Displaying motherboard/memory/cpu info

Question

Is there a decent utility to display motherboard/memory/cpu info in Windows?

Answer 1

Try CPU-Z. It has worked great for me in the past.

Answer 2

One simple tool is called System Information for Windows.

Answer 3

Belarc is a popular tool also used by enterprises for auditing PCs.
A personal freeware edition called Belarc Advisor is also available.

Answer 4

Depending on how much detail you need, you can try dxdiag. Type dxdiag into the Run box and hit enter.

For detailed information, the previously mentioned CPU-Z and BlackBox are great. Here's some shots of BlackBox:

Answer 5

SiSoftware Sandra Lite (the System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) is a non-commercial freeware.

SiSoftware Sandra is an information & diagnostic utility. It should provide most of the information (including undocumented) you need to know about your hardware, software and other devices whether hardware or software.

It works along the lines of other Windows utilities, however it tries to go beyond them and show you more of what's really going on. Giving the user the ability to draw comparisons at both a high and low-level. You can get information about the CPU, chipset, video adapter, ports, printers, sound card, memory, network, Windows internals, AGP, PCI, PCI-X, PCIe (PCI Express), database, USB, USB2, 1394/Firewire, etc.

Since a download link for it is somewhat hard to find on sisoftware.net, here it is on filehippo.

SIW - System Information for Windows

SIW is an advanced System Information for Windows tool that gathers detailed information about your system properties and settings and displays it in an extremely comprehensible manner. SIW is a standalone utility that does not require installation (Portable Freeware)