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System Name | i7-PC / HTPC / iMac |
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Processor | i7 3820 / Phenom II 940 |
Motherboard | GIGABYTE G1.ASSASSIN2 / M3A79-T Deluxe |
Cooling | Corsair Hydro H100i / Scythe II (HS only) |
Memory | G.SKILL Trident X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600mhz / 4GB DDR2 1066 (@800) Corsair Dominator |
Video Card(s) | GB Radeon HD 7950s 3GB / GB Radeon HD 7950s 3GB |
Storage | 2x 80GB Intel X-25, 2x600gb SATA, 1x1tb 5400RPM storage /1x600GB, 3x500GB,1x160,1x120 SATA |
Display(s) | 1x 27" Yamakasi / Vizio 42" HDTV |
Case | Lian Li Lancool PC-K58 / Antec 900 |
Audio Device(s) | HT Omega Striker 7.1 / Onboard and HDMI from ATi Card |
Power Supply | PC Power & Cooling 750W / 610W |
Software | Ubuntu / Windows 8.1 Pro / OS X / PHPStorm / Gaming |
looking for any recommendations, of windows software that is lesser known but in your opinion must have.
i'm not talking about windows or adobe suite here. I'm talking about things like:
yes i am adding contributions to the list, give me time.
name|price|description
|| Productivity TeraCopy | Free / $22USD |
Notepad++ | Free |
astrogrep | Free |
ClipMagic | Trial / $15USD |
Microsoft Visual Studio Express Editions | Free |
EditPlus | Trial / $35USD |
Hex Workshop | Trial / $90USD |
name|price|description
|| Customization DisplayFusion | Free / $25USD |
Fences | Free |
Windowblinds | Trial / $20USD |
name|price|description
|| Graphics GreenFish Icon Editor Pro | Free |
Paint.NET | Free |
Gimp for Windows | Free |
name|price|description
|| Media MediaMonkey | Free / $25USD |
Media jukebox | Free / $40USD |
MP3Gain | Free |
handbrake | Free |
virtualdub | Free |
Free MP3 WMA Converter | Free |
name|price|description
|| Internet Netlimiter | Free / $30USD |
IDA | Free / $30USD |
w/ Flashgot Firefox Plugin | Free |
HTTrack | ( Free ) |
FileZilla | ( Free ) |
Simple Port Forwarding |( Free )|
name|price|description
|| Archiving / Burning / Mounting 7zip | Free |
Virtual Clone Drive | Free |
imgBurn | Free |
CDBurnerXP | Free |
name|price|description
|| System Tools Yet Another Duplicate File Remover | Free |
process explorer | Free |
BlueScreenView |( Free )|
CrystalDiskInfo |( Free )|
CutePDF Printer / GPL Postscript Converter | ( Free ) |
doPDF |( Free )|
VMWare | Free / Paid |
CreateFlashCD |( Free )|
mostly i'm looking for the type of software you don't know you're missing until you find it,
then you think "wow how did i not know this existed!"
Thank you to everyone who has and will reply, special thanks to: Static~Charge | remixedcat | El Mayo | mlee49 | newtekie | twilyth | FordGT90 | Scaminatrix | Derek12
i'm not talking about windows or adobe suite here. I'm talking about things like:
yes i am adding contributions to the list, give me time.
|| Productivity TeraCopy | Free / $22USD |
|TeraCopy is a compact program designed to copy and move files at the maximum possible speed, providing the user with a lot of features:
Notepad++ | Free |
God's gift to Windows.
|Notepad++ is a free as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer" source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL License.
astrogrep | Free |
|great windows grep (relative expression searching) port, searches file contents, FAST! supports multiple text editors, including notepad++ , it even opens notepad++ to the specific line and column with the following cmd expression: '-c%3 -n%2 %1' (minus ' single quotes)
ClipMagic | Trial / $15USD |
|ClipMagic monitors the Windows Clipboard saving everything you copy, keeping it safe for when you need it, and makes it easy to access your clips quickly whatever application you are working in.
Microsoft Visual Studio Express Editions | Free |
|Everything you need to make non-commercial applications.
EditPlus | Trial / $35USD |
|Powerful text/script editor. It can even find in files and has its own integrated browser.
Hex Workshop | Trial / $90USD |
.|Powerful binary file editor
|| Customization DisplayFusion | Free / $25USD |
|With powerful features like Multi-Monitor Taskbars, TitleBar Buttons and fully customizable HotKeys, DisplayFusion will make managing your multiple monitors easy
Fences | Free |
|organizes icons into zones and allows more control and hide with a double click
Windowblinds | Trial / $20USD |
|Choose from thousands of themes, change their colors, add textures, wallpapers, even start from the default Windows Aero theme if you wish.
|| Graphics GreenFish Icon Editor Pro | Free |
|Powerful image/icon editor.
Paint.NET | Free |
|Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows.
Gimp for Windows | Free |
|The Famous Linux graphic software, for windows
|| Media MediaMonkey | Free / $25USD |
|A skinnable, customizeable, music organization library. It does ids, renaming/moving. folder organization /band/album/song.mp3 or /band/album-song.mp3 etc, totally custom It does file conversion and apple hardware, as well as android, blaclkberry, etc. simply the best library software in existence :
Media jukebox | Free / $40USD |
|does more then mediamonkey and everything is free. inc. multicore processing, encodes, full DSP, etc). has an even better version called media center (apprx 40USD) that adds video and zones (sending different songs to different rooms [sets of speakers], and tons more!)
MP3Gain | Free |
|MP3Gain analyzes and adjusts mp3 files so that they have the same volume.
handbrake | Free |
|Awesome video converter
virtualdub | Free |
|powerful video editor that's free
Free MP3 WMA Converter | Free |
|Free MP3 WMA Converter enables you to convert your MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, Mpc, Ape, FLAC, WAVE files:
|| Internet Netlimiter | Free / $30USD |
|internet traffic control and monitoring tool. it lets you limit individual programs or your entire computer to a specific amount of bandwidth, and also has a basic but effective firewall that can block specific applications/services from internet access. The free version is just a monitor with no shaping/firewall capabilities
IDA | Free / $30USD |
|Internet Download Accelerator effectively solves three of the biggest problems when downloading files: speed, resuming broken downloads, and management of downloaded files. I know everyone has their manager, but i like this one :
w/ Flashgot Firefox Plugin | Free |
|FlashGot is the free add-on for Firefox and Thunderbird, meant to handle single and massive "all" and "selection" downloads with several external Download Managers.
HTTrack | ( Free ) |
|HTTrack is a free (GPL, libre/free software) and easy-to-use offline browser utility.
FileZilla | ( Free ) |
|Fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS, and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface. FTP server is available, too.
Simple Port Forwarding |( Free )|
This one was always a massive help when setting up a customer's PC "to their requirements". Update it, tell it the make + model of your router and your i.p. etc. and it forwards the requested ports on your router for you. I've always d/l'ed from majorgeeks as I didn't trust the look of any other sites that hosted it. Haven't used it for about a year though.
|| Archiving / Burning / Mounting 7zip | Free |
|open source archiving software. handles everything, no need for others. free.
Virtual Clone Drive | Free |
|Mount ISOs , etc as a virtual drive. free.
imgBurn | Free |
|ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application that everyone should have in their toolkit!
CDBurnerXP | Free |
|CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilanguage interface.
|| System Tools Yet Another Duplicate File Remover | Free |
|Another duplicate file finder/remover. But this one is ULTRA FAST, safe, easy to use and of course free and open source.
process explorer | Free |
|look more into what's ticking on your system. excellent program
BlueScreenView |( Free )|
|Scans all your minidump files created during "blue screen of death" crashes and marks the drivers found in the crash stack so you can easily locate the suspected drivers that might have caused the crash.
CrystalDiskInfo |( Free )|
|HDD/SDD health monitoring utility; displays basic drive information, S.M.A.R.T. values, and disk temperature.
CutePDF Printer / GPL Postscript Converter | ( Free ) |
|Adds a printer that saves directly to a pdf file when used. free, no watermark, print to pdf.
doPDF |( Free )|
|Easily create PDF files by selecting the "Print" command from virtually any application.
VMWare | Free / Paid |
|(anything from them)--->The best virtualization products!
CreateFlashCD |( Free )|
|Lets you flash the BIOS on a motherboard where flashing by floppy is the only other means. I've needed this program for about the last 10 years! Only really useful if you're working on a lot of customer's old/oem rigs but useful nonetheless.
mostly i'm looking for the type of software you don't know you're missing until you find it,
then you think "wow how did i not know this existed!"
Thank you to everyone who has and will reply, special thanks to: Static~Charge | remixedcat | El Mayo | mlee49 | newtekie | twilyth | FordGT90 | Scaminatrix | Derek12
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