Everest
Is my favorite. It reports on Hardware and gives links for updates and
even shows the temperature of your CPU. It is the replacement for Aida32
V. 3.93
PCPitstop.com checks
many things from disk fragmentation to Internet speed tests and gives
recommendations.
Driver Detective will
check your drivers and report what updates are available. This program
is not free, so I suggest you simply write down their results and then
manually get the updated drivers.
SiSoft
Sandra A very powerful system audit tool and benchmark testing
program. The free version has many benchmark test modules for normal users
while the Pro version is more for developers and is not free.
Ethereal is a troubleshooting
and reporting utility for networks.