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June 20th, 2009, 01:45 PM
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Well figured it would be nice to have a thread with useful apps, as I couldnt find anything else like that on here. Temp monitoring: Hardware monitor - <LINK> - Monitor's voltages, North bridge, CPU and GPU temps Core temp - <LINK> - CPU temperature monitor Real temp - <LINK> - Intel CPU monitoring utility Hardware analyzer:
Everest - <LINK>
AIDA32 - <LINK>
Belarc adviser - <LINK>
Blackbox - <LINK> Overclocking utilities: Cpu-z - <LINK> - Displays detailed information about CPU and memory. Gpu-z - <LINK> - Displays detailed information about your GPU. EVGA precision - <LINK> Overclock tool for nVidia gpu's only. Prime95 - <LINK> - CPU stability test, good for testing stable overclock.
Orthos - <LINK>
Super PI - <LINK> AMD overdrive - <LINK> - Overclocking utility exclusively for AMD cpu's. Benchmarking: 3dmark - <LINK> - A good computer benchmarking tool. HD tune - <LINK> - Tests hard drive's read/write speed. Fraps - <LINK> - Monitor's ingame frame rates, also records and takes image's.
Lightsmark 07&08 - <LINK>
Cinebench - <LINK>
HD Tach - <LINK>
Passmark - <LINK>
Aquamark 3 - <LINK>
Intel burn test - <LINK> Folding@Home - <LINK> - Save the world.  Virus's, Malware, Spyware: Malwarebytes - <LINK> - Great anti-malware tool. Spybot - <LINK> - Spyware and malware removal tool. Hijack this - <LINK> - Scans and logs current process's to identify spyware.
AdAware - <LINK> Maintenance:
CCleaner - <LINK>
Auslogics Disk Defrag - <LINK> HDD Scanner - <LINK> - Show's detailed information of whats on your hard drive. Memtest86 - <LINK> - Memory scanning app. Media: VLC Player - <LINK> - Media player that will play most files. Real player - <LINK> - Media player/organiser, web browser. DVD shrink - <LINK> - DVD back up software.
DVD Fab - <LINK> Active ISO burner - <LINK> - Great easy to use app for burning image files. Other:
Process explorer - <LINK>
Screamer Radio - <LINK>
Portable apps - <LINK>
Window Blinds - <LINK>
GT Ripple - <LINK> Drivers: Nvidia - <LINK> - Latest drivers for nVidia gpu's. Ati - <LINK> - Latest drivers for Ati gpu's. Creative - <LINK> - Latest drivers for creative products. Realtek - <LINK> - Audio drivers for realtek chipset. Driver cleaner - <LINK> - Driver removal tool. Photography:
Picasa - <LINK> - Hugin - <LINK> - Panorama photo stitcher. GIMP - <LINK> - photo editor. Paint.NET - <LINK> - photo editor. Photo Razor - <LINK> - resize photos en masse. Photomatix - <LINK> - HDR photo processing. Paint.net - <LINK> - Free image and photo editing.
Suggestions from people will help make the list bigger than what I know of.
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June 20th, 2009, 03:15 PM
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June 20th, 2009, 03:25 PM
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Okay updated list if you could give links to the main site and not a 3rd party site will make it much better. | |
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June 20th, 2009, 08:38 PM
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System Information category would be nice too, for the likes of PC Wizard, Everest, Belarc etc etc. PC Wizard (didn't include the others since their a bit out of date)
ah hell, add some of their download mirrors/sites for people with older hardware...
AIDA32 |MG| AIDA32 - Personal System Information 3.93 Download
Everest Free Edition |MG| EVEREST Free Edition 2.20 Download
Belarc Advisor (is actually an updated one) |MG| Belarc Advisor 7.2.24.23 Download
(main Belarc Site/Link Belarc Advisor - Free Personal PC Audit )
GPU Benchmarking, Lightsmark 2007 and 2008, LIGHTSMARK - next generation lighting benchmark
System 3D Rendering time Benchmark (Tests CPU power with 3D rendering, and GPU power with low and Medium demand on most OpenGL capable cards), still a nice benchmark to run overall to add to all the rest. Cinebench MAXON - The makers of CINEMA 4D and BodyPaint 3D
HDD benchmark, HD Tach, HdTach
Virus's, Malware, Spyware: AdAware Ad-Aware by Lavasoft - Antivirus software, free spyware removal, firewall
Internet Radio (Listen to and even record Internet Radio), Screamer Radio www.screamer-radio.com
Main site not working for some reason, get an about blank page, last I read there wasn't going to be any further updated versions any time soon, author just didn't have the time, could be website or domain or whatever expired or no longer in use... anyways, here's an alternate download link, Download Screamer Radio 0.4.3 - An radio player, that will stream audio data to your PC via your Internet connection - Softpedia
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June 20th, 2009, 08:49 PM
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Cheer's 'shy'. 
Will mabye re-sort the list I will make other catagory's and move things from the other box. May even add a brief summary of what it does etc... | |
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June 20th, 2009, 08:51 PM
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June 20th, 2009, 10:12 PM
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A list of "useful apps" is not complete without one of the best apps ever created: NaDa 0.5 Quote: |
NaDa™ is a new concept. A thought, really. It is very light : 1 byte. It doesn't take long to fetch. It doesn't take long to understand. It doesn't disturb your habits nor does it makes you feel insecure. It is a reassuring piece of software that does nothing, and does it very well. That's a lot !
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June 21st, 2009, 12:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Atomic Rooster A list of "useful apps" is not complete without one of the best apps ever created: NaDa 0.5 | Thanks 'Rooster' but I think mabye will go in the useless apps section. Some people just have nothing better to do.  | |
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June 21st, 2009, 01:04 AM
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June 21st, 2009, 03:50 AM
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Here's a nice app that has overclocking abilities along with system monitoring and control utilities, and benchmarking and stability tests: AMD Overdrive | |
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