Although hardware is getting increasingly reliable these days (especially expensive hardware), it is nonetheless important to keep scraps of metal and plastic that comprise a PC in full working order. What is the main enemy of hardware? Heat. Get alerted when your hard disk overheats with HDD Temperature.
     HDD Temperature is a compact utility that makes most of the S.M.A.R.T. technology, monitoring the temperature of your hard disk. Most hard disk drives that were manufactured in the last three or four years support this feedback technology. The program is pretty easy: one window with the option of setting a maximum temperature value and the current hard drive temperature. The tool minimizes into the system tray and changes icon color depending on hard disk temperature.
     The tool is presented in some two dozen languages, so those who like localized software may fully enjoy a version in their mother tongue. It also has a 'big' shareware brother - HDD Temperature Pro that supports up to for hard disk drives.