[dba-Tech] Recommendation for free PC hardware diagnostic software

Hello Jon and Rusty,

Thanks for your suggestions, I suggested to him that he have a look at
benchmarking software.  And I suggested that he look out for reviews by
pcmag and others to see what software they use.

Mark




On 19 May 2011 15:01, Rusty Hammond <rustykh at yahoo.com> wrote:

> To add to the Benchmarking suggestion, visit PC Magazine (www.pcmag.com)
> and look over their reviews of systems.  Often times when they show
> benchmark results, they will also mention the software they use to do the
> tests.
>
> HTH,
>
> Rusty
>
>
>
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> Hi Mark
>
> Your friend should look for "Benchmarking" software. That's what they call
> it in the magazine tests. I haven't used any myself, but that's what you
> need to look for.
>
>
> Jon
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Breen
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> Subject: [dba-Tech] Recommendation for free PC hardware diagnostic software
>
> Hello Friends,
>
> I met a friend while out on my morning walk this morning and he asked me
> what software I would recommend for "testing computers".
>
> He wants to run diagnostics on all the hardware components in machines -
> laptops and desktops.  I am not sure for what purpose, perhaps just for fun.
>
> I said that honestly, I had no idea and suggested that a search on The
> Search Engine <http://google.com> will no doubt present at least 100
> choices, but I did say I would ask a group that will surely know the best
> top 2 choices.
>
> If you have a suggestion, please feel free to post it.
>
> thanks
>
> Mark
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