Do people have any software they use often or that they recommend to friends or family for various things, please share and include a description of what they’re for.
I’ll start:
- Avira Antivirusas my PC and phone antivirus
http://www.avira.com/en/download/product/avira-free-antivirus - Malwarebytes anti Malware as the malware equilivant
https://www.malwarebytes.org/ - Ccleaner disk cleaner to keep everything nice and quick
https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner - CPU-Z for thermals and benchmarking tool plus to check when i make modifications to my CPU http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
- HWMonitor for CPU and system info
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html - MSI afterburner for GPU control, custom fan curves and more, found this works on more than MSI cards https://gaming.msi.com/features/afterburner
- FurMark GPU benckmark to test my GPU overclock
http://www.ozone3d.net/benchmarks/fur/ - More GPU benchmarks for the same reason as furmark
https://unigine.com/en/products/benchmarks - Ninite, Automatically installs loads of default software on a new install
https://ninite.com/ - EaseUS PM for Partition management because some USB sticks have issues (Grrr)
http://www.partition-tool.com/ - Macrium Reflect Free for backing up system SSD over to a NAS
http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx - WinDirStat Disk usage analyser to help free up space
http://windirstat.info/ - Memtest to make sure my RAM is all good
http://www.memtest.org/ - NZXT CAM for general PC stats tracking
https://camwebapp.com/ - No-IP for dynamic DNS when i want to remote into my PC
http://www.noip.com/ - Plex media server to organise all my films and TV shows (I pay the £3 for plus)
https://plex.tv/ - Google chrome for obvious reasons
https://www.google.com/chrome/ - Lastpass password manager, for that bit of extra security online (I pay the annual premium fee)
https://lastpass.com/ - CrystalDiskMark for hard disk testing (If its slow, its dying)
http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/index-e.html - Softperfect Ram Disk if you need a fast temporary transfer method
https://www.softperfect.com/products/ramdisk/ - Voicemeeter Banana for fine audio control
http://vb-audio.pagesperso-orange.fr/Voicemeeter/banana.htm
