New Rig! What software?

Chipper500 · 23 Feb 2015 at 19:56

Hey guys

Been out of the game a long time and decided to build myself a new overclocked rig which i took delivery of today, thanks to OCUK

So now that I've the rig I need to know what software do I need to download now?

My GPU is a R9 290x Lightning and my O/S Windows 8.1

Thanks!

Furyus · 23 Feb 2015 at 20:00

latest drivers would be a start, and latest firmware for the Bios.

shaank · 23 Feb 2015 at 20:23

Steam ?

Chipper500 · 23 Feb 2015 at 20:25

Drivers and Steam are covered

Keep em comng

RJC · 23 Feb 2015 at 20:45

HW Monitor and CPU-Z to monitor temps and check system settings.

Chipper500 · 23 Feb 2015 at 20:51

RJC said:
HW Monitor and CPU-Z to monitor temps and check system settings.

This is the type of thing I was looking for! :cool:

lucifer-mnm · 24 Feb 2015 at 10:18

Windows updates and latest drivers (as suggested earlier)

Antivirus/Malwarebytes/Ccleaner

Chrome/Firefox with adblock pro

Thunderbird or other email client

Winamp

Steam/Origin/uplay

DesG · 24 Feb 2015 at 11:02

Putty, WinSCP, libreoffice, dropbox

meandu229 · 24 Feb 2015 at 11:04

www.ninite.com is an amazing start to get your basics with a 1 click installer. I use it on every new PC/format just choose what you want you get a small installer which installs all programs you choose with no user input needed and no adware or anything.

Chipper500 · 24 Feb 2015 at 12:08

Thanks for all the suggestions guys

bledd · 24 Feb 2015 at 13:50

I keep my install very minimal..

7-zip for extracing/creating archives
Steam
Winamp lite (for playing music)
Chrome with ublock
MPC-BE (for playing videos)
Notepad2
Paint.net

pryere · 24 Feb 2015 at 14:16

That will do...
What is the machine for, gaming?

Chipper500 · 24 Feb 2015 at 16:24

pryere said:
That will do...
What is the machine for, gaming?

Yeh the machine is for gaming.....

and well the masters degree im starting but yeh mainly gaming

The main types of programs i was looking for was for keeping track of my system temps, performance etc so the ones suggested will do perfectly

And thanks again all!

russell664 · 24 Feb 2015 at 16:36

CPUz, GPUz, HW Monitor, Steam, Team Speak and maybe Afterburner?

pryere · 24 Feb 2015 at 17:46

Enjoy!

murah · 24 Feb 2015 at 22:19

i prefer open hardware monitor to HW monitor you get a sweet desktop widget with it, that and CPUz and GPUz are all I need

Kulealshi · 25 Feb 2015 at 10:43

If you're going to be at your PC for long periods of time during the day/evening then I would highly suggest f.lux

skaif · 25 Feb 2015 at 11:03

meandu229 said:
www.ninite.com is an amazing start to get your basics with a 1 click installer. I use it on every new PC/format just choose what you want you get a small installer which installs all programs you choose with no user input needed and no adware or anything.

That is a fantastic shout! Why have I not heard of this? Beats my memory stick with its "softwares" folder getting out of data all the time! Nice one!

+1 for f.lux. Can't live without it

Ricochet J · 25 Feb 2015 at 16:37

Lotus Smart Suite

Etheco · 25 Feb 2015 at 20:42

Kulealshi said:
If you're going to be at your PC for long periods of time during the day/evening then I would highly suggest f.lux

This is a awesome recommendation, i tend to do a lot of late nights working, Will give this a whirl see how i get on