New Rig Checklist

Discussion in 'Tech Talk' started by Hanuman, Apr 5, 2012.

  1. Just upgraded for GW2, making a checklist!
    I haven't got a new rig for the last... several years so I don't have a clear picture-- what's all the good programs to have on your computer now adays?
    MSE
    VLC
    -cccp
    CCClean
    Peerblock
    Spybot
    Process Exp
    Games =]
    Firefox
    -NScript
    -HTTPSE
    -Adblocker+
    7zip
    Driver Update
    TS Install

    What else?
     
  2. Blackice

    Blackice Veteran

    Adobe Flash/Reader
    Gimp/Photoshop
    CPUID HWMonitor
    Dosbox
    Winamp/iTunes
    Skype
    Steam/Origin
    Video overclock utility like EVGA Precision or MSI Afterburner
    Vuze
     
  3. Alkihaul

    Alkihaul Veteran

    Chrome!! lol.

    Avast

    I like PUU.SH for quick upload of screen shots to IM to people.

    Filezilla for access to webspace.
     
  4. Why use CCCP if you have VLC? VLC comes with its own pre-packaged codecs already that the program uses by default. There is no need to install other codecs if you are using VLC to play your media files
     
  5. Adding gimp
    what version of ps would be good to get a "discount" on? ;]
    do i need avast if i have MSE?

    i use CCCP because back a few years I got my hands on some obscure OGM files and they didn't play-- that and my HD cam kicks out some wacky filetypes and i want to make sure it's the files that are bugging instead of the codecs
     
  6. Nope. Also, Avast isnt as good as it used to be :(
     
  7. good to know, danke
     
  8. how about virtual disk? daemon? better?
     
  9. I always used Daemon
     
  10. Aha, anything spectacular in terms of text-to-speech? I use it quite often and am running out of money =P
     
  11. A good microphone imo.
     
  12. That'd be speech to text =]
     
  13. Raelinoith

    Raelinoith Minecraft Know-It-All

    Last I knew Photoshop was up to 5.1CS Hanu.. Its sitting on my desktop right now and runs fine if you want that "discount"
     
  14. Remember that the only discounts you are allowed to take are the legal kind.
     
  15. Nod 32 for the anti virus ... just sayin
     
  16. CCleaner
    Avira
    Fileshredder
    Songbird
    Steam
    Java
    Adobe Flash
    Utorrent
    Damontools
    Diskeeper
    Fraps
    Malwarebyte's Anti-Malware
    MS Office 10
    C++ redistributable 2005-2010
    Thundrbird
    Nero
    Speccy
    TS3
    Ventrillo
    UltraIso
    Winrar
    VLC player

    Don't forgot to install a real operating system on another partition like: Gentoo, Debian, Fedora, FreeBSD, or SuSe.
     
  17. I like to use Tcpoptimizer.
     
  18. Still running XP?
     
  19. looking into tcopt
    im considering fraps and will add malwarebytes when i need its file assassin
     
  20. Blackice

    Blackice Veteran

    MSI Afterburner 2.2.0 Beta 10 and on has Fraps-quality recording and is for free.

    In regards to inexpensive Adobe Photoshop, the cheapest is here: http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=1259461011&ref_=pe_71120_23225510&fb_source=message

    And, in case you're wondering, Amazon does actually mail the academia version no questions asked. There's a lot of technical details that get confusing after a certain point anyway. What if you were a student, or will be a student, are an alumni, etc etc.