Credits to Anandtech :
http://forums.anandtech.com/messagev...hreadid=831951
1) Monitoring programs:
Motherboard Monitor (MBM)
http://mbm.livewiredev.com/
Asus Probe FTP
ftp://ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUSCOM/UTIL/PC_Probe/
SpeedFan
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
lm_sensors
http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/index.html - Linux User Only
MCO
http://www.voodoofiles.com/7693
2) System benchmarks:
Sisoftware Sandra 2003
http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/index.php?location=update
Aida
http://www.aida32.hu/aida-download.php?bit=32, Aida Main Page
http://www.aida32.hu/aida32.php
PC Mark 2002
http://gamershq.madonion.com/download/?pcmark2002.shtml
PassMark
http://www.passmark.com/index.html
CPUBench
http://home.planet.nl/~wande160/
NBench 2.0
http://www.tweakers.net/meuktracker/1525
3) Video benchmarks:
Aquamark3
http://www.aquamark3.com/ - NEW upcoming!!! - but no available benchmark yet
3DMark2000 v1.1, 3DMark2001 SE, 3DMark2003
http://www.futuremark.com/download/
Q3Bench@Guru3D
http://www.guru3d.com/q3bench/ - If you have a copy of Quake III
Codecreatures Benchmark Pro @ Guru3D
http://www.guru3d.com/files/ - under Benchmarks & Demo's
X-Isle Benchmark via Nvision
http://nvidia.com.pl/cgi-bin/get.pl? ftp://ftp.nvidia.pl/pub/Dema_NVIDIA/crytek_x_isle.zip& (18mb.zip), X-Isle v1.03 Patch
http://home.attbi.com/~d2rook/pics/x-isle_v13.zip.
Comanche 4
http://www.novalogic.com/games.asp?GameKey=C4
GLExcess
http://www.glexcess.com
Serious Sam - demos download
http://www.seriouszone.com - it's all on the left menu
Unreal Tournament 2003 DEMO
http://www.unrealtournament2003.com/?downloads, UT2k3 Benchmarking Utility @ HardOCP
http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MzY4, UT2k3 Benchmarking Utility 2.1 @ HardOCP
http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NDQy - scroll to bottom for the download link
4) Stability tests:
Prime95
http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm - run for X hours to your satisfaction :), good for determining max CPU load temperature :)
3DMark2001 SE
http://www.futuremark.com/download/ - do loop tests for X hours
Hot CPU Tester 3.3
http://www.opusware.net/downloads.htm
Toast
http://benchmarkhq.ru/cgi-bin/click.cgi?172
Super Pi
http://benchmarkhq.ru/cgi-bin/click.cgi?152
5) Other useful application:
WCPUid
http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002.../download.html - tells your CPU info and few Memory info.
CPU-z
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.htm - tells your system components, settings
HD Tach
http://www.tcdlabs.com/hdtach.htm - bench your hard disks, IBM hd owners beware, this program is known to kill your drive.
Memtest86
http://www.memtest86.com/ - bench your memory and stability
GoldMemory
http://www.goldmemory.cz/ - bench your memory for stability and errors
Intel Application Accellerator
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...?ProductID=663 - increase HD performance
Intel Chipset ID Utility
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...?ProductID=861
Intel Inf Driver
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...?ProductID=816
6) Chipset/Video drivers:
Nvidia
http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=drivers - Latest WHQL Driver for all OS, Powerstrip
http://www.entechtaiwan.com/ps.htm, Nvidia "Coolbits" Registry Hack
http://www.overclockers.com.au/techstuff/a_coolbits/ - Adds Overclocking tab to Detonator driver settings panel
ATi
http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html - Lastest Drivers, Rage3D
http://www.rage3d.com/files/, RadeonTweaker
http://radeontweaker.sourceforge.net/
Matrox
http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/drivers/home.cfm
SiS Xabre
http://xabregamers.free.fr/modules/mydownloads/
Via
http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=2
Microsoft DirectX 8.1b
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp? - Type in "DirectX" and choose your operating system.
Microsoft DirectX 9.0
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
Intel Chipset Drivers
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...?ProductID=816
Omega's driver
http://www.omegacorner.com/ - these are the best set of nvidia driver that i have tested!
Latest video drivers w/o WHQL
http://www.warp2search.net/download.php
Reactorcritical
http://www.reactorcritical.com/ for latest Nvidia & ATI drivers, and other pertinent news
NV flash
http://www.x-bios.3dgames.ru/modules...zip&dc=NVFlash 4.15 - (bios flasher), NV Bios Editor
http://www.guru3d.com/xbios/, website they came from
http://x-bios.3dgames.ru/
7) Bios:
Abit
http://www.abit.com.tw/abitweb/webjs...jsp?pTYPE=Bios
Asus FTP
ftp://ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUSCOM/BIOS/[/F
Epox
http://www.epox.com/html/support.asp?lang=1
Gigabyte
http://www.giga-byte.com/support/support.htm - follow Bios/Driver Link
Intel
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...port_Intel.asp
iWill
http://support.iwill.net/index_e.html
MSI
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/suppor...t_bos_list.php
Shuttle
http://www.spacewalker.com/english/download.htm
Soyo
http://www.soyousa.com/downloads/
Super Micro
http://www.supermicro.com/TECHSUPPORT/BIOS/bios.htm
8) Misc. (maybe) useful apps
Wcpredit & Wcprset info
http://www.sjbentley.btinternet.co.uk/asus.htm
Nvision
http://nvidia.com.pl/download.html?Programy - many fun stuff here
BenchmarkHQ
http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/english.html - benchmarks and more
Unlocking the XP\MP Processor with video
http://www6.tomshardware.com/column/...124/index.html - AMD ONLY, and need DIVX
http://www.divx.com to play.
P4 voltage wire trick @ hexus
http://www.hexus.net/review.php?review=278, or 2nd link @ justnet
http://www2.justnet.ne.jp/%7Ekiti/Pa...rthwood01.htm, or 3rd link @ virtual-hideout.net
http://www.virtual-hideout.net/artic...2/index.shtml. - INTEL ONLY
CPU Wattage Checker
http://www.benchtest.com/calc.html - This site helps calculate CPU Wattage
Unlocking and Mulipliers
http://www.ocinside.de/index_e.html?...resistors.html
Overclocking & Decoding
http://www.beachlink.com/candjac/TbredDecode0.htm
CPU Indentification
http://www.amdboard.com/amdid.html
Intel Processor Finder
http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sspec/p4p.htm