programs What are some programs that I should install on a new computer?

[FritosRawesome]

Hey! I was wondering if anyone new of some cool, needed, or random programs i should have installed on my computer. Anything you like to use or you think is a must get, please tell me. Also mention what it is and why I should get it. 

Thanks to everyone that comments.

[DrMacintosh]

remote mouse on both your PC and smartphone. I have my PC in my room and I can control the mouse and enter text with my smartphone from anywhere in the house on the same wifi network. If you pay you can control system volume too. 

[Alexjbonilla]

Just for my personal use I like to use CPUID which is just some software that will tell you temps of your parts (MB, GPU, CPU, cores, fan rpm)

[Mira Yurizaki]

• Antimalware program (either a free antivirus or Malwarebytes Antimalware)
• Video player (MPC-HC or VLC)
• Music player (Winamp or Foobar2K)
• Basic image editor (Paint.NET)
• Plaintext editor (Notepad++)
• Hardware monitoring tool (HWMonitor)
• Housekeeping tool (CCleaner)
• Web browser (Whatever you want)

Hell, just look at https://ninite.com/ and take your pick

[FritosRawesome]

1 minute ago, DrMacintosh said:

remote mouse on both your PC and smartphone. I have my PC in my room and I can control the mouse and enter text with my smartphone from anywhere in the house on the same wifi network. If you pay you can control system volume too. 

Is it called remote mouse? sounds convenient

[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, M.Yurizaki said:

• Antimalware program (either a free antivirus or Malwarebytes Antimalware)

windows defender and common sense cough* 

[FritosRawesome]

2 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

• Antimalware program (either a free antivirus or Malwarebytes Antimalware)
• Video player (MPC-HC or VLC)
• Music player (Winamp or Foobar2K)
• Basic image editor (Paint.NET)
• Plaintext editor (Notepad++)
• Hardware monitoring tool (HWMonitor)
• Housekeeping tool (CCleaner)
• Web browser (Whatever you want)

Hell, just look at https://ninite.com/ and take your pick

Thanks a lot

[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, FritosRawesome said:

Is it called remote mouse? sounds convenient

it is, especially when watching netflix from my bed. 

[Wiflare]

steam

spotify

google chrome

f.lux if you're into that kinda thing

rainmeter is cool too

audacity for recording things

msi afterburner

discord

 

Idk, I like using pretty vanilla computers, it helps me when I go to use others' setups.

[Mira Yurizaki]

2 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

windows defender and common sense cough* 

Yes well, that's about as useful as saying "go google that"

[FritosRawesome]

1 minute ago, DrMacintosh said:

it is, especially when watching netflix from my bed. 

I could watch Death Note 10 times over now without getting up. This is revolutionary!

[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Yes well, that's about as useful as saying "go google that"

Been using windows defender for about a year since I built this PC and have not had a single problem, most antivirus programs just slow down your PC and dont do squat.  

[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, FritosRawesome said:

I could watch Death Note 10 times over now without getting up. This is revolutionary!

Hah yep! 

[Techicolors]

if you're gonna game a lot, also get Origin and Uplay clients. not really as intuitive as having Steam, but you need to have them to run certain games. also check out GOG Galaxy though you don't have to download the client

[FritosRawesome]

1 minute ago, Technicolors said:

if you're gonna game a lot, also get Origin and Uplay clients. not really as intuitive as having Steam, but you need to have them to run certain games. also check out GOG Galaxy though you don't have to download the client

Thanks

[Mira Yurizaki]

1 minute ago, DrMacintosh said:

Been using windows defender for about a year since I built this PC and have not had a single problem, most antivirus programs just slow down your PC and dont do squat.  

And I've had a variety of free AV suites that showed no impact to performance. And Tom's Hardware ran a thing in 2011, system performance was not impacted appreciably at all. The only thing that did have an impact was web page load times, and that's if the AV software did scanning before rendering.

 

I also don't see Windows Defender blocking Skype from contacting servers in Ukraine for some weird reason.

[alphaproject]

Sony Vegas - Video Editing.

Adobe After FX

Speccy - System specs.

Afterburner

CPU-Z

GPU-Z

 

[DrMacintosh]

4 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

I also don't see Windows Defender blocking Skype from contacting servers in Ukraine for some weird reason.

thats weird 

[DrMacintosh]

OHHHH YOU NEED Pushbullet! If you have an android phone it can do a lot more like get notifications from your phone on your PC but both iOS and Android can send files and text to and from your PC and its pretty sweet. I dont have to email or text myself anymore  

[FritosRawesome]

6 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

And I've had a variety of free AV suites that showed no impact to performance. And Tom's Hardware ran a thing in 2011, system performance was not impacted appreciably at all. The only thing that did have an impact was web page load times, and that's if the AV software did scanning before rendering.

 

I also don't see Windows Defender blocking Skype from contacting servers in Ukraine for some weird reason.

Obviously Ukraine is attempting to blow up the moon with Skype's servers. We need to warn Richtofen and go into a different timeline to stop this from happening. Luckily I have vodka for Nikolai and 115 for the trip. I don't have any monkey bombs though, so if you go down there's nothing I can do. If we search and find three hidden items we could have songs to listen too while on the adventure.