List up to 10 of your favorite must-have overclocking tools.

[jamesyboy]

Please make a list of your favorite must-have overclocking utilities. Utilities could include temperature programs, video card flash programs, tweakers, benchmarks, or any other app that you use in your overclocking duties. Rank them in order with the number 1 being the most essential, and 10 being the least essential but most fun.

 

[graywolf]

Hit the Report button, and ask to have this moved to Overclocking.

 

[The_Prophecy]

This topic has been moved from the section Applications to section Overclocking by The_Prophecy

 

[mindless728]

GPU-Z
CPU-Z
Core Temp
Riva Tuner
Prime95
FurMark
3D Mark Vantage
and games...lots of games

 

[jsc]

What mindless said - except I do not use Riva Tuner. I do not OC video cards. I think they run hot enough already.

 

[mindless728]

What mindless said - except I do not use Riva Tuner. I do not OC video cards. I think they run hot enough already.

well i don't either, i sometimes use it to get a better graph of GPU load/tamp/fan speed

 

[Shadow703793]

1. (Tied) Prime 95/OCCT/LinX

2. RealTemp(Intel)/CoreTemp(AMD)

3. (Tied) EVGA Precision/MSI Afterburner.
Note: Imo, these two tools are MUCH better than RivaTuner/ATITool.

4. CPUZ/GPUZ

5. NiBiTor(nVidia)/RBE(ATI)

6. 3D Mark

7. Sandra