@@plainjerry how did your setup go with updating all your drivers and stuff? Is it as intimidating as it seems? I just ordered all of my parts last night!
@@plainjerry thats exactly what I was thinking about doing haha awesomenim excited. Newegg says it'll all be here in Thursday. Let's hope they're not backed up!
even in philippines which we enjoy unlimited supply of pc parts (due to close proximity to china), stocks are very limited. Main reason the store manager explains is the logistic transpo from the supplier. I did built my ryzen 3 build but that was exhausting getting parts not available from one store to the other
One thing I noticed about Jay is that he doesn't just focus on the latest, greatest, bleeding edge, hardware. He gives us tips on troubleshooting and possible fixes, helps users determine whether they should upgrade their PC before shelling out for a new one, warns users about potential scams floating about, remains objective and shills for no one, no matter how big the company is. He's a bit like Steve from Gamer's Nexxus in this respect. I appreciate your integrity and dedication to the end user, Jay. Thank you
@@reckless5838 im not sure virgin is the right word for that, because if you're neither blind, illiterate, or channeling your inner liar virgin to some random people, you can clearly read what I said. Or u mean different thing?
I have just watched your episode of what to do after I built my tower and this episode is just as awesome and helpful as the previous one. After watching you for 3 days straight, basically teaching me, how to build my first proper tower correctly, installing everything correctly, and now teaching me the software I should have and look into, I finally feel for the first time, I actually have million times better understanding of my computer and how my first proper gaming build works. I have always played consoles before but I feel that you have ninja kicked down my door the PC world and I cant thank you enough. Thank you Jay , and the JTZ team! Happy Holidays Nick from Sweden.
Dude welcome to PC gaming. I hope you've enjoyed your year with it since you made this post. I know PC gaming can have hiccups and annoyances you don't get with console, but I find the benefits outweigh those things tenfold. I'm here because I'm building my third PC 7 years after my last. Jay has great videos for new or returning builders.
16:37 actually you don't have to go through all the trouble of going into safe mode and all that junk, an easier solution would be to hold down ctrl while logging into you account on windows. That will set msi after burner to default settings.
So...as seen from the replies above, laziness or monetary gain is an excuse for lack of convenience to you the viewer as YOU have the inconvenience of watching ads to make this and other videos worth someones time to make . Direct links are useful and "SAFE" if they come from a "TRUSTED" person. Who wants to click on a google search link to find out you got the wrong link and downloaded a virus. We must be aware that not all viewers are not as savy to protect themselves from potential scams that can harm them irrecoverably. At minimum time stamps on a video to point out the exact link in browser that should be utilized. On that note here is a useful piece of software that disables windows update more effectively than shown in this video as windows from time to time changes windows updates to the point where it turns itself back on regardless of what setting you use to disable windows update. m.majorgeeks.com/files/details/wumt_wrapper_script.html
@@alexa3rd Exactly, came to the video, clicked the description and saw nothing. Don't think everyone will watch a 20min video to find out some apps on pc of which maybe i'll use 30% of shown.
The goal of the channel is to attract and maintain viewership not actually help educate and facilitate people. It's TV. Jayztwocents is junk food for your brain.
I've been out of the tech industry for 20 years now and I have just recently started to get back into it... watching this guy's videos has really helped me catch up and I have to say things seem far simpler than back in the day.
Buckle up. Rules, guidelines, standards, all are out the window. The desktop PC has one foot in the grave and other on a banana peel. The cell phone, with a tiny screen, a tiny keyboard and a cr@p0la OS is all there is left. We learn by pressing every button to see what happens. If they fail we throw them away.
One of my favorites that's often missed, WInAeroTweaker, you can change EVERYTHING, from whether Windows Defender is active, to the size of scroll bars. Also can add things to the desktop context menu, like kill programs that aren't responding, display settings, etc. It's so so so very nice.
A note about RTSS (MSI Afterburner OSD): Set app detection level to none for specific program executables if they won't launch while you have it active. You won't have to toggle it on and off at a system level that way.
A few months ago NordVPN was having trouble for me and support concluded it was RTSS. So this comment is definitely helpful. You don't need to monitor sensors with NordVPN :)
If you like to fall asleep watching shows but you don’t want your pc running all night, I’d recommend wise auto shutdown. Basically works like a tv sleep timer but you can choose to shutdown, hibernate, or sleep at a specific time. Also can make it schedule daily set time.
or you can just tell your video player to put system into sleep mode once video ends work just like torrent progarms that allow shutdown system once download finish
Also if you have messed up with the sliders you can skip going to safe-mode just to uninstall/remove the current unstable clock That's how - You may press and hold key to immediately after logging in to Windows to bypass applying the settings (applies to voltage, clock and fan control settings). You can also find detailed version of that by hovering over the windows button in the msi afterburner program if you have hints enabled ofc. peace
Here's a fun little tip. If you do manage to put core +1000 on MSI afterburner and have auto load on boot, u can hold CTRL after login to block the settings from being applied!
I like TreeSize Free. If your SSD or HD is getting full, it gives you a great overview of everything you have stored and it's easy to find stuff you don't need and you can clear up some space.
A software I like to use is a tool named Ghostbuster, which searches the PC for ghosted device driver entries and can removed them. This helped me a lot with seemingly messed up drivers, which especially game controllers and audio devices suffered a lot.
This is probably not necessary if you have Windows 10. I haven't been able to find ghost drivers for a long time now because win10 keeps them out of the way.
I have used this with Windows 10 for years. And no, it doesn’t keep them out of the way. I cannot say, why it doesn’t find anything for you, but windows 10 definitely doesn’t remove them or anything.
i keep having buzz freezes... usually with gaming... some games work fine but some games windows 10 just freezes completely ... keyboard and mouse video and the audio sends a loud buzzing sound... its always in different tones ... sometimes changes tone during the freeze... until i power off by holding the main i/o .... would ghostbuster help this?
For windows, AutoHotKey script is incredibly useful for all sorts of macros and custom scripts. One of the many things I use it for is automating repetitive keyboard tasks, as well as a custom set of keyboard layers for more ergonomic typing.
Holy crap just used MSI afterburner for the first time and i didnt realize how slow i was running my fans. Ive been under using my PC because i couldnt really monitor anything. But now i can push my PC while playing some of my favorite games and see how it preforms while im playing!
I just built a new computer. Your channel, Bitwit, Paul's, Greg Salazar's channels have all been indispensable for helping me figure out things. Cheers!!!
@@akhyarrayhka4048 Yeah but first thing I do when I finish a build is to run Heaven and then Firestrike Extreme. I monitor temps and various other stats with MSI Afterburner on OSD. It's good fan curve tweaking, stability, make sure everything is performing properly.
WinDirStat creates a graphic representation of the files on your drives, very useful if you find yourself running out of space and want to find useless bloated files fast.
Hey Jay I just wanted to say that I've watched you ever since the beginning of Skunkworks and loved your channel ever since. You've been a huge inspiration for me and even got me to build my own pc. You seem to have a lot of fun doing what you do on RUclips and I wish I could do what you do. Thanks for being one of my favorite RUclipsrs ever.
Unchecky is great, it unchecks "install this optional software" from installer dialogues. Suddenly I didn't have 5 different pieces of security software to constantly uninstall on my parents PC
There's a lot of people on RUclips who talk about PC building/monitoring etc and everything else related, but I have to say I find Jay to be the best to learn from. He explains things better, he doesn't come across as pompous or condescending like some others I've watched in the past. Great video as always, I've heard about all but the TechPowerUp GPU-Z and was surprised at how in detail this program was. Will be using this for future builds and recommending to friends who are new to building. Thanks Jay
Here I am building a PC when everyone starts yelling "Everyone, build your PC now!" Now my CPU order is canceled by seller because they noticed prices for CPUs were up due to high demand... Feels bad when you've got all your parts and now you're stuck with waiting for prices to come back down or paying an extra 50% or more for your last component. Considering wasting half my weekend driving to Micro Center to pick it up in store for a 'Normal' price (+tax). Should probably send an angry e-mail to the seller that screwed me over too, since I could have ordered elsewhere for the same price if I knew they were going to cancel my order.
@@CoreyKearney This was with a reputable site and it wasn't like I picked some sketchy marketplace listing (it was the default seller and might have even been 1st party). Ebay though, yeah. Not usually worth the hassle unless it's something you literally can't purchase elsewhere. That's where you'll get an email saying that, actually the _new_ modular PSU doesn't actually come with any of the modular cables. It's not actually the pictured product. You still want it right?
If you are using ebay and you actually bought the cpu you can go through legal terms and push the seller to actually ship your item and accept the purchase contract (at least in germany)
Remember, if you disable automatic Windows updates, do the process yourself once a week, especially nowadays tons of security updates get released every month, some extremely time critical, not to mention updates may improve performance and add new utilities. Windows Explorer dark mode is perfect for example.
Once a week is not often enough for security updates. Those need to be installed asap since there could be a remote code execution for example. If too many people disable updates Microsoft is going to take that option away again.
I've disabled it. Nothing worse that about to get a multi kill in your game and your desktop pops up and says "Hey F**ckTard, you should maybe do an update!"
"not to mention updates may improve performance and add new utilities" Do not forget to mention it may also add : Vanish all your files, brick all your files, delete all your files and so many more shitty update that caused so much trouble *October Update* That is the main reason i have Windows Update disable. I do not want to get a forced shitty update and get my pc brick or other crap because they have done a stupid coding then they have to roll out a fix for that...
@@AugustoKnight Exactly, notification suppression is the best solution along with than scheduling updates for a specific time. Telling people to disable Windows updates is really a bad idea; especially for the average user.
There are two programs in particular that I add to any system that I start with. The first is VLC Player, one of the best video players around, compatible with just about anything. The second is Belarc Advisor, a simple utility that records your system's hardware and installed software, including most security keys; it's an easy way to keep track of all your computer's assets in case of future issues, as the utility creates a simple HTML file to be saved or printed.
Yes when I did personal PC repair and tuning around 2005-2015, I'd use Belarc and print a hardcopy for clients. They really appreciated the security keys since they often would lose their original CD sleeves.
VLC is by far the most universal media player, but like optical drives, playing local media files is becoming an antiquated notion for most users who don't specialize in something like video editing.
A lot of these are like benchmarking and overclocking tools, which are good but a couple in particular that I like and are a little more practical when actually using your PC are VLC Video Player and Gyazo.
@@voidinheritant It's what File Explorer should be/do. You run it against whatever drives you want it to analyze and it'll show you, in a tree format, how full your drives are, which paths are the largest, etc. It can do many things, but it's the best way to figure out what's eating up so much space on all your storage (external drives too!)
I've been using windirstat for years, but it looks very outdated. I recently found about TreeSize Free which basically does the same thing, but has better UI.
@@LaurentiuAndreiBoeru You might like space sniffer or space monger V1.4 (free), its similar but visual, easier to see at a glance what is taking up the space. We use it in MSP's all the time
This seems like something that is strictly about how to optimize and diagnose a computer rather than just generally useful programs that most people don't have.
@@LezzaD Well, gaming is not windows only, and PC hardware is not just to run windows, but at least two other major OS, so it might be time to not just focus on win (first wanted to say: specifically on a crappy os. But i dont want to hurt some people feelings. ;) ).
@@Boborjan1986 If you look at the numbers, no other os is better for games. Even on Mac you will have more fps under Windows, like it or not, just facts.
Another good one is everything. You can search for any file on your system, and it displays the path to all files that contain the query you searched for. Pretty cool because the windows search bar is pretty useless for searching files imo. Also VLC Player is the best video player hands down.
In windows you have to turn on the option to search everything, by default it is set to search your most used and common folders. You can also add folders to search but it's set that way because it wants to save CPU and load faster results, I ran into the setting last night on my new build.
Disable all updates on Windows? I agree this is good if you are also aware that you will need to sit down at some points in time to actually do the updates... You've just told everyone watching the video to disable Windows update with no mention that they'll still need to update at some point.
This so much! - I actually initially skipped the video after Jay showing the world how to disable windows update. I’m pretty sure a good portion of your viewers know what they’re doing. But far from all your viewers know enough about computers, and the use of computers to have windows updates disabled.
@@CotyTernes not gonna lie. It is pretty rare...very rare that Windows updates actually negatively impacts a session for me. Active hours is indeed good enough, especially considering active hours can be set automatically based upon user usage....
Or he couldn't shown you to upgrade to at least 1903 which gives you the ability to schedule your active hours to your use schedule, so they never install during active hours, and select to automatically reboot once installed so they never interfere with your active use
My favorites as a photographer as well as a gamer are: CPU-Z, GPU-Z FastStone image viewer, GIMP, Rufus for making bootable USBs (Linux Windows etc.) and VLC for all media playback.
@@cazandmal GIMP is awesome for image editing, Davinci Resolve for video editing, the free version still has more than most need and not much really is missing compared to the studio version.
On one hand, FastStone is one of the very few that has touch support. On the other hand it tries to load all images into RAM the moment you navigate into their folder, so it's absolutely shit if you're connecting to your NAS via VPN, or other such situations. If you don't need touch, I prefer IrfanView.
This vid is still really useful even after 3 years! I am in the process of building a 13 series i7 system and the refresh was very usefull. My last build was 8 years ago.
Perhaps having official links to the programs in the description of the video would help out more since someone new to things may end up downloading a false one/get a virus
"You may press and hold Ctrl immediately after logging into windows to bypass applying MSI afterburner settings". This should work if your settings make you crash without having to go to safemode.
One that I really like is qttbar, it improves a lot the media explorer, it gives you tabs to have all your folders in one window without having to open like 4 to move things around
@@blood-pearl how an GUI looks has nothing to do with "past", "presence" or "future" it has to do with screen size (you don't want menu bars on a cellphone for example) and personal preference
One that I use that doesn’t really fit with the theme of this video is called ear trumpet. It allows you to have a way more detailed volume menu giving you the options to lower and raise individual applications that are open.
I only have 1 for _every_ computer: O&O ShutUp 10 Which can be used to disable various MS/Windows surveillance features on a feature by feature basis with descriptions of what each option does/effects and recommendations.
I'm looking into doing this, got a gaming laptop I want to resell after upgrading screen and ram. So I'm fine tuning it and need a program like this. Anyone recommend anything else like this?
RadicalxEdward... l know a better Software to adress that. lts called Linux....And You can still get it for Free....With Lifetime Updates...If You hurry....Limited Platinum Edition...Available only to Year 2498 !
Eetu Nimee Why do Linux people always act like it’s comparable to Windows/Mac? It’s just not. Can it do everything they can and more, yeah. Can you just buy some piece of hardware and have it “just work” without having to write and compile your own driver? Sometimes. How about if I want to control the RGB in my components? Oh right the software doesn’t exist for Linux because most companies don’t write for multiple operating systems. Linux has its pros and cons just like windows and macOS do. Just cause someone has an issue with a platform doesn’t mean Linux is always the right and obvious solution.
Here's my list • Notepad++; must have for any sort of file editing • 7-zip; best way imo to browse and manage archives • OpenHardwareMonitor; free and ez way to see resource usage and all sorts of internal stats (don't need gpu-z anymore :wink:) • Fluent Terminal; Great interface for command lines, and has the eluded context menu open in the explorer • Chrome; lmao
Prime95 was great but after I upgraded to my 3900x it always either rocketed my tells to 100c plus or my cpu would only run at 2.3ghz.. yet if it used another bench mark say aida64 it hit 4.3ghz at 78c. Idk what was up with prime this time.
Most of those are not needed for new builds but i find them pretty handy for troubleshooting. USBDeview DriverView DriverLoaderUnloader CrystalDiskMark BlueScreenView ProcessExplorer ProcessMonitor AccessEnum Bluelife HostsEditor BlueScreenView DLLExplorer NVTDLLUnInjector OpenedFilesView Autoruns OOSU10\11 Speccy WinMTR CCleaner OBS Rufus AIMP*** (Deserves a golden medal) Spek
@@CrazyAussie13 Agreed, used to use WinDirStat, switched to WizTree a couple years ago. I don't use the graphical representations on either, but having a list of directories with storage space stats is always handy.
Geek Uninstaller, it's the only piece of software I can think of right now that I think would be useful for many, think super lightweight CCleaner type of uninstaller. It goes through the regular uninstall then checks for all the crap left behind which you can select what to remove, can also force uninstall along with a few other features too. I honestly rarely use the regular windows add or remove programs anymore. It also may or may not help you reinstall a trial software to buy extra time....I definitely didn't do such in college for software I needed so I wouldn't have to drive in to work on labs. :)
My must haves for software (A couple of Linux exclusives): Atom-text editor Htop-system monitor(Linux) kitty-terminal(Linux) LibreOffice-office suite Thunderbird-email client
3:00 Or if you are on W10 Pro or better, dare to dive into the Policy Editor and do more fine tuned administrative management of those updates. Highly effective!
Network Time Sync - to sync your time - very important when you run node, process hacker - to change cpu affinity and save priority. Mouse without borders to have 2 pc or laptops.
I felt like it was definetly missing windirstat and I also personally prefer gpu tweak ii more than msi afterburner, might not be better in terms of the things that you can do. However, I feel like it is so much intuitive
3:12 If you live in Canada, your only option to turn off updates, according to the Windoze 10 user agreement, is to disconnect from the internet. Section 7 b. Canada. You may stop receiving updates on your device by turning off Internet access. If and when you re-connect to the Internet, the software will resume checking for and installing updates.
Yep, and there are legal limits to what words you’re allowed to use, instead of just social pressure (which isn’t always right, either). Friggin Canada, eh? Always messin’ with ya!
I always find it interesting when people say other countries are as free as the US. Definitely not. But we seem determined to get down and play in the mud too.
"these are the programs that a beginner" ....Jay, stop right there. Beginners should not be worried about overclocking and the system should be stable at default settings. What about ACTUAL programs that people need. I was expecting to see stuff like, "web browser, unzipping, cloud storage, media player, WinDirStat, packet management/update programs, AND TODAY'S SPONSOR...LAST PASS! The password management program that....."
@@only1sn1not1taken Bruv I built my own PC after not having a PC for 10 years. Messed up with CPU paste, had some temperature issues, these programs sure come in handy.
WinDirStat : a must have to visually understand how your storage is used and by what. Then deleting files or folders is as easy as a right clic on a rectangle.
One I have always used but haven’t seen much of is Ccleaner which for me has always been my go to for cleaning out registry errors as well as removing trackers and anything else junk wise.
Send the link to this program to the guys over at Microsoft. I don't think they know how to make a search tool that actually works. Well...unless it' searching the web.
@@only1sn1not1taken eh you can search everything in file manager, it just takes a long time. search everything just keeps a file index of all your files and locations. probably takes awhile to set up.
@@Demonslayer20111 No, file manager legit just can not find things sometimes. It's been this way for me across multiple installs of windows 10 and different hardware. When a program says it's already installed, windows can't find it, but you can manually go to the default install location and find it....well, at least I won't have to reinstall it but the whole reason I was trying to install it was because windows though I didn't have it. It's bad.
@@mvl71 Adblock and Adblock Plus allow ”acceptable” ads to show. Meaning who ever pays them $$ wont have their ads blocked. I also recomend DuckDuckGos Privacy Essentials, it blocks trackers.
Besides these OC-related apps the first things I install after Vanilla Windows are Terracopy, a copytool like once total commander , sumatrapdf (superfastpdf-reader) and notepad++,
SPEEDFAN!!!! I LOVED THAT PROGRAM, but after 4 cores it was useless. I wrote the Italian programmer who made it but he either died or found another interest like a high paying job with long hours or some supermodel which REALLY took longer hours...
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1. Stopping Windows Update Checks (2:24)
2. TechPowerUp GPU-Z (4:11)
3. CPUID HWMonitor (6:53)
4. Unigine Heaven Benchmark (10:44)
5. MSI Afterburner (14:11)
6. OBS (18:00)
Saved me 20 minutes thanks
The supreme leader
Teracopy and Notepad++
Thank you. Annoying that the channel doesnt even include a list in description.
Oh hey, you did the thing they shoulda did in the description! Thanks
For someone planning a build in the next six months or so, this channel is proving an invaluable resource. Appreciate the help and advice.
Between Jay and Paul's Hardware I've learned a lot in a short span.
I just built my first PC today.
Jay helped me soooo much! With both building and setting up
@@plainjerry how did your setup go with updating all your drivers and stuff? Is it as intimidating as it seems? I just ordered all of my parts last night!
@@malburrgg4246 alot easier then I was expecting tbh! Just watch things as you do it and keep on pausing to keep up 🤙🏼
@@plainjerry thats exactly what I was thinking about doing haha awesomenim excited. Newegg says it'll all be here in Thursday. Let's hope they're not backed up!
"Because who knows how availability will be in the future". Prophecy
indeed
even in philippines which we enjoy unlimited supply of pc parts (due to close proximity to china), stocks are very limited. Main reason the store manager explains is the logistic transpo from the supplier. I did built my ryzen 3 build but that was exhausting getting parts not available from one store to the other
yep. shit constantly goes out of stock.
Kind of not regretting buying my 2080 super now, price jumped up $300 since I bought it lol
I mean it was to be expected with the production interruptions overseas.
One thing I noticed about Jay is that he doesn't just focus on the latest, greatest, bleeding edge, hardware. He gives us tips on troubleshooting and possible fixes, helps users determine whether they should upgrade their PC before shelling out for a new one, warns users about potential scams floating about, remains objective and shills for no one, no matter how big the company is. He's a bit like Steve from Gamer's Nexxus in this respect. I appreciate your integrity and dedication to the end user, Jay. Thank you
Sometimes I feel like the only person who doesn't have issues with windows updates
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@@sabertoothtooth2572 windows updates are actually the best
Jay: "I want to show you what heaven looks like"
Damn, Jay. Buy me dinner first
@@joshuah9059 I would say real sex far more satisfying than jacking off porn videos. I've done both countless times.
@Krazi speed the PH app is made by and distributed by PH, to most people's surprise it is not malware
I giggled out loud.
@@MrRogue-rb3rm chill virgin
@@reckless5838 im not sure virgin is the right word for that, because if you're neither blind, illiterate, or channeling your inner liar virgin to some random people, you can clearly read what I said. Or u mean different thing?
You helped me from being someone with none experience to someone who has build his own system!
Thanks Jay.
Same. It was surprisingly simple in the end.
I have just watched your episode of what to do after I built my tower and this episode is just as awesome and helpful as the previous one. After watching you for 3 days straight, basically teaching me, how to build my first proper tower correctly, installing everything correctly, and now teaching me the software I should have and look into, I finally feel for the first time, I actually have million times better understanding of my computer and how my first proper gaming build works.
I have always played consoles before but I feel that you have ninja kicked down my door the PC world and I cant thank you enough.
Thank you Jay , and the JTZ team!
Happy Holidays
Nick from Sweden.
I just built my first pc and I couldnt have said it better
Exact same
Dude welcome to PC gaming. I hope you've enjoyed your year with it since you made this post. I know PC gaming can have hiccups and annoyances you don't get with console, but I find the benefits outweigh those things tenfold. I'm here because I'm building my third PC 7 years after my last. Jay has great videos for new or returning builders.
Sweden? Do you drive Volvo or Saab? Do you have IKEA in your city?)))
@@namesurname8200that's racist... i don't mind it i just thought to inform you
edit: i am swedish just so you all know
That little startup button in afterburner can be bypassed after logging in to windows by holding ctrl button :D
16:37 actually you don't have to go through all the trouble of going into safe mode and all that junk, an easier solution would be to hold down ctrl while logging into you account on windows. That will set msi after burner to default settings.
Smart boy
what u mean by logging? is it when u exactly press the power button, or after typing the password?
holy hell, how did I not know this, cheers
@@kaarukun1651 They mean once you get to the login screen. Hit and hold ctrl and then put in your pin or password.
@@kinluke Or girl
Links in the description would have been a nice touch.
But then no one would watch the video? 😛
So...as seen from the replies above, laziness or monetary gain is an excuse for lack of convenience to you the viewer as YOU have the inconvenience of watching ads to make this and other videos worth someones time to make . Direct links are useful and "SAFE" if they come from a "TRUSTED" person. Who wants to click on a google search link to find out you got the wrong link and downloaded a virus. We must be aware that not all viewers are not as savy to protect themselves from potential scams that can harm them irrecoverably. At minimum time stamps on a video to point out the exact link in browser that should be utilized. On that note here is a useful piece of software that disables windows update more effectively than shown in this video as windows from time to time changes windows updates to the point where it turns itself back on regardless of what setting you use to disable windows update. m.majorgeeks.com/files/details/wumt_wrapper_script.html
@@gregs3342 If you cant figure out what sites and links are safe, you shouldn't be overclocking.
@@alexa3rd Exactly, came to the video, clicked the description and saw nothing. Don't think everyone will watch a 20min video to find out some apps on pc of which maybe i'll use 30% of shown.
The goal of the channel is to attract and maintain viewership not actually help educate and facilitate people. It's TV. Jayztwocents is junk food for your brain.
I've been out of the tech industry for 20 years now and I have just recently started to get back into it... watching this guy's videos has really helped me catch up and I have to say things seem far simpler than back in the day.
Buckle up. Rules, guidelines, standards, all are out the window. The desktop PC has one foot in the grave and other on a banana peel. The cell phone, with a tiny screen, a tiny keyboard and a cr@p0la OS is all there is left. We learn by pressing every button to see what happens. If they fail we throw them away.
@@Gray-Today what are you talking about
@@zafewaterbois5872 he's genuinely tweaking
@@Gray-Today Desktop pc sales and parts for them have been going up so the desktop isn't going anywhere.
Jay: "We're only getting 30fps but that's because its a 2070 Super"
Me: *cries in Intel HD 3000*
Update: I am using a 3060 now bois life is good
Me: cries in Intel integrated graphics
Me: *Grins in RTX 2080 Super*
Me: Crashes in RX 5700 XT
Me: *cries in dual-core AMD A9 with AMD Radeon R5 integrated graphics*
Cries in E5500 dual core
One of my favorites that's often missed, WInAeroTweaker, you can change EVERYTHING, from whether Windows Defender is active, to the size of scroll bars. Also can add things to the desktop context menu, like kill programs that aren't responding, display settings, etc. It's so so so very nice.
hold CTRL while logging in to bypass msi afterburn overclock settings that were set to apply at startup
I always used safe boot and uninstalled msi afterburner .
Thx
Yes, that was incredibly disappointing.
This is great info!
Whaaaaaat Theee! This works lonly with MSI Afterburner, or with any program that starts with windows/login ??
Thanks
Or just set your OC profile to apply only when the GPU is doing 3D rendering. I have a downclocked profile that auto applies to 2D as well.
That powercap reason feature in GPU-Z is amazing cuz now I can hopefully finally see why any overclock keeps failing. Thank you!
Jay's end date on pausing windows updates is today, mind blown
Up vote over 9000!!!
Huh... it's only 1 chance in 365, not that big of a deal.
@@TheNefastor its much higher if you do the maths
@@ab8393 and it is much higher if you setup a calendar reminder to post the comment in the actual date
A note about RTSS (MSI Afterburner OSD): Set app detection level to none for specific program executables if they won't launch while you have it active. You won't have to toggle it on and off at a system level that way.
This is a notorious problem with Forza Horizon 4
Omarock can’t even use afterburner while you run horizon lol
@@sluggy1739 You can, just set fh4 application detection to none in RTSS
Omarock well that’s pretty dope thank you fellow gamer
A few months ago NordVPN was having trouble for me and support concluded it was RTSS. So this comment is definitely helpful. You don't need to monitor sensors with NordVPN :)
If you like to fall asleep watching shows but you don’t want your pc running all night, I’d recommend wise auto shutdown. Basically works like a tv sleep timer but you can choose to shutdown, hibernate, or sleep at a specific time. Also can make it schedule daily set time.
or you can just tell your video player to put system into sleep mode once video ends work just like torrent progarms that allow shutdown system once download finish
Also if you have messed up with the sliders you can skip going to safe-mode just to uninstall/remove the current unstable clock
That's how - You may press and hold key to immediately after logging in to Windows to bypass applying the settings (applies to voltage, clock and fan control settings).
You can also find detailed version of that by hovering over the windows button in the msi afterburner program if you have hints enabled ofc.
peace
17:20 You can hold down when logging into windows and it bypasses your settings to default.
Yeah, that's to prevent Afterburner from applying its profile.
I did not know that, and I appreciate this information a lot.
LEDGEND ....
Here's a fun little tip. If you do manage to put core +1000 on MSI afterburner and have auto load on boot, u can hold CTRL after login to block the settings from being applied!
Quick links
4:34 GPU-Z
6:53 HWMonitor
11:24 Heaven benchmark
14:15 MSI Afterburner
18:02 OBS Studio
Carefully, he's a hero
Legend
Thanks for doing what the creator/editors should be doing.
Toss a coin
20 min video for 5 programs. Damn
I like TreeSize Free. If your SSD or HD is getting full, it gives you a great overview of everything you have stored and it's easy to find stuff you don't need and you can clear up some space.
Those programs are awesome. I personally like SpaceSniffer a lot, but there is a lot that does more or less the same thing.
Wiztree is another option that is very fast
1: VLC
2: winrar/7zip
3: Notepad ++
4: TreeSize free
5: TerraCopy
what's the difference between treesize and windirstat?
Replace WinRAR with PeaZIP and we're talking.
this is a better list for the average user.
izarc instead of winrar/7zip. It opens every compressed folder, pretty much.
VLC is great and all but its annoying that it only uses the integrated graphics well in my case at least
When Jay shows his desktop and you get a peak at the MEAT on those wheels. Love it.
Thank you Jay, you're such a help getting in PCs and in the PC community. You don't just talk about PCs and tech, you help us take care of them.
1. Nvidia/AMD Drivers
2. FanControl
3. Chrome or change default search engine in Edge
4. MSI Afterburner
5. CPU-Z
6. Aida64/Heaven/OCCT
7. VLC
8. Steam
9. Utorrent
10. AdBlock (Sorry Jay)
A software I like to use is a tool named Ghostbuster, which searches the PC for ghosted device driver entries and can removed them. This helped me a lot with seemingly messed up drivers, which especially game controllers and audio devices suffered a lot.
Oooh, thanks. I'll have to look more into this.
This is probably not necessary if you have Windows 10. I haven't been able to find ghost drivers for a long time now because win10 keeps them out of the way.
I have used this with Windows 10 for years. And no, it doesn’t keep them out of the way. I cannot say, why it doesn’t find anything for you, but windows 10 definitely doesn’t remove them or anything.
@@MichaelW.1980 What about windows 11?
i keep having buzz freezes... usually with gaming... some games work fine but some games windows 10 just freezes completely ... keyboard and mouse video and the audio sends a loud buzzing sound... its always in different tones ... sometimes changes tone during the freeze... until i power off by holding the main i/o .... would ghostbuster help this?
For windows, AutoHotKey script is incredibly useful for all sorts of macros and custom scripts. One of the many things I use it for is automating repetitive keyboard tasks, as well as a custom set of keyboard layers for more ergonomic typing.
With AutoHotkey I fixed my old mouse double clicking by itself!
Like botting RuneScape!
Tip - you can hold ctrl when logging in to bypass msiafterbruner settings if you have start on startup enabled
Holy crap just used MSI afterburner for the first time and i didnt realize how slow i was running my fans. Ive been under using my PC because i couldnt really monitor anything. But now i can push my PC while playing some of my favorite games and see how it preforms while im playing!
I just built a new computer. Your channel, Bitwit, Paul's, Greg Salazar's channels have all been indispensable for helping me figure out things. Cheers!!!
That’s the exact same list as mine
lemme tell you about Linus lol
u never watched linus's channel?
How bout Linus
Linus fanboys be like:
1st: GPU-Z
2nd: HWmonitor
3rd: Unigine Heaven Benchmark
4th: MSI Afterburner
5th: OBS Studio
Unigine is useless for most of the time besides bechmarking
I do believe that HW monitor gives some worse readings than HWinfo64. The guys from the AHOC discord recommend HWinfo64 over HW monitor.
HWmonitor isn't free tho. It asked for a license so yeah...
@@akhyarrayhka4048 Yeah but first thing I do when I finish a build is to run Heaven and then Firestrike Extreme. I monitor temps and various other stats with MSI Afterburner on OSD. It's good fan curve tweaking, stability, make sure everything is performing properly.
@@Slavolko this, also, what Luise said...
"Cause who knows what availability will be like in the future" Well that aged well...
3070-80-90 said no
video made 4 months into covid
lmao
@Rectal Discourse PSUs aren't hard to get at all in my country. In fact my local PC part shop sells 1200Is and has them stocked.
only gpus
WinDirStat creates a graphic representation of the files on your drives, very useful if you find yourself running out of space and want to find useless bloated files fast.
@@markmanderson +2 for wiztree
@@markmanderson Honorable mention to SpaceSniffer
I find WizTree to be faster
@@anantav51 i'd been using WDS for ages until i tried wiztree and it was _scarily_ fast
Wiztree is Windirstat but literally 12x faster
Hey Jay I just wanted to say that I've watched you ever since the beginning of Skunkworks and loved your channel ever since. You've been a huge inspiration for me and even got me to build my own pc. You seem to have a lot of fun doing what you do on RUclips and I wish I could do what you do. Thanks for being one of my favorite RUclipsrs ever.
Yeah, one of my Fav RUclipsrs EVER TOO !!! Agree 1000% ...
From another fan, welcome!
Nice thing to say.
Wholesome comment from wholesome viewer towards wholesome youtuber. WhOlEsOmE
Unchecky is great, it unchecks "install this optional software" from installer dialogues.
Suddenly I didn't have 5 different pieces of security software to constantly uninstall on my parents PC
VLC Media Player! I'm sure it's been mentioned, I just didn't have the patience to scroll down to it.
Pot Player is a good alternative
MPC-BE x64 is the best media player around
Share Bear
Limewire
Winamp for audio (yes its back)
There's a lot of people on RUclips who talk about PC building/monitoring etc and everything else related, but I have to say I find Jay to be the best to learn from. He explains things better, he doesn't come across as pompous or condescending like some others I've watched in the past. Great video as always, I've heard about all but the TechPowerUp GPU-Z and was surprised at how in detail this program was. Will be using this for future builds and recommending to friends who are new to building. Thanks Jay
Here I am building a PC when everyone starts yelling "Everyone, build your PC now!" Now my CPU order is canceled by seller because they noticed prices for CPUs were up due to high demand...
Feels bad when you've got all your parts and now you're stuck with waiting for prices to come back down or paying an extra 50% or more for your last component. Considering wasting half my weekend driving to Micro Center to pick it up in store for a 'Normal' price (+tax). Should probably send an angry e-mail to the seller that screwed me over too, since I could have ordered elsewhere for the same price if I knew they were going to cancel my order.
@ArtumTsumia That's a dick move by the seller.
Or you just but from a reputable retailer that doesn't do shit like that. I avoid marketplace sellers like the plague, and ebay is for desperation.
@@CoreyKearney This was with a reputable site and it wasn't like I picked some sketchy marketplace listing (it was the default seller and might have even been 1st party). Ebay though, yeah. Not usually worth the hassle unless it's something you literally can't purchase elsewhere. That's where you'll get an email saying that, actually the _new_ modular PSU doesn't actually come with any of the modular cables. It's not actually the pictured product. You still want it right?
If you are using ebay and you actually bought the cpu you can go through legal terms and push the seller to actually ship your item and accept the purchase contract (at least in germany)
@@ArtumTsumia not as reputable as you thought then huh?
Remember, if you disable automatic Windows updates, do the process yourself once a week, especially nowadays tons of security updates get released every month, some extremely time critical, not to mention updates may improve performance and add new utilities. Windows Explorer dark mode is perfect for example.
Once a week is not often enough for security updates. Those need to be installed asap since there could be a remote code execution for example.
If too many people disable updates Microsoft is going to take that option away again.
I've disabled it. Nothing worse that about to get a multi kill in your game and your desktop pops up and says "Hey F**ckTard, you should maybe do an update!"
"not to mention updates may improve performance and add new utilities" Do not forget to mention it may also add : Vanish all your files, brick all your files, delete all your files and so many more shitty update that caused so much trouble *October Update*
That is the main reason i have Windows Update disable. I do not want to get a forced shitty update and get my pc brick or other crap because they have done a stupid coding then they have to roll out a fix for that...
@@FragaGeddon Just disable notifications when you're playing then. Never had this pop up when playing and the update is activated.
@@AugustoKnight Exactly, notification suppression is the best solution along with than scheduling updates for a specific time. Telling people to disable Windows updates is really a bad idea; especially for the average user.
My top 5:
Task Manager
Task Manager
Task Manager
Task Manager
Settings
Nice
trueahaha
@@JamaicaRealLife true lol
Device Manager
Control panel is my number 2
There are two programs in particular that I add to any system that I start with. The first is VLC Player, one of the best video players around, compatible with just about anything. The second is Belarc Advisor, a simple utility that records your system's hardware and installed software, including most security keys; it's an easy way to keep track of all your computer's assets in case of future issues, as the utility creates a simple HTML file to be saved or printed.
Yes when I did personal PC repair and tuning around 2005-2015, I'd use Belarc and print a hardcopy for clients. They really appreciated the security keys since they often would lose their original CD sleeves.
VLC is by far the most universal media player, but like optical drives, playing local media files is becoming an antiquated notion for most users who don't specialize in something like video editing.
@@SpinningSandwich use a home server and relive the joy!
pair that with the free mega k-lite video codec pack (:
@David Yes to the Belarc Advisor! I've been using since WinXP. Got introduced to it through a book on tweaking XP and making it efficient
My go-to installs are
7zip
Notepad++
Search Everything
Search Everything is SUCH a good tool indeed.
Notepad++ is a GODSEND
Didn't know about Search Everything, ty sir
...I'm about to look up search everything, and if it is what I think it is then youre a goddamn hero
But Windows and most other OS come with unzipping tools...
CoreTemp is what I use for temperature monitoring. The software minimizes into your system tray with live readings.
Kai Cadarette Photography you’re an angel, thanks.
I love how the subtitles said "Jase $0.02"
Lol
My Top 5:
1. Patch My PC Updater (Programm Updater)
2. Notepad++ (Text Editor)
3. Everything - voidtools (ultra-fast File Search)
4. KeePass (Password Manager)
5. TaskbarX Configurator (Windows Taskbar Effects)
than: (Full) Office, Peace, WinRAR, PowerToys
A lot of these are like benchmarking and overclocking tools, which are good but a couple in particular that I like and are a little more practical when actually using your PC are VLC Video Player and Gyazo.
I've only been watching this channel since last night and it's already my favorite PC channel
I'm with ya, discovered Jay a few weeks ago and all of his content is just pleasant and informative
I'm about a week in and same. I watched Linus Tech Tips for a bit but that dude is goober. He knows his shit, but...goober.
Audacity, Convert, Editpad Lite (JG Soft), Faststone Image Viewer, Gimp, Libre Office, mkvtoolnix, MP3tag, qBittorent, Thunderbird, VLC, Wireless Network Watcher.
Thanks!
Linux much?
@@dpearson80808 Only on my Raspberry Pi.
inkscape
@@shahriarsazin5713 I actually have Inkscape too, but since I haven't taken the time to learn how to use it, well, I don't use it. (A shame I'm sure!)
He failed to mention WinDirStat. That's like my favorite freeware ever.
What's that?
@@voidinheritant It's what File Explorer should be/do. You run it against whatever drives you want it to analyze and it'll show you, in a tree format, how full your drives are, which paths are the largest, etc. It can do many things, but it's the best way to figure out what's eating up so much space on all your storage (external drives too!)
I've been using windirstat for years, but it looks very outdated.
I recently found about TreeSize Free which basically does the same thing, but has better UI.
@@LaurentiuAndreiBoeru You might like space sniffer or space monger V1.4 (free), its similar but visual, easier to see at a glance what is taking up the space. We use it in MSP's all the time
One thing you forgot to mention about the Unigine Heaven benchmark: it has an amazing soundtrack
Yea
100%
ngl I've listened to it without benchmarking
It has music?!?!?
brain : but u know about all this !
me : still watching !
This is HOW you know about all of this. Aiming to learn and continued curiosity in the field will keep you on top of your game.
@@kaldogorath or just because you like listening to jay talk
yeah i was hoping for something new lol
Pretty much... I already had all this software but still gotta send some love
Same. I have no idea why I really enjoy watching PC building guides when I already know all the info.
This seems like something that is strictly about how to optimize and diagnose a computer rather than just generally useful programs that most people don't have.
And its only applies if you sticking to only for windows.
@@Boborjan1986 whoa, a channel about testing hardware in gaming and Windows-based workloads primarily talks about Windows software? whoa.
@@LezzaD Well, gaming is not windows only, and PC hardware is not just to run windows, but at least two other major OS, so it might be time to not just focus on win (first wanted to say: specifically on a crappy os. But i dont want to hurt some people feelings. ;) ).
@@Boborjan1986 If you look at the numbers, no other os is better for games. Even on Mac you will have more fps under Windows, like it or not, just facts.
@@Boborjan1986 99% of gamers play on windows smart guy
Another good one is everything. You can search for any file on your system, and it displays the path to all files that contain the query you searched for. Pretty cool because the windows search bar is pretty useless for searching files imo.
Also VLC Player is the best video player hands down.
K-Lite Codec is the best.
Media Player Classic sent its regards
VLC keeps crashing on some videos but when I use K-Lite the video is playing fine.
I use PotPlayer
In windows you have to turn on the option to search everything, by default it is set to search your most used and common folders. You can also add folders to search but it's set that way because it wants to save CPU and load faster results, I ran into the setting last night on my new build.
Disable all updates on Windows? I agree this is good if you are also aware that you will need to sit down at some points in time to actually do the updates... You've just told everyone watching the video to disable Windows update with no mention that they'll still need to update at some point.
This so much! - I actually initially skipped the video after Jay showing the world how to disable windows update. I’m pretty sure a good portion of your viewers know what they’re doing. But far from all your viewers know enough about computers, and the use of computers to have windows updates disabled.
Agreed. Just set the active hours and that is good enough for 90% of people.
@@CotyTernes not gonna lie. It is pretty rare...very rare that Windows updates actually negatively impacts a session for me. Active hours is indeed good enough, especially considering active hours can be set automatically based upon user usage....
Dont need em.
Or he couldn't shown you to upgrade to at least 1903 which gives you the ability to schedule your active hours to your use schedule, so they never install during active hours, and select to automatically reboot once installed so they never interfere with your active use
I like HWiNFO64 more than HWMonitor. It has much more data and from what I've read it's more accurate.
Thats correct.
I've been told it's more accurate as well, so that's what I use.
HWiNFO64 is far superior and it doesn't keep asking you to upgrade
Yeah HWinfo64 is what I use, sad no individual cpu core temps though.
@@MacDelta for me it gives individual cpu core temps
My favorites as a photographer as well as a gamer are:
CPU-Z, GPU-Z
FastStone image viewer, GIMP,
Rufus for making bootable USBs (Linux Windows etc.)
and VLC for all media playback.
I like this one, Rufus is invaluable, VLC is one of my first downloads, and i will have to check out faststone
@@cazandmal GIMP is awesome for image editing, Davinci Resolve for video editing, the free version still has more than most need and not much really is missing compared to the studio version.
@@cazandmal Nice bike btw, just noticed 😎
On one hand, FastStone is one of the very few that has touch support. On the other hand it tries to load all images into RAM the moment you navigate into their folder, so it's absolutely shit if you're connecting to your NAS via VPN, or other such situations. If you don't need touch, I prefer IrfanView.
@@Steamrick irfanview is good but I use all local storage and I like the seamlessness of FastStone. but I can see where it would be bad.
This vid is still really useful even after 3 years! I am in the process of building a 13 series i7 system and the refresh was very usefull. My last build was 8 years ago.
My favorite tool: WinDirStat (or the baby version: SequoiaView)
i install windir stat and notepad++ in every single pc / server i use
I strongly recommend checking out wizTree then I used to use windirstat but it was a bit too slow. WizTree is newer and much faster.
@@pablowako agreed.
Take a look at Spacesniffer. (While no one drive space program does it all, this is my new first one to run.)
WinDirStat is basically depreciated and unmaintained. WizTree is the new king.
Perhaps having official links to the programs in the description of the video would help out more since someone new to things may end up downloading a false one/get a virus
@@petercrenfield If you think they aren't I don't know what to say to you. But yes, there will always be viruses as long as computing exists.
"You may press and hold Ctrl immediately after logging into windows to bypass applying MSI afterburner settings". This should work if your settings make you crash without having to go to safemode.
Thank you I didn't know this at all.
Thanks man.
One that I really like is qttbar, it improves a lot the media explorer, it gives you tabs to have all your folders in one window without having to open like 4 to move things around
- Open-Shell ("Classic Shell" )!!!
- 7+ Taskbar Tweaker !!!
- Autoruns
- Process Explorer
- 7Zip
And "Non System related" :
- VLC
- Libre Office (Open Office)
- XMedia Recode"
Props for XMedia Recode. And Open Shell.
Classic shell not for me though dont wanna keep stuck in the past
Yes 7Zip and Libre for sure
MPC-BE > VLC
@@blood-pearl how an GUI looks has nothing to do with "past", "presence" or "future"
it has to do with screen size (you don't want menu bars on a cellphone for example) and personal preference
Oh, I know furmark, I use it in the winter when the room gets cold
hahaha legit, me too!
Good when you can't find your lighter too
"I just want to show you what heaven looks like."
You do, every video, Jay.
Yeah Jay to me has been a really great help.
simp
@@llliiilll3624 stfu
One that I use that doesn’t really fit with the theme of this video is called ear trumpet. It allows you to have a way more detailed volume menu giving you the options to lower and raise individual applications that are open.
or you just right click on your sound settings icon in your taskbar and open the sound mixer.
Jay: Where are my throttling? Am I gonna throttle? Where would I throttle?
Me: What is throttle?
Its when you go fast
Vocabulary expansion pack
When your gpu holds itself back so that it does not overheat
is it like a DLC?
Everyone is asking what is throtttle but how is throttle
I only have 1 for _every_ computer:
O&O ShutUp 10
Which can be used to disable various MS/Windows surveillance features on a feature by feature basis with descriptions of what each option does/effects and recommendations.
I'm looking into doing this, got a gaming laptop I want to resell after upgrading screen and ram. So I'm fine tuning it and need a program like this. Anyone recommend anything else like this?
Search and destroy have a really good one too called beacon.
RadicalxEdward... l know a better Software to adress that. lts called Linux....And You can still get it for Free....With Lifetime Updates...If You hurry....Limited Platinum Edition...Available only to Year 2498 !
Eetu Nimee
Why do Linux people always act like it’s comparable to Windows/Mac? It’s just not.
Can it do everything they can and more, yeah. Can you just buy some piece of hardware and have it “just work” without having to write and compile your own driver? Sometimes.
How about if I want to control the RGB in my components? Oh right the software doesn’t exist for Linux because most companies don’t write for multiple operating systems.
Linux has its pros and cons just like windows and macOS do. Just cause someone has an issue with a platform doesn’t mean Linux is always the right and obvious solution.
"Phil calls it divide by zero" that killed me.
same
Timespam anybody? ;p thx & srryy
Holy crap! Jay has been in his warehouse/office/workspace for over 3 years!!! TIME FLIES!
0:14 Roger that officer Doofy 🤣nice impersonation of him!
Msi Afterburner
RTSS
HWINFO64
GPUZ/CPUZ
same for me
Here's my list
• Notepad++; must have for any sort of file editing
• 7-zip; best way imo to browse and manage archives
• OpenHardwareMonitor; free and ez way to see resource usage and all sorts of internal stats (don't need gpu-z anymore :wink:)
• Fluent Terminal; Great interface for command lines, and has the eluded context menu open in the explorer
• Chrome; lmao
Openhardware causes issues with USB or others,
Chuck chrome and use Firefox
Amanullah never had an issue in my life
Jean-Louis Du Plessis i mean i use opera gx right now, but as far as a base, reliable, easy solution chrome is always a first install
does fluent terminal give you linux commands? example: ls = show everything i current directory.
- HWMonitor
- MSI Afterburner
- OCCT
- Prime95
- Heaven Benchmark
if you overclock your system or just want to see its good stuff
soo free benchmarking programs. IGHT nvm
Prime95 was great but after I upgraded to my 3900x it always either rocketed my tells to 100c plus or my cpu would only run at 2.3ghz.. yet if it used another bench mark say aida64 it hit 4.3ghz at 78c. Idk what was up with prime this time.
Why wouldn't you use HWinfo? It's the same but better in every aspect.
@@fabiusmaximuscunctator7390 I'll give it a try! :)
Most of those are not needed for new builds but i find them pretty handy for troubleshooting.
USBDeview
DriverView
DriverLoaderUnloader
CrystalDiskMark
BlueScreenView
ProcessExplorer
ProcessMonitor
AccessEnum
Bluelife HostsEditor
BlueScreenView
DLLExplorer
NVTDLLUnInjector
OpenedFilesView
Autoruns
OOSU10\11
Speccy
WinMTR
CCleaner
OBS
Rufus
AIMP*** (Deserves a golden medal)
Spek
4:13 video actually starts.
The internet needs more people like you :-)
legend
Thank you, most videos require this type of comment
Thanks
Legend
Ya boi WinDir Stat should be part of the crew. Simple storage management, but so handy.
Actually I prefer somethinged called WizTree, it scans considerably quicker than WinDirStat
@@CrazyAussie13 Agreed, used to use WinDirStat, switched to WizTree a couple years ago. I don't use the graphical representations on either, but having a list of directories with storage space stats is always handy.
Use wiz tree, stop using those bad programs
Controlling Windows updates is useful and all, but don't delay getting updates for too long for security reasons.
Geek Uninstaller, it's the only piece of software I can think of right now that I think would be useful for many, think super lightweight CCleaner type of uninstaller. It goes through the regular uninstall then checks for all the crap left behind which you can select what to remove, can also force uninstall along with a few other features too. I honestly rarely use the regular windows add or remove programs anymore. It also may or may not help you reinstall a trial software to buy extra time....I definitely didn't do such in college for software I needed so I wouldn't have to drive in to work on labs. :)
My must haves for software (A couple of Linux exclusives):
Atom-text editor
Htop-system monitor(Linux)
kitty-terminal(Linux)
LibreOffice-office suite
Thunderbird-email client
Htop should work on Macs as well.
not an htop _replacement_, but i like `glances` as a heavier monitoring screen.. just giving it a mention
Htop is awesome.
Gonna check them!
Windows have ssh built in now in case someone doesn't know.
TreeSize Free by JAM Software. Great tool to find out what's chewing up your hard drive/SSD space.
Windirstat
@@speedburger5410 WizTree does the same thing, but it reads directly from the MFT. So, it's a lot faster than WinDirStat that in my experience.
Treesize is a lot better.
This is a life saver, I have so much crap on my drives that I need to sort out lol
SpaceSniffer is super cool. You can actually navigate around graphically. Different mechanic than competitors.
3:00 Or if you are on W10 Pro or better, dare to dive into the Policy Editor and do more fine tuned administrative management of those updates. Highly effective!
Network Time Sync - to sync your time - very important when you run node, process hacker - to change cpu affinity and save priority. Mouse without borders to have 2 pc or laptops.
Top 5, game programmer edition:
1) Visual Studio
2) Notepad++
3) GIMP (icons/photos)
4) Inkscape (vector graphics)
5) Audacity (sound edits)
For java devs replace VS by IntelliJ Idea. Also maybe an SQL/database software (generic or SGBD-specific).
For more advanced sound editing replace Audacity with Reaper. I know that is not free software but it's basically like WinRar
+1 to Inkscape and Notepad++
I felt like it was definetly missing windirstat and I also personally prefer gpu tweak ii more than msi afterburner, might not be better in terms of the things that you can do. However, I feel like it is so much intuitive
wiztree > windirstat
I LOVE windirstat! It's an absolute on any computer I use!!
I love VLC media player and openoffice for part of my 5 software.
Jay you often ask what content your fans want to see most. For me it’s stuff like this.
3:12 If you live in Canada, your only option to turn off updates, according to the Windoze 10 user agreement, is to disconnect from the internet.
Section 7
b. Canada. You may stop receiving updates on your device by turning off Internet access. If and when you re-connect to the Internet, the software will resume checking for and installing updates.
Yep, and there are legal limits to what words you’re allowed to use, instead of just social pressure (which isn’t always right, either). Friggin Canada, eh? Always messin’ with ya!
You can always make it "forget" to check
I always find it interesting when people say other countries are as free as the US. Definitely not. But we seem determined to get down and play in the mud too.
This is more like "FREE programs that EVERY computer that does benchmarking and testing hardware needs"
"these are the programs that a beginner" ....Jay, stop right there. Beginners should not be worried about overclocking and the system should be stable at default settings. What about ACTUAL programs that people need. I was expecting to see stuff like, "web browser, unzipping, cloud storage, media player, WinDirStat, packet management/update programs, AND TODAY'S SPONSOR...LAST PASS! The password management program that....."
You both wrong
@@only1sn1not1taken Bruv I built my own PC after not having a PC for 10 years. Messed up with CPU paste, had some temperature issues, these programs sure come in handy.
@Muhammad Isfan Tauhid the opposite of left
@@exeverrr And for those who didn't build their own PC and can barely start their computers?
First thing I install is Classic Shell, which gives you the option to use a more "classic" start menu setup.
YES, i second this. lol
@Vox Daze The start menu got broken somewhere around Vista or Windows 7. Totally unusable. Classic Shell makes the start menu great again.
Windows 10 start menu is bad? It was in Windows 8...but 10 brought back a more usable menu.
WinDirStat : a must have to visually understand how your storage is used and by what. Then deleting files or folders is as easy as a right clic on a rectangle.
One I have always used but haven’t seen much of is Ccleaner which for me has always been my go to for cleaning out registry errors as well as removing trackers and anything else junk wise.
I haven't used CC in 20 years because back then I tried it & cleaned so well my PC wouldn't boot into Windows(!)
omg, they started to actually record the video output from the computer instead of filming the screen. Thanks guys
This is just because they're not benchmarking hardware, screen recording can mess with results
@@jeeBisOkay can always use a capture card on another pc. Elgato Cam Link works fine
"Search everything" will find you any file within seconds wherever it is on your hd. A real must have!
I purposely went through comments seeing if anyone mentioned this. It is so fast, and has been around for a long long time.
Been using that since 2013
Send the link to this program to the guys over at Microsoft. I don't think they know how to make a search tool that actually works. Well...unless it' searching the web.
@@only1sn1not1taken eh you can search everything in file manager, it just takes a long time. search everything just keeps a file index of all your files and locations. probably takes awhile to set up.
@@Demonslayer20111 No, file manager legit just can not find things sometimes. It's been this way for me across multiple installs of windows 10 and different hardware. When a program says it's already installed, windows can't find it, but you can manually go to the default install location and find it....well, at least I won't have to reinstall it but the whole reason I was trying to install it was because windows though I didn't have it. It's bad.
I'm building a new rig and this is exactly what I needed. Thank you.
Look at the Sysinternals tools for a whole range of useful utilities. One that I can specifically recommend is Process Explorer
LOVE the sysinternals suite. A must for a person in IT. Also WinDirStat or similar file size explorer tool.
I cant Live without ADBlocker! :-)
@@redf113 Because...?
Turrebo you can customize it more but Adblock is pretty good too
@@woeiurieoweoriw6165 Thanks, I'll give it a try.
@@mvl71 Adblock and Adblock Plus allow ”acceptable” ads to show. Meaning who ever pays them $$ wont have their ads blocked. I also recomend DuckDuckGos Privacy Essentials, it blocks trackers.
Just use Brave browser... blocking ads is backed into it
Besides these OC-related apps the first things I install after Vanilla Windows are Terracopy, a copytool like once total commander , sumatrapdf (superfastpdf-reader) and notepad++,
i also used teracopy and ultracopier
NPP++ is standard to install
I prefer FastCopy
O.k. guys are any of these really any faster compared to Windows copy function?
@@DivergentDroid it depends
@@DivergentDroid Its not only about speed but functionalitys, just try it, you wont ever use the standart again.
SPEEDFAN!!!! I LOVED THAT PROGRAM, but after 4 cores it was useless. I wrote the Italian programmer who made it but he either died or found another interest like a high paying job with long hours or some supermodel which REALLY took longer hours...