love this software

Great software. But their forum administration has gone to total shit. They broke the forum. Sadly, very little activity there any more. It took 3 new forum moderators less than a year to destroy a great community. With all 3 of those moderators being in a conflict acting as moderators. Financial gain and greed killed the Aida64 forum.

Aida has always been useful diagnostic software but their pricing is just incompatible with reality. I'm a broken record bringing this up in every single thread about updates for it but - are these guys really that stubborn... business must be good enough I guess.

They really need to make a fixed-price version of Extreme (consumer version of the software) that doesn't charge for yearly maintenance and put it on Steam. If it works for UL and 3DMark, it'll work for FinalWire too. Charge $60 for it; put it on sale regularly at 50-75% off, with regional pricing, they'll sell 100s of 1000s of copies and I know it.



ASUS has me covered until May 2026 since I got my Apex Encore, so hopefully by then they'll have the magnificent idea to embrace Steam, throw in a couple of achievements "wow you've run a benchmark!" and achievement hunters are gonna buy the software without even meaning to use it. They'll make do.

Tamas and the team always doing spectacular work. Aida is a great tool.

Dr. DroAida has always been useful diagnostic software but their pricing is just incompatible with reality. I'm a broken record bringing this up in every single thread about updates for it but - are these guys really that stubborn... business must be good enough I guess.

They really need to make a fixed-price version of Extreme (consumer version of the software) that doesn't charge for yearly maintenance and put it on Steam. If it works for UL and 3DMark, it'll work for FinalWire too. Charge $60 for it; put it on sale regularly at 50-75% off, with regional pricing, they'll sell 100s of 1000s of copies and I know it.



ASUS has me covered until May 2026 since I got my Apex Encore, so hopefully by then they'll have the magnificent idea to embrace Steam, throw in a couple of achievements "wow you've run a benchmark!" and achievement hunters are gonna buy the software without even meaning to use it. They'll make do.

I second that. Their pricing of 60$€£ a year for Extreme is just insane.
Although I would not go this far that it should be completely fixed-price. Something like 5 years of maintenance with the same price as now would work fine.

Been using since it was AIDA32 back over 20 years ago.

I have been a paid subscriber for the last 15 or so years, starting with Everest. I usually renew for 2 or 3 years.

I believe Finalwire should offer a Lifetime license, such as HWiNFO did. I could see paying maybe $200 for a lifetime subscription.

Putting it on Steam? As long as it would still be available direct from Finalwire, I could not care less. If it became a Steam-only thing, I would not renew.

dj-electricTamas and the team always doing spectacular work. Aida is a great tool.

Using his program for about two decades now,
Still the best!

ArctucasBeen using since it was AIDA32 back over 20 years ago.

I have been a paid subscriber for the last 15 or so years, starting with Everest. I usually renew for 2 or 3 years.

I believe Finalwire should offer a Lifetime license, such as HWiNFO did. I could see paying maybe $200 for a lifetime subscription.

Putting it on Steam? As long as it would still be available direct from Finalwire, I could not care less. If it became a Steam-only thing, I would not renew.

3DMark's system doesn't tie you to Steam, you can purchase it and its extensions on Steam (as DLC), and use the product key you're granted in the standalone version you can download on 3DMark's website. That's the best way to go at it, IMO

Dr. Dro3DMark's system doesn't tie you to Steam, you can purchase it and its extensions on Steam (as DLC), and use the product key you're granted in the standalone version you can download on 3DMark's website. That's the best way to go at it, IMO

You will need a Steam account, correct?

@Dr. Dro
how do you "activate" the mb version?
i have gotten a few boards the last couple years that offered it on the utility page, but i never gotten any to work past the 30 day trial period.

Waldorf@Dr. Dro
how do you "activate" the mb version?
i have gotten a few boards the last couple years that offered it on the utility page, but i never gotten any to work past the 30 day trial period.

Sadly, you need to download it through Armoury Crate installed on an eligible motherboard. It does not give you a serial number. It'll install a customized ROG-skinned version of AIDA64 Extreme, to use it on the regular version, open the install folder and retrieve the pkey.txt the ROG installer places there. Then you can use that on any AIDA64 Extreme installation by just copy and pasting that license file on the install folder.

ArctucasYou will need a Steam account, correct?

Only if you decide to buy through Steam, yes. But other than that, if you buy on Steam and activate your keys on 3DMark's website, you can pretty much not use Steam ever again if it comes down to that.

Dr. DroSadly, you need to download it through Armoury Crate installed on an eligible motherboard. It does not give you a serial number. It'll install a customized ROG-skinned version of AIDA64 Extreme, to use it on the regular version, open the install folder and retrieve the pkey.txt the ROG installer places there. Then you can use that on any AIDA64 Extreme installation by just copy and pasting that license file on the install folder.



Only if you decide to buy through Steam, yes. But other than that, if you buy on Steam and activate your keys on 3DMark's website, you can pretty much not use Steam ever again if it comes down to that.

Bought mine directly from Futuremark.

I do not use Steam.

Dr. DroAida has always been useful diagnostic software but their pricing is just incompatible with reality. I'm a broken record bringing this up in every single thread about updates for it but - are these guys really that stubborn... business must be good enough I guess.

They really need to make a fixed-price version of Extreme (consumer version of the software) that doesn't charge for yearly maintenance and put it on Steam. If it works for UL and 3DMark, it'll work for FinalWire too. Charge $60 for it; put it on sale regularly at 50-75% off, with regional pricing, they'll sell 100s of 1000s of copies and I know it.

I bought Process Lasso Pro 50% off in November with lifetime updates, and I use that software daily. I'd have to be crazy to spend money on AIDA with just 1 year of updates. I pretty much only use it when I upgrade my PC. I guess it works for them, but I will not support it.