Things to chk

[lanzhu60]

Hi guys , noob n would like to ask , after getting my custom rig , wat should I chk for ? E.g. Hw specs , ram speed , temp , etc

 

[Koenig168]

You can download "speccy" to check the hardware.

 

[CursedHamster]

Speccy is known to report incorrect temperature because it's been years since it got updated so it probably will report wrong values if you got a newer system. Although not as "noob friendly" as speccy, HWINFO64 is one of the more "accurate" monitoring software nowadays and can be very useful once you get used to it.

You can also setup on-screen display with RTSS so that you can monitor the temperature in your games instead of alt-tabbing consistently but this require a bit more time to do so.

Either way, CPU and GPU temps should not pass 95c and 85c during heavy loads or when gaming.

 

[malalover]

msi afterburner and HWinfo64, MSI afterburner allows you to check your cpu and gpu temps with onscreen display while ingame and HWInfo64 tells you all the info from whether secureboot is enabled to system temps and all the specifications and model of your hardware.

 

[forests_gump]

Is hwinfo able to show on-screen display like MSI afterburner? Afterburner seems to heavy on resources

 

[CursedHamster]

Is hwinfo able to show on-screen display like MSI afterburner? Afterburner seems to heavy on resources

Yes. I got it working with RTSS although it requires a bit more configuration (because of the ridiculous amount of data available to you) as compared to MSI AB + RTSS. Can't remember which exact video but I followed some guide on youtube when I first got introduced to HWINFO.