software advice

[flycatchr]

I would love some advice and general feedback on what sort of software you guys appreciate the most on your pc's
IE -
media player/music player
dvd ripper
bench markers
etc

[SlipperyDuck]

Fraps - 7zip and VLC player . . . the end

[Stu]

Fraps - 7zip and VLC player . . . the end

Couldn't have said it better myself!!!!

[Megageth]

AVG, VLC, Photoshop, WinRAR (7zip probly better tho), Office, CPU-Z, Speedfan, Win32.NetSky.q, Chrome/Firefox, Prime95.
Prime95 is good for stress testing. Used to show stability well but under Win7, it runs stable when games will not so only really good to see thermals under load on all cores.

[SlipperyDuck]

Win32.NetSky.q - the shitz

[Megageth]

Its awesome for getting in touch with all your friends. And then getting in touch with all of theirs.

[J_Th4ng]

Skype, Firefox, Steam, winzip (my contribution to the file compression wars) 3dmark 11, unigine heaven, real temp, calibre (superb ebook manager, great when you recently won a tablet...), iTunes, orbit download manager.

[pmurgs]

Skype, msn, winrar, vlc, real temp, cpu-z, gpu-z, display fusion, utorrent, opera+firefox+chorme (have all three open at once usually, so many web pages to keep track of stuff happening), m$ visual studio, mIRC, prime95, msi afterburner

Don't forget anti-virus... I use avast personally as it has a silent gaming mode, which i leave it on all the time.

[Hubris]

Try TeraCopy (http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php) comes in handy. Allows you to queue copy/cut/paste between your drives. Much quicker mass copy/cut/pastes.

[Paul]

Windows 98