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Overview

Introduction

Thank you for using Argus Monitor.

Argus Monitor is an very powerful tool, featuring many options but is still very easy to use. It enables you to monitor the different hardware of your computer, control some of it to make you PC more silent and can even issue a warning in case problems with temperatures or data integrity arise.

Argus Monitor monitors temperatures of CPU, graphics card(s), hard disks and fan speeds. Advanced options include curve-based fan control of GPU and mainboard fans.

Overview

Fan Control

Many if not all computer users experience data loss due to hard drive failure at one point in time. If you're lucky, you will notice error messages while accessing your files and will be able to save some of your data to another drive before the failing one stops working completely.

More detailed information about the S.M.A.R.T. technology and how Argus Monitor can give you a warning before your hard drive fails to prevent data loss can be found in S.M.A.R.T. Benefits.

S.M.A.R.T. Warning

Features

The main features of Argus Monitor enabling you to:

  • Fan control for mainboard fans.
  • Fan control for Nvidia / AMD / Intel graphic cards.
  • Graphical display of the CPU temperature (independently for each CPU core).
  • Graphical display of CPU core frequencies and CPU power (enables you to check if power management is working).
  • Monitoring and graphical display of GPU temperature.
  • Monitor your hard disk drive temperature and the health status of your hard disk drive by constantly checking the critical S.M.A.R.T. attributes.
  • Warns you with a probability of up to 70 percent before a hard drive fails -- in time for you to save all the precious data added to your system after the last backup.
  • Sidebar gadget.