Quick start

A visual walkthrough from your first launch to a useful everyday monitoring setup.

Follow the English interface

Use the next and previous buttons to work through the screenshots at your own pace. Each step names the control and the expected result.

1. Choose English and your appearance

Open the gear at the top right. In General, choose Language → English and Background → Paper Pop (light) or Volt (dark). Press OK to save. Cancel discards the draft.

General settings showing English and Paper Pop light — The gear opens Settings; General owns language and appearance. Open the image for a closer look.

2. Check the Dashboard

Read the wattage label first, then the CPU, GPU and RAM percentages. The DISK bars show used capacity. A dash means a reading is unavailable; see Troubleshooting if an expected sensor stays missing.

Dashboard with English labels and CPU GPU RAM DISK NET rows — Read the power label alongside the watts, then follow the individual hardware rows. Open the image for a closer look.

3. Inspect a busy process

Select RAM on the Dashboard to open memory trends and memory-ranked processes, or open Process directly. Select a metric and a 60-second or 15-minute range. Wait for samples to arrive.

Process page with trend chart controls and the process ranking table — Process brings trends and process rankings together. Open the image for a closer look.

4. Review alert thresholds

Open Settings → Monitoring & alerts. Choose your primary GPU and thresholds, then press OK. To inspect incidents, open the separate Alerts page.

Monitoring and alerts settings for the primary GPU and threshold options — Review thresholds before relying on notifications. Open the image for a closer look.

5. Switch to the Mini panel

Use the Mini button beside the gear. Drag the panel to a convenient position. Double-click its background or select Open Dashboard to return. Set always-on-top behavior in General.

English Mini panel with power and compact hardware readings — The compact panel keeps live readings beside your work. Open the image for a closer look.

Finish your setup

In General, select your Country / Region. Check the electricity price, currency and carbon intensity; use your own rates if needed.
Keep Fans → Auto until you have confirmed which hardware each fan belongs to.
Enable Keep running in the tray when closed or minimized if you want background monitoring.
Open Settings → Data & Info and check for storage warnings.