looking for hardware monitoring program

[thewhitepidgeon]

hi i have seen various pictures of a pc hardware monitoring program that shows usages of hardware %'s and temps in an out of the way and clean looking display at the top of your monitor. What is this called or what are similar programs?

I have tried speed fan and other similar programs but I was interested in this program I saw but forgot the name and can't find images again.

If you could please suggest what this program could be called or similar programs I would be very thankful. 

[MegaDave91]

I love PlayClaw 5.

[xTrekStorex]

AIDA64, OpenHardwareMonitor, HWM, NZXT CAM, OCCT, CoreTemp, RealTemp, SpeedFan, MSI Afterburner and if you want to do it over the network Nagios and Icinga

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

CPU-Z, GPU-Z, and Speccy are all programs I use It's my golden trio

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

HW monitor, Cpu-z, Gpu-z ... bios/mobo monitoring tool

[Naeaes]

The OSD function on MSI afterburner and the likes?

[thewhitepidgeon]

thanks for all the ultra fast reply's but they aren't quite the ones I was looking for although msi afterburner osd looks ok.

The program I saw had a transparent black tab on the top of the desktop displaying all hardware %'s and temps in a good looking out of the way display.

[LogicalDrm]

thanks for all the ultra fast reply's but they aren't quite the ones I was looking for although msi afterburner osd looks ok.

The program I saw had a transparent black tab on the top of the desktop displaying all hardware %'s and temps in a good looking out of the way display.

The one you are probably looking for is some Rainmeter app. Or any of windows sidebar gadgets.

[thewhitepidgeon]

Thanks LoGiCalDrm it was the one I was looking for and it works great