I know there are no shortage of gadgets for Windows, but good ones can be harder to find. This is a nice "system monitor" type gadget. System Monitor 3 is clean, easy to read and responsive. This Basic edition of the gadget is free and has some nice features. You can download the Basic edition in the Windows Live Gallery. There are also Professional and Professional Plus editions if you are willing to pay a little for a lot more features. You can checkout the developers website and compare editions here.