#Gaming pc system monitor android

So when my PC turns off it stops charging and the screen goes off. But to sleep after 15 seconds inactivity. Indeed, div2691 explains that they initially had the phone on all the time, but that it got “really hot”, so: “I’ve now set the phone to have the screen always on when charging. If you read the entire Reddit thread, some posters are warning about the danger of the phone overheating, or even the potential of the battery exploding if the handset is on 24/7. We’d exercise a good deal of caution if you go the latter route, though.

#Gaming pc system monitor android

So, the idea is you can use this old Android smartphone as a permanent system monitor propped up next to your PC or monitor – or even positioned inside your PC case as div2691 illustrates (see the above photo). The software is capable of monitoring not just processor and GPU temperatures, but all manner of drive details, memory usage info, fan speeds and more. Then if you’re playing one of the latest demanding PC games, and you hear all the fans kicking into higher gear inside your PC, you can just glance at the phone screen to see exactly how hard your CPU and graphics card are being driven (and which might be bottlenecking the other, or other useful information besides). The slight catch is that the app will show adverts, but for a tiny donation, you can get rid of the ads and have the monitoring readouts displayed permanently on the phone screen. As long as both the PC and the Android device are on the same Wi-Fi network, the phone can pull all the system monitoring info from your rig and display it.