I always wondered hwinfo vs hwmonitor...Which is accurate, shows the truth etc. I guess both will show same, but I wonder if any has tested software like that.
@@Djuntas that's part of why people have been on his ass about it, Hwmonitor is less accurate (or I guess inshould say used to be, I havent used Hwmonitor in YEARS because of that)
hwmonitor has explicitly not been reliable for ages, unlike hwinfo64. really makes you doubt the credibility of techman when he's recommending dubious software year after year...
Just an FYI: Crossbar Clock is the frequency and rate at which information is shared across GPU components, such as texture mapping units, render outputs, graphics processing clusters, and the memory controller. It determines the overall performance of the GPU, the higher the clock the faster the components are communicating with each other and the more information is being processed to reach the final video output. The Crossbar Clock is typically timed variably depending upon the clock speeds of the Memory Clock and Core Clock. If a GPU is having higher than average latency and poorer performance and all of the otherwise typical clocks one would think to check are nominal (e.g. the core clock frequency and memory frequency) it could mean the Crossbar Clock is faulty, mismatched, or a subcomponent is failing. Crossbar Clock is usually preset with a minimum frequency by the GPU's bios and then dynamic above that frequency based on the Core and Memory clock. A failed component or bad bios typically sees the Crossbar Clock drop down to the baseline or minimum clock speed leading to poor performance.
There’s a few programs over the years I’ve grown to love simply bc Jay explains the setup/features so thoroughly. Fan control goes on every PC I build now. Love these kinds of videos
if only Fan Control could work on my amd card. It just reads 0*C and 0 rpm on my 6900xt, so I'm stuck using the amd adrenaline software to manage fan curves
@@Ben_Chillin very strange it works perfectly on my 6950xt i did have to figure the program out a bit first time so mayby you have just missed something i know i did?
@@insiainutorrt259 No third party software can detect gpu temps or fan speeds. Afterburner, hwmonitor, all of them report 0*C and 0 rpm. Maybe it's an xfx thing?
@@Ben_ChillinThat cannot be true. Cam software detects GPU temps and I have it displayed on my AIO, I also cross referenced the temp with MSI afterburner and its accurate through the third party software(Cam)
I already really liked HWInfo 64, but Jay really expanded my understanding of some of the deeper features. Jay alerted me to UI features like hiding lines, or linking to another app, and using logging (I'd not really "need" that, since I'm really just looking at regular monitoring of my primary PC machine, and will also use this software right away on a new machine to get details on how it behaves). Thanks, Jay. There are good reasons you are a popular channel.
What I like about it is that you can select anything you want to monitor & add it to your taskbar, so at a quick glance you can see what temps are, usages, or even voltage levels if so desired.
@@BigMan7o0 Open the app, right click the item you want to monitor, select Add to Tray. It will go to your taskbar but you have to select the arrow up icon bottom right (show hidden icons) dialog box pops up & there is your selection. You can grab it and put it on your taskbar where you can always view it. You can also right click the item your viewing and change the color or delete it.
@BigMan7o0 - Something weird is happening when I try to respond to your request, this will be my 3rd attempt. My previous responses to you don't show up here in the comments. Open HWiNFO64, select the item you want to monitor, right click, select Add to Tray, on taskbar bottom right select the upside down v that opens Show Hidden Icons & there it is, then drag it to the taskbar. You can right click the item & change the color as well.
@massimocrulli4988 I agree, HwInfo32 came out in 1998, HwInfo64 in 2011. I do not believe that he is just now learning about it. I believe that he is just making that idiotic claim as a way to garner more views. Either way, his reputation has dropped some more.
You overlooked an important feature: the ability to add a temperature sensor to the system tray, allowing real-time temperature readings to be displayed at all times. My favorite.
Yes, and these guys are quite deserving. Another one which is free and essentially under rated is the Belarc Advisor, which focuses upon software licenses, full descriptions, how many software updates were somehow missed, the degree of usage of various software tools already installed, and naming of your gear (so like a much better version of the "Info" portion of operating system controls), the reports coming across within your local network. Of course I still think the grand dad of them all is the Sysinternals Suite. I even had gone to the trouble of getting books on using the Sysinternals suite. My favorites there are Autoruns and Process Explorer. This is also FREE, and its author even insisted in negotiations with Microsoft that they be allowed to continue this depth research and disclosure.
Tech god my ass lol. Jay himself told countless times, that he's not really a hardware nerd nor authority, more like a talking head, that likes PCs and PC related stuff. I like Jay for his personality and his chassis modding game is great, but come on, he's not a tech expert :D
@@PolskiJaszczombDo you have millions of subscribers that rely on your content? He’s used this software for years, he just highlighting it. Don’t make assumptions, if you watched his content you’d know this.
I'm glad you gave it a try! I've used it for quite a while and love it. I guess the only downside I can find to it is that there are sooo many sensors on it that it can be overwhelming at first glance, but its also easy to configure and remove those in the setup menu. Good stuff, my good Sir!
HWiNFO64's best trick is the ability to add a sensor to your tray, customize it and apply an alarm. The the second best trick is the OSD is good for more than CPU/GPU load and frame rates. e.g. If you think your game is applying too much voltage to a component (hint, hint), add it to your OSD.
When loading the program I noticed the option to download the 66 page PDF users manual - really recommend to get a head start. Great looking tool, thanks Jay.
I keep my hwinfo64 always on top while gaming. If kept as a smallish window, it can be unobstructive off to the side of the screen in a corner of your choosing and replaces overlays like rtss since it tracks more sensors and can be customized in any order. For me, usually temps are what I have visible while gaming. I like to see the changes as the games call for more or less power. When I need to see voltages, clock speeds and even check if my fan speeds are going at the level i want, i just expand the window. Sometimes afterburner will throttle my gpu fan. Not too often, but once in awhile. And I can quickly see and correct the problem when it does. What also becomes apparent with this tool is when you undervolt or set power limits in the bios or xtu. Your custom settings will be reflected in their respective rows in this tool. Great to check if your xmp is indeed enabled from your last reset. Or that you indeed have your intended PL1 and PL2 parameters in place. If more users were instructed to monitor their sensors during the recent intel debacle, they’d see that default settings (no voltage cap and 4096W) were seriously pushing them close to 90-100C temps while gaming. And would have had the ability to make changes. If you are a casual user and don’t use sensors like this, you simply don’t know that there’s anything wrong and will continue to use an overheated computer.
LOL.... You've finally jumped onboard. Every time you've used CPUID HWMonitor, I've thought Jay - you need to switch. I love the ability to see which cores are thermal throttling and can do per-core voltage / multiplier tweaking in XTU to make sure no cores get throttled when running Cinebench R23. Such a great monitoring utility!
The sensors for Vcore and VR out will show you the amount of voltage the CPU cores are using rather than the VID. If you enable the option for EC support it will show additional sensors like PCH. The DIMM sensors consume system resources so I disable them most of the time. If you put an X in the box for Profiling Time (on the Config page) you can see what sensors are consuming resources.
With all due respect to everyone posting, just because someone is in IT, doesn't mean they know everything there is to know about IT. With that said... Where the hell have you been Jay? 🤣 This app is so old it should be obsolete, but it's still going strong. I still love it. Love your stuff... Keep 'em coming.
In HWInfo64 I set different font colors for different things I monitor. All of my fans are in bold red font, and my temps are in bold yellow font. It's quick to pick out things more important to me than the other sensors I leave open.
Admittedly even before i knew much about personal computers a few years ago, i was told to use this to check cpu temps cause my laptop was stuttering, i then realized everyone used it so it surprised me a bit that you didnt. Welcome to the family
Ron's data edit is a piece of free software that makes working with CSVs a lot easier. It handles them much better than Excel and gives you more options
Paul's hardware been using this forever. I'm sure Jay has watched his videos before. That is how I found it. One thing i like about this video though, he did explain more of the settings that I never knew were there just in case I do want to use them.
Select everything you like to see on the fly with holding shift down and click, and then right click, customize values, and then press bold + change color to whatever you want :) Or color code P core sand E cores separate, go crazy! Also add GPU and CPU temp into system tray :))
You can also change the polling frequency, which can be very useful in for example logging stuff for over a LONG time without having to deal with a massive file by turning it up high. Or getting a better idea of how things vary on short timescales.
Been using it for a while. Real nice if you have a stream deck - can assign a button to monitor a certain thing, and have all your temps / usage visible to you without needing to ruin your in-game immersion (for example)
Missed the super-simplest feature to double-click any sensor and display a graph plot of it. Also heads-up, version 6 does much of this, but is still free for Commercial use. It was a sad day when they dropped that, since my company wouldn't let us use any newer versions. The shared memory access was great for providing simple sensor readings for any developer to use.
You don't need MSI Afterburner running for the OSD. HWInfo has its own communication with RTSS that looks exactly like the MSI Afterburner one, which you can customize with the points you want to look at and even choose different colors to categorize them.
In the Safety tab, make sure to untick Corsair Link Support because it interferes with iCUE software and fan speeds for those of us using a corsair AIO.
Yeah, I also just started using this even though I've been overclocking since Celeron Mendocino. It really helped my recent 5900x re-overclocking ever since I upgraded my AIO so now the CPU is not restricted by thermal limit but by power limits.
Using it for years now and it was better than all the alternative programs I tried so far. It belongs to the first programs I install on systems to check their health.
My favorite part is unlocking the layout so that i can put all my temps in one row, all my voltages in one row, all my wattage in one row etc, etc.. I love Hwinfo64
that came out with the last version like 2 days ago. The ROG theme also has different icons at the bottom of the sensor window which is refreshing. those windows Vista era default icons start to look old :p
Was wondering about that because I have an MSI board and also get shown the Aorus theme (and only this one), so I assumed there is only a Gigabyte theme and that's it.
I've been using this on all my computers for years now! Absolutely love it. I no longer really need it but it's cool to have in my opinion. I even run it on my ROG Ally X. Something that I found interesting was that by default it shows screen refresh info.
One nice thing is that certain motherboards (ASUS Rog boards etc) Do report the actual HARDWARE voltage for the CPU in there as registered by the MB sensors. One of the awesome things about HWiNFO64 if it's there it's displayed.
Been using this since the intel stuff. But also used it to diagnose my old pc which was crashing after I put in a new 2TB bare nvme. The temps of the nvme reached 80 degrees. Once I put the nvme in a cooling enclosure the temps never went above 40 and never crashed again.
I prefer Libre Hardware Monitor myself, program is nearly identical however it's fully open source and free, and has a nice graphing option that can be turned on for any and all fields that it monitors.
Storage engineer here but may still be wrong, pretty sure drive available spare are extra spots it can write data in reserve and swap out as other parts of the cells become worn or have issues
Also, just want to point out (especially for 4090 users) that you can set an alarm on any sensor info. You can set an alarm on the 12vhpwr coming in to the GPU. If it goes under 11.95 for me, itll display a popup and an alarm sound, so i know that something is wrong, and can shut the pc down before damage happens.
This is one of those videos when you click just to watch the intro to get the satisfaction of them saying you were right all along then click off because you've been using the thing they're about to talk about for literal years
we need a playlist have all the vid u guys made for best software. because every software u guys mention is actually the best! ty for making those series
Better late than never Jay, welcome aboard the Hwinfo train. I’ve always used hwinfo because it displays more detailed power sensors that’s really useful on laptop, and the only time I had issues was using their taskbar temperature display on a Zen 3+ laptop where something about the software was preventing the laptop from going to sleep and causing it to bsod
it is nice how much better things have gotten over the years. Nowadays all that hardware info is kept in SMBIOS and software can just access that instead of doing it the hard way.
Hey Jay, totally unrelated I just want to say I love your content and I've been passionate about computers for years. I'm still running a desktop that a friend of mine and I built together many years ago. He passed away a few years back and I haven't wanted to upgrade for nostalgia sake but I'm finally ready. I bought a motherboard you recommended and I'm going to start there. Currently running an I7 950.. gigabyte 1366 board.. ddr3.. yatta yatta.. anyway long winded but thanks again and I always appreciate the help since my friend was always my go to guy for knowledge.
Head straight to the VR VOUT sensor! Since it’s a Gigabyte board, you should definitely have one (even some of the lower-end Gigabyte models do, like the Aorus Elite AX and upwards). This sensor gives you a direct reading from the CPU die sense, reported via the voltage controller. It’s the most accurate voltage reading you'll get without breaking out an oscilloscope and directly probing the CPU. It's also the best way to check if you're being overvolted and makes LLC tuning way more fun!
Almost all decent motherboards have a VR VOUT sensor, I do know on ASUS boards that sensor is part of their EC which it tells you can cause problems if you don't disable but I've never had problems keeping it enabled. There is the Vcore sensor itself too which is also pretty accurate but it doesn't have the same resolution as the VR VOUT sensor.
Yeah, that's something I had to learn. Even though there's a Vcore sensor (or even multiple), the one you want to use for Intel is the VR VOUT one. This one is directly connected to the CPU die and gives the most accurate voltage readings, whereas the "Vcore" sensor is on the socket of the board and will therefore show slightly higher voltages, because of the impedance of the socket, pins, substrate, etc. (Also, you want the VID requests to match the VR VOUT readings to not trigger CEP/clock stretching and for accurate power draw calculations)
What's the difference though between the 3 downloadables (Installer, Portable, and Portable DOS)? And also the 3 Free downloads selection *SourceForge [Fast CDN] *Local [U.S] *SAC ftp [SK] If i'm not in the US, should i still click the Local (US)? I noticed those selectables can also be seen at the middle Portable.
Just found ur channel a couple days ago and honestly ur videos have been super super helpful. I’ve learned a lot and it’s making me even more excited to build my pc. 4 days left til I have all my parts! 😁
@@Dibbya_Chakma😭 I’m not lying. Only knew of Linus and a couple other dudes. I’ve seen this guy in a couple of their videos but never rlly watched him until a few days ago when I was lookin at videos for my pc build
Jay thank you for every tip you gave me, without it, i won't have a lot of things and don't know a lot of things and software...also revo uninstaller is great! But i bought it because i have many pcs so i can have it on USB 😊
The only thing that annoys me about HWiNFO is that the shared memory support didn't originally have a paywall to it. I still use the version prior to that paywall so I can keep an eye on fan/pump speeds and upload/download rates while I'm gaming or streaming. For those curious, that version is 6.42, though I haven't tested that version on any systems newer than my gaming PC from late 2019. I'd forgotten about that paywall when I built my new media PC, though, which is recent and uses a Ryzen 7600, so there is a way to show the information in the same OSD as MSI Afterburner and RivatunerStatisticsServer without the DLL injection, but that injection is still required if you want the graph attached to MSI Afterburner, which I do use. I'll be testing V6.42 when I finish my new gaming build, which will be using a Ryzen 7900X and 7900XTX, but it would be nice if it wasn't paywalled. I'm not going to pay for something like that, especially when it used to be free. I also use it to keep an eye on CPU and GPU power draw in watts, but come on, I hate when stuff changes like that. The current version of MSI Afterburner does allow you to view power draw in watts, though, but it didn't when I first started checking it with HWiNFO. With the fact that the information can still go to the same OSD as MSI Afterburner, it makes it especially more questionable as to why they paywalled the injection. The paywalling is also why I stopped using Networx to monitor my internet usage, too. Free stuff is awesome and suggests they're doing it because they enjoy it, but when it shifts out of being free and incurs a cost, it then feels like they're just doing it for money. I get that it's work to do, but there are examples of things which have never required you pay for it, such as the infinite 30-day trial of WinRAR. It's like they want to have an honor system for the commercial use, but then slap the non-commercial people when we try to reach for something we're told we can use. Been using it for several years, though, and I haven't found anything better to replace it in combination with MSI Afterburner. If only the latter would update to have all the same stuff while remaining free, then I could throw out HWiNFO. At the least, all I really need added to MSI Afterburner would be the upload/download rates and system pump/fan speeds, since it does now show power draw in watts. I like tracking all this needless information when I game, too, but the pump info is one I'd prefer keeping an eye on, in case of a failure. For initial system setup, I could always use Hardware Monitor to check other information, but for the curiosity and keeping an eye on my internet's stability, I prefer the graphing of MSI Afterburner on my second monitor. HWiNFO's graph doesn't look as good and I can make MSI Afterburner's look dark enough that it doesn't feel like it's intruding on my vision when looking at my gaming monitor.
I thought this day would never come.. One tip. select 'Snapshot CPU polling' in the settings for AMD CPUs. This will show a more realistic VCORE voltage for AMD CPUs.
Bro. I just installed Libre Monitor because you said it was the best. Now THIS is the best and always has been? LOL Just playing. I try everything. Keep up the awesome work!
I actually wish LibreMonitor *was* better, because it is the basis for a couple of other free programs, like FanControl. It's just missing some sensor data, because simply someone has to do the work to add them and nobody gets paid to do so (or to buy the hardware to able to do it in the first place, etc).
I am actually shocked by this revelation!!! I thought pretty much every reviewer was using this. Jay......you have really stunned me into submission!! 😅
Hey Jay, will you do a review of DCS (Digital Combat Simulator)? It’s a beast of a flight sim, would be a great sim to test settings, hardware, tuning, etc.
ABOUT DAMN TIME! Now get your coolant, CPU, and GPU individual temps in the task bar (colored coded to brand), use this to tune curve optimizer with AMD, check network speed, check for WHEA errors in memory overclocking, and everything else under the sun... Instead of hiding (Shift+Del) the with the right click option, you can retract the info you don't want listed with the drop down arrow, nice to have on hand, then you don't have to worry about what you have hidden if you need it later. Information is evolution!
13:16 Hey Jay. How's the Raptor Lake PCH I226-V Ethernet Controller holding up? I'm refering to the design flaw Intel kept secret and what caused (or still causes) connection drops to this very day. I wonder if there's an actual working fix/patch aka workaround, or even a recall for this (probably not).
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Jay catching up to 2011 with this one
2011? try 1999 lol
I always wondered hwinfo vs hwmonitor...Which is accurate, shows the truth etc. I guess both will show same, but I wonder if any has tested software like that.
@@Djuntas that's part of why people have been on his ass about it, Hwmonitor is less accurate (or I guess inshould say used to be, I havent used Hwmonitor in YEARS because of that)
@@Djuntas do not use HW monitor.
hwmonitor has explicitly not been reliable for ages, unlike hwinfo64.
really makes you doubt the credibility of techman when he's recommending dubious software year after year...
You're not gonna DDOS anyone because you're the last to know, Jay lol
😂
😅 so true!
Just an FYI: Crossbar Clock is the frequency and rate at which information is shared across GPU components, such as texture mapping units, render outputs, graphics processing clusters, and the memory controller. It determines the overall performance of the GPU, the higher the clock the faster the components are communicating with each other and the more information is being processed to reach the final video output. The Crossbar Clock is typically timed variably depending upon the clock speeds of the Memory Clock and Core Clock.
If a GPU is having higher than average latency and poorer performance and all of the otherwise typical clocks one would think to check are nominal (e.g. the core clock frequency and memory frequency) it could mean the Crossbar Clock is faulty, mismatched, or a subcomponent is failing. Crossbar Clock is usually preset with a minimum frequency by the GPU's bios and then dynamic above that frequency based on the Core and Memory clock. A failed component or bad bios typically sees the Crossbar Clock drop down to the baseline or minimum clock speed leading to poor performance.
TIL
Thank you for explaining
Appreciate someone in the know explaining that one.
@@marqod1437 That's the person this tool's infodump is for.
thanks bro, without you we would never know what it is, in fact we don't have google, you know?
There’s a few programs over the years I’ve grown to love simply bc Jay explains the setup/features so thoroughly. Fan control goes on every PC I build now. Love these kinds of videos
yup fan control is amazing all my fans can help both cpu and gpu easily now
if only Fan Control could work on my amd card. It just reads 0*C and 0 rpm on my 6900xt, so I'm stuck using the amd adrenaline software to manage fan curves
@@Ben_Chillin
very strange it works perfectly on my 6950xt
i did have to figure the program out a bit first time so mayby you have just missed something i know i did?
@@insiainutorrt259 No third party software can detect gpu temps or fan speeds. Afterburner, hwmonitor, all of them report 0*C and 0 rpm. Maybe it's an xfx thing?
@@Ben_ChillinThat cannot be true. Cam software detects GPU temps and I have it displayed on my AIO, I also cross referenced the temp with MSI afterburner and its accurate through the third party software(Cam)
*_Don’t let Jay near a MoBo with A Drill_*
Thanks for being Awesome Jay! We all appreciate it!
Or a soldering iron
👌👍💪
Yeah he is awesome, however I still won't let him near my computer!
I already really liked HWInfo 64, but Jay really expanded my understanding of some of the deeper features. Jay alerted me to UI features like hiding lines, or linking to another app, and using logging (I'd not really "need" that, since I'm really just looking at regular monitoring of my primary PC machine, and will also use this software right away on a new machine to get details on how it behaves). Thanks, Jay. There are good reasons you are a popular channel.
What I like about it is that you can select anything you want to monitor & add it to your taskbar, so at a quick glance you can see what temps are, usages, or even voltage levels if so desired.
Wait really, I didn't know that and I've been using it for years 😅
How do you go about doing that?
@@BigMan7o0 You can also do that with Afterburner as well.
FanControl by rem0 also allows you to do this. It even lets you modify the colours 😊
@@BigMan7o0 Open the app, right click the item you want to monitor, select Add to Tray. It will go to your taskbar but you have to select the arrow up icon bottom right (show hidden icons) dialog box pops up & there is your selection. You can grab it and put it on your taskbar where you can always view it. You can also right click the item your viewing and change the color or delete it.
@BigMan7o0 - Something weird is happening when I try to respond to your request, this will be my 3rd attempt. My previous responses to you don't show up here in the comments. Open HWiNFO64, select the item you want to monitor, right click, select Add to Tray, on taskbar bottom right select the upside down v that opens Show Hidden Icons & there it is, then drag it to the taskbar. You can right click the item & change the color as well.
Jay is only 26 years behind the rest of the world.
@massimocrulli4988 I agree, HwInfo32 came out in 1998, HwInfo64 in 2011. I do not believe that he is just now learning about it. I believe that he is just making that idiotic claim as a way to garner more views. Either way, his reputation has dropped some more.
Tbf I also used HWmonitor for a very long time together with MSI afterburner. But in the end I always relied more on GPU-Z and afterburner.
It true, but it's a great overview still
True
How’s he 26yrs behind? lol
You overlooked an important feature: the ability to add a temperature sensor to the system tray, allowing real-time temperature readings to be displayed at all times. My favorite.
After using it for years (and for free) i decided to pay for the full licence unlimited time, cause i think that a good job deserve to be rewarded
Yes, and these guys are quite deserving. Another one which is free and essentially under rated is the Belarc Advisor, which focuses upon software licenses, full descriptions, how many software updates were somehow missed, the degree of usage of various software tools already installed, and naming of your gear (so like a much better version of the "Info" portion of operating system controls), the reports coming across within your local network. Of course I still think the grand dad of them all is the Sysinternals Suite. I even had gone to the trouble of getting books on using the Sysinternals suite. My favorites there are Autoruns and Process Explorer. This is also FREE, and its author even insisted in negotiations with Microsoft that they be allowed to continue this depth research and disclosure.
Been using it for years. Best monitor software ever. As a tech " God " I'm suprised it took you soo flipping long Jay!
was thinking the same thing
Tech god my ass lol. Jay himself told countless times, that he's not really a hardware nerd nor authority, more like a talking head, that likes PCs and PC related stuff. I like Jay for his personality and his chassis modding game is great, but come on, he's not a tech expert :D
@@PolskiJaszczomb well said.
@@PolskiJaszczombDo you have millions of subscribers that rely on your content? He’s used this software for years, he just highlighting it. Don’t make assumptions, if you watched his content you’d know this.
Surprised it took me so long
Personally, i don't use shared memory support as hwinfo can input stuff directly into RTSS (check settings). You don't even need msi afterburner hehe.
I'm glad you gave it a try! I've used it for quite a while and love it. I guess the only downside I can find to it is that there are sooo many sensors on it that it can be overwhelming at first glance, but its also easy to configure and remove those in the setup menu. Good stuff, my good Sir!
HWiNFO64's best trick is the ability to add a sensor to your tray, customize it and apply an alarm. The the second best trick is the OSD is good for more than CPU/GPU load and frame rates. e.g. If you think your game is applying too much voltage to a component (hint, hint), add it to your OSD.
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HWinfo also has GPU busy and wait in there, too, so you can use it to diagnose CPU or GPU bottlenecks, no additional monitoring software required
"In today's video, I'll be checking out a program my comment section has been recommending to me for years".
for 26 years
When loading the program I noticed the option to download the 66 page PDF users manual - really recommend to get a head start. Great looking tool, thanks Jay.
I keep my hwinfo64 always on top while gaming. If kept as a smallish window, it can be unobstructive off to the side of the screen in a corner of your choosing and replaces overlays like rtss since it tracks more sensors and can be customized in any order. For me, usually temps are what I have visible while gaming. I like to see the changes as the games call for more or less power. When I need to see voltages, clock speeds and even check if my fan speeds are going at the level i want, i just expand the window. Sometimes afterburner will throttle my gpu fan. Not too often, but once in awhile. And I can quickly see and correct the problem when it does. What also becomes apparent with this tool is when you undervolt or set power limits in the bios or xtu. Your custom settings will be reflected in their respective rows in this tool. Great to check if your xmp is indeed enabled from your last reset. Or that you indeed have your intended PL1 and PL2 parameters in place. If more users were instructed to monitor their sensors during the recent intel debacle, they’d see that default settings (no voltage cap and 4096W) were seriously pushing them close to 90-100C temps while gaming. And would have had the ability to make changes. If you are a casual user and don’t use sensors like this, you simply don’t know that there’s anything wrong and will continue to use an overheated computer.
been using this since 2001 jay... wtf lol. WHERE HAVE YUUUUUUU BEEN!!
LOL.... You've finally jumped onboard. Every time you've used CPUID HWMonitor, I've thought Jay - you need to switch. I love the ability to see which cores are thermal throttling and can do per-core voltage / multiplier tweaking in XTU to make sure no cores get throttled when running Cinebench R23. Such a great monitoring utility!
The sensors for Vcore and VR out will show you the amount of voltage the CPU cores are using rather than the VID. If you enable the option for EC support it will show additional sensors like PCH. The DIMM sensors consume system resources so I disable them most of the time. If you put an X in the box for Profiling Time (on the Config page) you can see what sensors are consuming resources.
Honestly can't believe you're only just using this. However I'll still watch the video in the hope of finding something I haven't used before.
With all due respect to everyone posting, just because someone is in IT, doesn't mean they know everything there is to know about IT. With that said... Where the hell have you been Jay? 🤣 This app is so old it should be obsolete, but it's still going strong. I still love it. Love your stuff... Keep 'em coming.
On the contrary, people who are in IT tend to step back forever
In HWInfo64 I set different font colors for different things I monitor. All of my fans are in bold red font, and my temps are in bold yellow font. It's quick to pick out things more important to me than the other sensors I leave open.
Admittedly even before i knew much about personal computers a few years ago, i was told to use this to check cpu temps cause my laptop was stuttering, i then realized everyone used it so it surprised me a bit that you didnt. Welcome to the family
Ron's data edit is a piece of free software that makes working with CSVs a lot easier.
It handles them much better than Excel and gives you more options
Paul's hardware been using this forever. I'm sure Jay has watched his videos before. That is how I found it. One thing i like about this video though, he did explain more of the settings that I never knew were there just in case I do want to use them.
He used hwmonitor until 2024 for godsakes, that's gonna be a meme
After all those years. Finally!!!
Select everything you like to see on the fly with holding shift down and click, and then right click, customize values, and then press bold + change color to whatever you want :)
Or color code P core sand E cores separate, go crazy!
Also add GPU and CPU temp into system tray :))
You can also change the polling frequency, which can be very useful in for example logging stuff for over a LONG time without having to deal with a massive file by turning it up high. Or getting a better idea of how things vary on short timescales.
Hello World!
Been using it for a while.
Real nice if you have a stream deck - can assign a button to monitor a certain thing, and have all your temps / usage visible to you without needing to ruin your in-game immersion (for example)
Missed the super-simplest feature to double-click any sensor and display a graph plot of it. Also heads-up, version 6 does much of this, but is still free for Commercial use.
It was a sad day when they dropped that, since my company wouldn't let us use any newer versions. The shared memory access was great for providing simple sensor readings for any developer to use.
Excellent piece of software. Thank you for pointing me at it.
Correct me if I am wrong, but that OSD feature would be pretty cool for one of those little monitoring screens I have seen you make before. No?
You don't need MSI Afterburner running for the OSD. HWInfo has its own communication with RTSS that looks exactly like the MSI Afterburner one, which you can customize with the points you want to look at and even choose different colors to categorize them.
In the Safety tab, make sure to untick Corsair Link Support because it interferes with iCUE software and fan speeds for those of us using a corsair AIO.
Wait, are you telling me he didn't know of HWinfo64 before? What?
right?! so much OC and testing and he just now finds out thats a thing??
Yeah, I also just started using this even though I've been overclocking since Celeron Mendocino.
It really helped my recent 5900x re-overclocking ever since I upgraded my AIO so now the CPU is not restricted by thermal limit but by power limits.
And it also has a Dark Theme, great!
Using it for years now and it was better than all the alternative programs I tried so far. It belongs to the first programs I install on systems to check their health.
Love using this utility with benchmarks and XTU.
My favorite part is unlocking the layout so that i can put all my temps in one row, all my voltages in one row, all my wattage in one row etc, etc.. I love Hwinfo64
Can you output the data to an Incase screen?
FYI, it isn't just Aorus that gets a special theme. I just downloaded it and got a ROG theme (red/blue) by default for my Asus ROG Mobo.
that came out with the last version like 2 days ago. The ROG theme also has different icons at the bottom of the sensor window which is refreshing. those windows Vista era default icons start to look old :p
Was wondering about that because I have an MSI board and also get shown the Aorus theme (and only this one), so I assumed there is only a Gigabyte theme and that's it.
Thank you so much for putting this video together. This was immensely helpful!!
I've been using this on all my computers for years now! Absolutely love it. I no longer really need it but it's cool to have in my opinion. I even run it on my ROG Ally X. Something that I found interesting was that by default it shows screen refresh info.
One nice thing is that certain motherboards (ASUS Rog boards etc) Do report the actual HARDWARE voltage for the CPU in there as registered by the MB sensors. One of the awesome things about HWiNFO64 if it's there it's displayed.
VLatch - very useful for catching short min/max voltage spikes that software is otherwise unable to spot.
Been using this since the intel stuff. But also used it to diagnose my old pc which was crashing after I put in a new 2TB bare nvme. The temps of the nvme reached 80 degrees. Once I put the nvme in a cooling enclosure the temps never went above 40 and never crashed again.
I prefer Libre Hardware Monitor myself, program is nearly identical however it's fully open source and free, and has a nice graphing option that can be turned on for any and all fields that it monitors.
Storage engineer here but may still be wrong, pretty sure drive available spare are extra spots it can write data in reserve and swap out as other parts of the cells become worn or have issues
Wow….Thought had a NEW utility. Been using this for years. Welcome to the future.
Also, just want to point out (especially for 4090 users) that you can set an alarm on any sensor info. You can set an alarm on the 12vhpwr coming in to the GPU. If it goes under 11.95 for me, itll display a popup and an alarm sound, so i know that something is wrong, and can shut the pc down before damage happens.
It's about god dang time Jay! Good to have you in the proper club now.
This is one of those videos when you click just to watch the intro to get the satisfaction of them saying you were right all along then click off because you've been using the thing they're about to talk about for literal years
we need a playlist have all the vid u guys made for best software. because every software u guys mention is actually the best! ty for making those series
This needs to be liked so much it gets pinned
Better late than never Jay, welcome aboard the Hwinfo train. I’ve always used hwinfo because it displays more detailed power sensors that’s really useful on laptop, and the only time I had issues was using their taskbar temperature display on a Zen 3+ laptop where something about the software was preventing the laptop from going to sleep and causing it to bsod
jay has finally seen the light!
Man, I’ve been using some variant of this since 2006. Such a versatile tool!
it is nice how much better things have gotten over the years. Nowadays all that hardware info is kept in SMBIOS and software can just access that instead of doing it the hard way.
Hey Jay, totally unrelated I just want to say I love your content and I've been passionate about computers for years. I'm still running a desktop that a friend of mine and I built together many years ago. He passed away a few years back and I haven't wanted to upgrade for nostalgia sake but I'm finally ready. I bought a motherboard you recommended and I'm going to start there. Currently running an I7 950.. gigabyte 1366 board.. ddr3.. yatta yatta.. anyway long winded but thanks again and I always appreciate the help since my friend was always my go to guy for knowledge.
Been using this for the past like 8 months, hands down the best monitoring software there is
ahh 11:00 cool, didn't know that, thank you
Love ya Jay! Keep up the awesome content!
Head straight to the VR VOUT sensor! Since it’s a Gigabyte board, you should definitely have one (even some of the lower-end Gigabyte models do, like the Aorus Elite AX and upwards). This sensor gives you a direct reading from the CPU die sense, reported via the voltage controller. It’s the most accurate voltage reading you'll get without breaking out an oscilloscope and directly probing the CPU. It's also the best way to check if you're being overvolted and makes LLC tuning way more fun!
Almost all decent motherboards have a VR VOUT sensor, I do know on ASUS boards that sensor is part of their EC which it tells you can cause problems if you don't disable but I've never had problems keeping it enabled. There is the Vcore sensor itself too which is also pretty accurate but it doesn't have the same resolution as the VR VOUT sensor.
Yeah, that's something I had to learn. Even though there's a Vcore sensor (or even multiple), the one you want to use for Intel is the VR VOUT one. This one is directly connected to the CPU die and gives the most accurate voltage readings, whereas the "Vcore" sensor is on the socket of the board and will therefore show slightly higher voltages, because of the impedance of the socket, pins, substrate, etc.
(Also, you want the VID requests to match the VR VOUT readings to not trigger CEP/clock stretching and for accurate power draw calculations)
What's the difference though between the 3 downloadables (Installer, Portable, and Portable DOS)? And also the 3 Free downloads selection
*SourceForge [Fast CDN]
*Local [U.S]
*SAC ftp [SK]
If i'm not in the US, should i still click the Local (US)?
I noticed those selectables can also be seen at the middle Portable.
Hey Jayz what s that monıtor? Thanks !
Used it for years. It's my go to!
Just found ur channel a couple days ago and honestly ur videos have been super super helpful. I’ve learned a lot and it’s making me even more excited to build my pc. 4 days left til I have all my parts! 😁
Nice lying to get attention bruh 😂
@@Dibbya_Chakma😭 I’m not lying. Only knew of Linus and a couple other dudes. I’ve seen this guy in a couple of their videos but never rlly watched him until a few days ago when I was lookin at videos for my pc build
@@Dibbya_Chakmaused a laptop for the past few years as well. I’m so hyped about having a good pc that can easily run any game 😁😁😁
Enjoy your build!
Specs?
Wow! This has been a staple tool for many years now...🤔 Using it in full mode is also very helpful (uncheck the sensors only box).
Jay thank you for every tip you gave me, without it, i won't have a lot of things and don't know a lot of things and software...also revo uninstaller is great! But i bought it because i have many pcs so i can have it on USB 😊
Love it when he let us know a free useful program apps. 👍👍
I’m not gonna show you how to do that right now. Proceeds to do it on camera 😂 love ya jay
The only thing that annoys me about HWiNFO is that the shared memory support didn't originally have a paywall to it. I still use the version prior to that paywall so I can keep an eye on fan/pump speeds and upload/download rates while I'm gaming or streaming. For those curious, that version is 6.42, though I haven't tested that version on any systems newer than my gaming PC from late 2019.
I'd forgotten about that paywall when I built my new media PC, though, which is recent and uses a Ryzen 7600, so there is a way to show the information in the same OSD as MSI Afterburner and RivatunerStatisticsServer without the DLL injection, but that injection is still required if you want the graph attached to MSI Afterburner, which I do use. I'll be testing V6.42 when I finish my new gaming build, which will be using a Ryzen 7900X and 7900XTX, but it would be nice if it wasn't paywalled. I'm not going to pay for something like that, especially when it used to be free. I also use it to keep an eye on CPU and GPU power draw in watts, but come on, I hate when stuff changes like that. The current version of MSI Afterburner does allow you to view power draw in watts, though, but it didn't when I first started checking it with HWiNFO.
With the fact that the information can still go to the same OSD as MSI Afterburner, it makes it especially more questionable as to why they paywalled the injection. The paywalling is also why I stopped using Networx to monitor my internet usage, too. Free stuff is awesome and suggests they're doing it because they enjoy it, but when it shifts out of being free and incurs a cost, it then feels like they're just doing it for money. I get that it's work to do, but there are examples of things which have never required you pay for it, such as the infinite 30-day trial of WinRAR. It's like they want to have an honor system for the commercial use, but then slap the non-commercial people when we try to reach for something we're told we can use.
Been using it for several years, though, and I haven't found anything better to replace it in combination with MSI Afterburner. If only the latter would update to have all the same stuff while remaining free, then I could throw out HWiNFO. At the least, all I really need added to MSI Afterburner would be the upload/download rates and system pump/fan speeds, since it does now show power draw in watts. I like tracking all this needless information when I game, too, but the pump info is one I'd prefer keeping an eye on, in case of a failure. For initial system setup, I could always use Hardware Monitor to check other information, but for the curiosity and keeping an eye on my internet's stability, I prefer the graphing of MSI Afterburner on my second monitor. HWiNFO's graph doesn't look as good and I can make MSI Afterburner's look dark enough that it doesn't feel like it's intruding on my vision when looking at my gaming monitor.
should i insall norton utilities program and what should i replace it with?
I thought this day would never come.. One tip. select 'Snapshot CPU polling' in the settings for AMD CPUs. This will show a more realistic VCORE voltage for AMD CPUs.
FINALLY. The fact you are just recommending it kinda speaks volumes.
Bro. I just installed Libre Monitor because you said it was the best. Now THIS is the best and always has been? LOL Just playing. I try everything. Keep up the awesome work!
This one is actually the best though and it’s interesting that he didn’t know about it until recently..
You will not find a single moment I said Libre was the best. I said it was open source and awesome for those who want to support open source projects
I actually wish LibreMonitor *was* better, because it is the basis for a couple of other free programs, like FanControl. It's just missing some sensor data, because simply someone has to do the work to add them and nobody gets paid to do so (or to buy the hardware to able to do it in the first place, etc).
Oh nice, glad I already got this one. Enjoy it Jay!
I am actually shocked by this revelation!!! I thought pretty much every reviewer was using this. Jay......you have really stunned me into submission!! 😅
It helps me see lots of numbers, I just don't know what those numbers should or should not be, apart from extreme temps.
Can you make a video about your opinion on a cooler? Diferent prices and air cooling vs water cooling
Hey Jay, will you do a review of DCS (Digital Combat Simulator)? It’s a beast of a flight sim, would be a great sim to test settings, hardware, tuning, etc.
ABOUT DAMN TIME! Now get your coolant, CPU, and GPU individual temps in the task bar (colored coded to brand), use this to tune curve optimizer with AMD, check network speed, check for WHEA errors in memory overclocking, and everything else under the sun... Instead of hiding (Shift+Del) the with the right click option, you can retract the info you don't want listed with the drop down arrow, nice to have on hand, then you don't have to worry about what you have hidden if you need it later. Information is evolution!
ive always used it and its the best thing to check/keep up with all your temps and stuff even network/io speeds
hwinfo vs hwmonitor which is better?
13:16 Hey Jay. How's the Raptor Lake PCH I226-V Ethernet Controller holding up? I'm refering to the design flaw Intel kept secret and what caused (or still causes) connection drops to this very day. I wonder if there's an actual working fix/patch aka workaround, or even a recall for this (probably not).
Hwinfo64 + Rainmeter = ooooo so fancy.
Jay, HWinfo64 can use the Elgato Streamdeck to display system info. I use it to monitor temps, vram usage, etc.
It also will read the data from the Aquaero which is nice to get aggregated into one UI
Lightweight and super usefull...
Been using this since 2003 I believe
I’m surprised it took this long before you used this software gem, Jay.
Maybe I missed that part, but did you install the app or just use the portable version? What would be the pros and cons of each?
Thanks for another cool utility spotlight
what do you think of AIDA64? Cause I use this as well
Sheeesh! About time!! Thanks for finally doing a video on it!
Yeah I swapped to this awhile ago, I laughed when you tried other options because I knew you'd get here eventually
can also use it with Rivatuner to create some very detailed overlays