to troubleshoot an issue or when considering what your next upgrade should be. What parts are there? How hot are they running? what can I do to clean up the software in my system so that everything runs at its full potential? Your PC needs regular service, maintenance and care which is all too often left on its own to slowly rebel against its neglectful owner. But don’t feel bad, there’s ample tools to help you turn this around. Here are the top 4 PC performance monitoring programs we think every Windows computer should have.

Speccy
Speccy is a free, real-time tool to monitor the temperature of critical components like your CPU and GPU. It also provides detailed information on pieces of hardware motherboard, RAM, processor brand and model and storage drive size and speed. There’s a built-in snapshot tool so that you can easily share your scan results for troubleshooting purposes or to shop for compatible upgrades. The professional version offers more advanced PC insights, automatic updates, and premium support and is available for less than $20 dollars per year.

HWMonitor
HWMonitor is another fantastic tool for PC hardware monitoring which provides real-time information on voltage, temperatures, fans speed, etc. that’s currently affecting your PC and presents it to you in easy to understand charts. The main software is a free download and, if you want extra features like remote monitoring, saving graph data and a more customizable interface, then you can also look into HWMonitor PRO which is available for a small annual subscription which also includes tools for Android monitoring in addition to Windows.

IOLO System Mechanic Ultimate Defense
Another tool if you’re looking for something a bit more robust is IOLO System Mechanic Ultimate Defense and this one goes way beyond monitoring. System Mechanic is an all in one PC optimization software that can scan and remove junk files, broken shortcuts, temp files, and useless registry entries. It’s super intuitive with an easy to understand interface and will not only monitor, but actually optimize your CPU, RAM and storage drives for you. It eliminates unnecessary background apps and prevents bloatware and startup bottlenecks to make everything run super speedy and even includes a Privacy Guardian and other system defense features to monitor your browsing habits, delete tracking cookies, warn you about suspicious emails etc. For a one-time purchase of just under $65, you are all set with the software and with free upgrades for the first year with the option to renew for software updates.

IObit Advanced System Care
The free version of IObit Advanced System Care will thoroughly clean junk files to free up more space, offer real-time monitoring for system components and has a 1 click fix for disk errors for a more reliable system. The Pro version is about $20/year for up to 3 devices and provides other features like stopping unnecessary programs to free up RAM for more important things, like work or gaming, and ending unnecessary startup processes so you boot up quicker. There’s even features that will make your internet faster by taking advantage of the maximum network bandwidth and privacy and security features as well.

Whatever tool you decide to use for your PC’s health, it will thank you profusely and in return gift you with more stability, reliability and sweet gaming or productivity goodness. How do you monitor your PC? Or will this be your first time? What is your favorite performance indicator? Let us know in the comments.

[decayingSineWave]

I monitor my PC by listening to the changes in fan noise

[jackkraken]

That 'Free Up RAM" stuff likely doesn't work. What would be better is knowing if anything you don't want is taking up RAM and uninstalling it. For built-in apps you can use something like O & O's App buster to uninstall multiple unneeded apps in one shot, then unisntall all other 3RD party apps, especially if you have never used them and especially if you got them with the PC.

Also make sure you have decent enough specs. When using Windows 10 your minimum should be around 4GB or more. Yes Windows 10 can run on a minimum 1GB of RAM but you will pay the price for such low specs. If you're on an older OS like Windows 7 or Win 8 and want to upgrade to Windows 10, don't. Instead backup everything important, make a list of the programs you need installed and install a fresh copy of Windows 10, upgrades don't tend to work well in my knowledge and its a great time to find out what apps you really need installed vs keeping apps installed that your might need.

[dPropheta]

HWiNFO is the powerful and most complete real time monitor software that everyone should use, it's free and also free from bloatware, shareware, whatever. Just forget about u watched in this video.Really Kingston??

[ramirezharrier]

Wasn't expecting a Sourcefed flashback while looking for an Android HW dashboard

[mickfreeley]

WTH - why no links in the above description? There are many tools with similar names to 'HWMonitor'.
Sorry, I was mostly listening to the video on a background tab so no 'mental screen capture' available.
Shame on you, Kingston !

[evelfpv]

i dont know if is me but your camara looks out of focus, nice video thoug

[jamescat]

I use Linux, and then I don't have to worry about all that.

[gregrob]

She's cute but this would be so much better if she were actually in focus.

[zzzbyyy]

KINGSTON thank you for that SWEET, GORGEOUS, SEXY, HOT... .... .... .... PC IN THE BACKGOURD AHAHHAHAHA 8) ...