Monitoring Programs:
1. Cpu-z (Gives almost all info about ur pc except temps.)
2. Gpu-z (Gives all info about ur GFX Card)
3. Everest Ultimate (AIO Pc Monitor)
4. Sisoft Sandra [PAID] (It should provide most of the information (including undocumented) you need to know about your hardware, software and other devices whether hardware or software.)
5. Core Temp ( Gives info about CPU)
6. SpeedFan
Encoding Programs: (to measure real life performance increase)
1. Virtual Dub
2. Photoshop
3. MP3 Encoder
Common tools used by overclockers to test graphics cards' stability:
1. FurMark .
2. ATI Tray Tools (don't get fooled by the name, they can be used with NVIDIA cards).
3. Rivatuner (GPU OC Software...for Nvidia as far as i know)
4. Aquamark
5. RthDribl
6. FRAPS (Shows ingame FPS)
Memory Testing:
1. Memtest86
2. Super Pi (Super PI is a computer program that calculates pi to a specified number of digits after the decimal point - up to a maximum of 32 million. It uses Gauss-Legendre algorithm and is a Windows port of the program used by Yasumasa Kanada in 1995 to compute Pi to 232 digits.)
3. Windows Memory Diagnostic
Stress-Test Tools: (To Test Stability of PC after overclocking)
1. OCCT (The name says it all)
2. Orthos
3. Intel Burn Test
4. Prime95
Other Benchmarking tools can be found here.
1. Cpu-z (Gives almost all info about ur pc except temps.)
2. Gpu-z (Gives all info about ur GFX Card)
3. Everest Ultimate (AIO Pc Monitor)
4. Sisoft Sandra [PAID] (It should provide most of the information (including undocumented) you need to know about your hardware, software and other devices whether hardware or software.)
5. Core Temp ( Gives info about CPU)
6. SpeedFan
Encoding Programs: (to measure real life performance increase)
1. Virtual Dub
2. Photoshop
3. MP3 Encoder
Common tools used by overclockers to test graphics cards' stability:
1. FurMark .
2. ATI Tray Tools (don't get fooled by the name, they can be used with NVIDIA cards).
3. Rivatuner (GPU OC Software...for Nvidia as far as i know)
4. Aquamark
5. RthDribl
6. FRAPS (Shows ingame FPS)
Memory Testing:
1. Memtest86
2. Super Pi (Super PI is a computer program that calculates pi to a specified number of digits after the decimal point - up to a maximum of 32 million. It uses Gauss-Legendre algorithm and is a Windows port of the program used by Yasumasa Kanada in 1995 to compute Pi to 232 digits.)
3. Windows Memory Diagnostic
Stress-Test Tools: (To Test Stability of PC after overclocking)
1. OCCT (The name says it all)
2. Orthos
3. Intel Burn Test
4. Prime95
Other Benchmarking tools can be found here.