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King Oriax
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Kind of a bad title but what do I need to install on my new build? Things like MSI afterburner cpu-z file managers etc. I remember using a website to install many of these things on my laptop when I got it in 2010 but I can't remember what the site was called. Basically what software do you guys suggest?

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Kind of a bad title but what do I need to install on my new build? Things like MSI afterburner cpu-z file managers etc. I remember using a website to install many of these things on my laptop when I got it in 2010 but I can't remember what the site was called. Basically what software do you guys suggest?

Ninite is what you're probably thinking of

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Java runtime, adobe reader, .NET runtime, Chrome, CPU-Z, GPU-Z, MSI Afterburner, 3DMark, 

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You're probably thinking of Ninite: https://ninite.com/

Things that are a must-have for me are

CCCP which comes with Media Player Classic. http://www.cccp-project.net/

Foobar2000, Speedfan, Quicktime for codecs, 7zip, WinRar, Gyazo, Skype, + all sorts of benchmarking/utility/content creation tools

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Ninite is what you're probably thinking of

ah thank you that's exactly it, that handles most of the little things so I don't have to go install them individually.

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Besides the ones other have mentioned, VLC is a must.

VLC is one of many similar video players like Media Player Classic or Zoom Player. Although very popular, VLC doesn't exactly have the best video presets for viewing quality and I find that without tweaking, MPC is much preferred. 

 

I still have VLC installed just in case though in the same way that I have both Firefox and Chrome. (been too lazy to install Opera nowadays)

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Besides the ones other have mentioned, VLC is a must.

VLC is one of many similar video players like Media Player Classic or Zoom Player. Although very popular, VLC doesn't exactly have the best video presets for viewing quality and I find that without tweaking, MPC is much preferred. 

 

I still have VLC installed just in case though in the same way that I have both Firefox and Chrome. (been too lazy to install Opera nowadays)

In addition to MPC you could also add madVR and SVP for even better video reproduction!

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