How can i get the cpu information in .net?

Question

like whether it is pentium or AMD etc.

Answer 1

You can find a great Example for this here: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/system/GetHardwareInformation.aspx

But its basically in System.Management

Answer 2

The System.Management Namespace Provides access to a rich set of management information and management events about the system, devices, and applications instrumented to the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) infrastructure.

The Win32 Processor WMI class represents a device that can interpret a sequence of instructions on a computer running on a Windows operating system. On a multiprocessor computer, one instance of the Win32_Processor class exists for each processor. The class includes a Processor family type field, encoding things like AMD Opteron Processor Family.

An example of C# issuing WMI query is at the end of the page.

Answer 3

Please note that this is from vs2003

 using(ManagementObjectSearcher win32Proc = new ManagementObjectSearcher("select * from Win32_Processor"),
          win32CompSys = new ManagementObjectSearcher("select * from Win32_ComputerSystem"),
          win32Memory = new ManagementObjectSearcher("select * from Win32_PhysicalMemory"))
       {
        foreach (ManagementObject obj in win32Proc.Get())
        {
         clockSpeed = obj["CurrentClockSpeed"].ToString();
         procName = obj["Name"].ToString();
         manufacturer = obj["Manufacturer"].ToString();
         version = obj["Version"].ToString();


        }