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Depetrify
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
978 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-17 03:23:50
July 17 2011 03:17 GMT
#1
So everyone I just upgraded my computer after a lot of trouble with a broken motherboard, I finally finished. I have wiped my whole computer so I'm going to need to download a lot of stuff, but I don't want to overdo it. Just the things that are worth it. Some of my specs off the top of my head

- i7 2600k
- Asus P8P67 Pro
- GTX 295 Dual
- HaF Coolmaster 932
- Megahelms with 2 flex fans on the side
- 750 W PSU
- 12 GB of RAM
- Ton of fans inside


________________

- 2 22" 1680x1050 Viewsonic monitors (Official MLG Xbox ones)
- Razer Black Widow Standard
- Black Steelseries QcK Mousepad
- Razer Imperator
- 2 random speakers
- Logitech G35 7.1 Headset

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


So far I've downloaded..

- Microsoft Security Essentials
- Malwarebytes
- Downloading Starcraft 2
- Firefox


Any other helpful programs that you couldn't live without you think I should download?

And does anybody know of any sick desktop backgrounds for random players? 1680x1050. Or any cool backgrounds in general xD.

Oh and does anybody know of any boss network adapters? My old one died somehow so right now im using some crappy old one. One that can support 50 down 12 up.

PS: I upgraded from a i7 860 to the i7 2600k and from an Asus P6T to my current one because the sockets weren't right. Its not that big of an upgrade but it felt like that because I had to replace the motherboard twice haha, since the first one I got was faulty.


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Depetrify
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
978 Posts
July 17 2011 03:17 GMT
#2
Oh ya I got to download Xsplit, bought it a few days ago ^^.
echO [W]
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1495 Posts
July 17 2011 03:29 GMT
#3
Ninite.com is your friend.

Check it out, it is the most helpful thing when reformatting your computer and installing everything.
"Or a school bus over a bunch of kids" - Tasteless --- “A man's errors are his portals of discovery.” - James Joyce
Depetrify
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
978 Posts
July 17 2011 03:33 GMT
#4
On July 17 2011 12:29 echO [W] wrote:
Ninite.com is your friend.

Check it out, it is the most helpful thing when reformatting your computer and installing everything.


Gomplayers on there xD

Sick
frogmelter
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States971 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-17 03:34:42
July 17 2011 03:34 GMT
#5
7zip
Foxit reader
Skype/Vent
AIM/MSN/Yahoo messenger
Anti-virus/firewall
Music player

Uh... torrenting client?

edit: Wow ninite.com [posted above] is actually a really nice website
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Depetrify
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
978 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-17 03:35:57
July 17 2011 03:35 GMT
#6
I've never used 7zip hows it compare to Winrar?
Dubzex
Profile Joined October 2010
United States6994 Posts
July 17 2011 03:37 GMT
#7
CPUID for checking temps and such.
Chrome for interwebs.
VLC media player or CCCP for playing your various media files.
TF2 is free and a great way to kill short periods of time.
Also check this out.
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/cotkd/reddit_what_are_the_essential_programs_to_have_on/
"DONT UNDERESTIMATE MY CARRY OR YOU WILL BE CARRIED INTO THE ABYSS OF SUFFERING" - Tyler 'TC' Cook
Depetrify
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
978 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-17 03:40:25
July 17 2011 03:39 GMT
#8
On July 17 2011 12:37 Dubzex wrote:
CPUID for checking temps and such.
Chrome for interwebs.
VLC media player or CCCP for playing your various media files.
TF2 is free and a great way to kill short periods of time.
Also check this out.
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/cotkd/reddit_what_are_the_essential_programs_to_have_on/


Yeah I use to use some of that software from www.CPUID.com when I first built my computer, but it was a ton of separate programs. Is one of those downloads on the site all of them in one?

PS: A long time ago I did this thing to my FireFox that made it load faster and open faster, does anyone remember how to do this and does it work with FF5?
101toss
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
3232 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-17 03:47:39
July 17 2011 03:46 GMT
#9
On July 17 2011 12:35 Depetrify wrote:
I've never used 7zip hows it compare to Winrar?

winrar is fine

utorrent->pirate other essentials (i.e. pshop)
Math doesn't kill champions and neither do wards
Impulsa
Profile Joined November 2010
United States122 Posts
July 17 2011 03:49 GMT
#10
HI SIPHONAL!
Depetrify
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
978 Posts
July 17 2011 03:52 GMT
#11
T.T

Just realized I forgot to Raid 0, time to wipe again. Berb.
Myrmidon
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States9452 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-17 04:24:08
July 17 2011 04:21 GMT
#12
RAID 0 is practically useless for a system drive, since what counts is random access speed, which aren't improved with RAID. If you need some really fast sequential transfers for dumping a raw screen capture or something like that, that's a different matter. But otherwise, you're better off with an SSD if you want to actually improve performance in a meaningful way.

With the kinds of parts you bought, I'm confused you didn't get an SSD. Or are you trying to RAID SSDs? (edit: oh yeah most of the parts were probably from before the upgrade)
Yammiez
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada186 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-17 04:57:38
July 17 2011 04:55 GMT
#13
Edit: Lol nevermind, didn't see the Ninite post.
Smash fear, learn anything; except for spiders
DyEnasTy
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States3721 Posts
July 17 2011 05:14 GMT
#14
Teamspeak, Skype or Vent perhaps?
Much better to die an awesome Terran than to live as a magic wielding fairy or a mindless sac of biological goop. -Manifesto7
Tegin
Profile Joined November 2010
United States840 Posts
July 17 2011 05:22 GMT
#15
Skype
AVG or other AntiVirus
Spybot Search and Destroy
Pain is weakness leaving the body.
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