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#1 Pilege21

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Posted 02 January 2012 - 03:43 PM

I am looking for a program or software that can help me find information about my computers. Mostly for seeing what cpu sockets, motherboard types, memory types and other things. I had a program a few years ago but can not remember the name of it. Just wondering if anyone had any programs or software that you use. Maybe this will help me remember the program I used.

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Posted 02 January 2012 - 03:48 PM

CPU-Z can be used for that kind of stuff. SIW has a lot of information on TONS of things as well.

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Posted 02 January 2012 - 04:06 PM

Like LiveBrian I use CPU-Z. Here's a link...
http://www.filehippo.../download_cpuz/

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Posted 05 January 2012 - 07:33 AM

SIW! That's what I was trying to think of. Haha. Thanks guys and I will also try CPU-Z.

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 01:57 PM

Pilege21, on 05 January 2012 - 07:33 AM, said:

SIW! That's what I was trying to think of. Haha.

Hi. Sorry I'm coming to this rather late.

System Information for Windows (SIW) is an extremely informative program. It offers far more information than CPU-Z, but can be intimidating. Here are some things you can do with it:
Clickon the CPU section under Hardware, and you'll see the number of cores andlogical processors, the chip's name and code name (which is actually more of abrand name), the socket type, and whether virtual technology is enabled--toname just a few options.

You can get similarly information-dense pages on Memory,BIOS, Storage Devices, and other physical parts of your computer. The softwaresection will tell you about your version of Windows, installed programs, yourdrivers, and more.

Via the icons on the toolbar, you can save an HTML report,check CPU and memory usage or network traffic, and even test the speed of your Internetconnection.

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