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Huh, honestly never thought of it like that. Theres no many to lookup though, any program that gives a list of components that could need new drivers?

Most of the times the software that does this for you normally looks for specific drivers but when you go into the realm  of looking for stuff yourself you end up in the generic dirver sections and then you realise that you can have drivers that are current. e.g. for one of my MOBO i can only get drivers that are recent as 2014 but if i check for the generic ones that are compatible i can get and am using 03.10.2015 drives that work nicely.....this is mainly for LAN/WAN/Chipset drivers.

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Vague question, but theres so many (Driverbooster 3, Slim drivers, Drivermax) and the list goes on and on. Could anyone either give their professional opinion on which one is the best and most accurate and or help me find an article which compares. Yes i've checked google, I just value peoples opinions on here. 

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The best one is when you search for the drivers yourself.

Huh, honestly never thought of it like that. Theres no many to lookup though, any program that gives a list of components that could need new drivers?

CPU -  Intel i7 4770k 4.6Ghz     Motherboard - MSI GD-65    RAM - Corsair Vengeance 16 GB     GPU - XFX 295x2    Case - NZXT H440  


Storage - 256GB OCZ Vertex 4 ssd, 1TB WD Blue 7200rpm    PSU -  EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2  Cooling - Corsair H80i     Keyboard - KGParadise v60 w/ cherry mx greens


Mouse -Theron  Sound - HyperX Cloud

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Huh, honestly never thought of it like that. Theres no many to lookup though, any program that gives a list of components that could need new drivers?

they tend to include malware be inaccurate and download outdated drivers.

Thats that. If you need to get in touch chances are you can find someone that knows me that can get in touch.

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Huh, honestly never thought of it like that. Theres no many to lookup though, any program that gives a list of components that could need new drivers?

Most of the times the software that does this for you normally looks for specific drivers but when you go into the realm  of looking for stuff yourself you end up in the generic dirver sections and then you realise that you can have drivers that are current. e.g. for one of my MOBO i can only get drivers that are recent as 2014 but if i check for the generic ones that are compatible i can get and am using 03.10.2015 drives that work nicely.....this is mainly for LAN/WAN/Chipset drivers.

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