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Top 25 FREE PC Programs YOU NEED TO INSTALL



The PC is one of the best places to play games. Here are some free programs to help you enhance your gaming experience on …

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  1. Playnite could save you money if you have a big games collection. Saved me a few times from buying things twice on two different platforms (that I forgot I already own). Definitely recommended.

  2. I wish there was a ShareX but for making smaller video clips like AMD ReLive and Nvidias Shadowplay does. Sure, the steam beta thing is decent, and ReLive and Shadowplay are also decent, but sometimes they just decide to not work.

    And before anyone says "OBS" not only is the function stupidly hard to setup, but that also has the same problem as SP and RL, they sometimes just decide to not work..

  3. A few apps I still use, older versions to match my old butt. xD These I've only ever used on windows, not sure about mac or Linux.

    IRFanview Image viewer.
    Supports a boatload of image formats, you can easily convert images between formats and also batch convert images in bulk. Its easy, its simple, its awesome.

    GPU-Z
    Awesome for folks who want to know what is happening with their GPU when rendering, or gaming. Memory usage, temperatures, GPU load etc.

    Format Factory
    Awesome tool to convert any image or video to another format. Best darn converter around.

    Winamp
    Best music player I've ever had. Can also play videos, has a lot of customization.

    Bandicam
    Good, simple alt to OBS for recording videos or screenshots.

    Large Address Aware
    An app that allows you to patch 32-bit apps to be able to use/read more system memory, making them more stable.

    Foxit Reader
    Simple PDF reader/viewer

    Visipics
    Fairly old app, but allows you to remove duplicate images on your drive, super handy too

    Pandora Recovery
    A tool to recover files you may have deleted with shift+Delete among other things. (I do that far too often. xD)

    Flawless Widescreen
    A simple app that allows you to change the resolution and sometimes the FOV for games that don't have these options built in

    Audacity
    Audio editing tool, super handy, especially when you're also someone that likes to mod games.

  4. I’d suggest trying virtualization software such as VMware Workstation or Oracle Virtualbox, both free for personal use, for running old operating systems to help with getting older titles to work sometimes.

  5. This is a twist, but I like it! I may be willing to try Vortex as I'd like to get into modding, but the spyware threat is always a priority. I consider Gamranx my "Game Informer" (RIP).

  6. for me, it's:
    FanControl (adjust all the case/cpu/gpu fans based on various rules)
    OpenShell (Start menu replacement)
    ImageGlass (image viewer)
    X-Mouse Button Control (remap mouse side keys to PgUp and PgDwn)
    TrafficMonitor (by zhongyang219, shows network up/down on taskbar)
    iMazing (free version can still check phone battery health for ex.)
    ClickFix (by CemraJC, fixes "broken" mouse doubleclicks)

  7. Considering smartphone use has curbed my old pc side hustle I was surprised that I was still up to date on my knowledge of most of these apps. A couple of new additions I may try like nanazip but none the less 7-zip still does what I need it to do, but a newer iteration may be more intuitive for someone else.

  8. Vortex is annoying as fuck to use honestly. I only use it when it comes to Cyberpunk, but I have the mods also manually installed in my Steam files, so I don’t think you really need it. It’s easier to manually install mods from the Nexus page I find… Vortex confuses you more than anything.

  9. if you like to have a fast launcher by typing keywords instead of clicking around your desktop looking for shortcuts, I'd suggest: Promptu or Keypirinha

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