What Windows freeware diagnostic tools do you recommend for CPU, fanspeed, & core temperature?

What Windows freeware diagnostic tools do you recommend for CPU,
fanspeed, & GPU/CPU core temperatures?

I was purposefully helpfully answering a question for a Mac user when I
realized my archives for CPU, fanspeed & Temperature debugging are a mess.
o *Getting current speed of each core?*
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.sys.mac.system/fy_YUt1U0Yg

These are my current freeware archives for CPU & motherboard diagnostics:
https://i.postimg.cc/VvxK25M1/diagnose01.jpg

And these are my freeware archives for fan and temperature diagnostics:
https://i.postimg.cc/XY3RvDGW/diagnose02.jpg

This is a short list of those freeware tools (in no particular order):
o Core Temp https://www.alcpu.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=892
o Sandra http://www.sisoftware.net
o CPUID HW Monitor https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html
o Open HW Monitor https://openhardwaremonitor.org/
o GPU-Z https://www.techpowerup.com/download/gpu-z/
o CPU-Z http://www.cpuid.com
o SpeedFan http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php
o RealTemp http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp
o Crystal https://downloads.tomsguide.com/CrystalDiskInfo,0313-25941.html
o EaseUS https://www.easeus.com/download.htm
o Geekbench http://geekbench.com
o Tmeter http://www.tmeter.ru/en/

What other freeware diagnostic tools do you recommend for CPU, fan, & temp?
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The extremly high cost of freeware is in effort needed to find the best!

On 2020-07-11 22:36, Arlen Holder wrote:
What Windows freeware diagnostic tools do you recommend for CPU,
fanspeed, & GPU/CPU core temperatures?

I was purposefully helpfully answering a question for a Mac user when I
realized my archives for CPU, fanspeed & Temperature debugging are a mess.
o *Getting current speed of each core?*
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.sys.mac.system/fy_YUt1U0Yg

These are my current freeware archives for CPU & motherboard diagnostics:
https://i.postimg.cc/VvxK25M1/diagnose01.jpg

And these are my freeware archives for fan and temperature diagnostics:
https://i.postimg.cc/XY3RvDGW/diagnose02.jpg

This is a short list of those freeware tools (in no particular order):
o Core Temp https://www.alcpu.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=892
o Sandra http://www.sisoftware.net
o CPUID HW Monitor https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html
o Open HW Monitor https://openhardwaremonitor.org/
o GPU-Z https://www.techpowerup.com/download/gpu-z/
o CPU-Z http://www.cpuid.com
o SpeedFan http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php
o RealTemp http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp
o Crystal https://downloads.tomsguide.com/CrystalDiskInfo,0313-25941.html
o EaseUS https://www.easeus.com/download.htm
o Geekbench http://geekbench.com
o Tmeter http://www.tmeter.ru/en/

What other freeware diagnostic tools do you recommend for CPU, fan, & temp?




Hi Arlen,

I usually use Fan speed, which you listed. Sometimes
I will use CPU-Z, which you also listed

I also use my fingers. I shut down the computer (pull
power cord too), ground myself and feel around for
any frozen fans and anything excessively hot.

On my Linux systems, I use XSensors, but you did not ask
about Linux.

-T