bench marking & maint tools

[aussieolie2]

I havent benched marked much before. I would like to do it to optimise and improve my PC's performace and test hardware.
What is a good piece of software to do this? Also I would like to keep everything in tact, so I am wondering which tools I should use to keep everything happy? (Norton System Works?

Thanks,

Olie

[Budfred]

Norton could cause more problems than it is worth, but there are tons of benchmark programs available. This one gives some recommendations and benchmarks to help with tweaking:

http://www.aida32.hu/aida-download.php?bit=32

[aussieolie2]

OK Thanks.
What is good for scheduling maint and disk checks etc...?

Thanks,

Olie

[rio_bugarin]

i just downloaded 3dmark2001se

you can find it at http://www.madonion.com

*if you downloaded 3dmarkse, and you are not using directx8.x, download the patch supplied too.

[Steve]

I use SiSoftware Sandra (http://www.sisoftware.net/) for that kind of thing. It gives you system info, benchmarks, burnin, etc.

Works real good...:)