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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
"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
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
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
@@keeganrifkin522 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 🤙🏼
@@keeganrifkin522 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!
Sometimes I feel like the only person who doesn't have issues with windows updates
x2
x3
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Y'all weird
@@sabertoothtooth2572 windows updates are actually the best
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
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.
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?
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.
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
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
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
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
That powercap reason feature in GPU-Z is amazing cuz now I can hopefully finally see why any overclock keeps failing. Thank you!
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.
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
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
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
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.
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...
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 ....
There's a lot of people on CZcams 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
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
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.
That little startup button in afterburner can be bypassed after logging in to windows by holding ctrl button :D
I'm grateful that you went into the manufacturer software vs afterburner. I was pretty unsure of how to handle the situation as I need the one for my lighting and thought that having both open might cause them to clash. But now I know, so thank you :D
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)
4:13 video actually starts.
The internet needs more people like you :-)
legend
Thank you, most videos require this type of comment
Thanks
Legend
"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
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!
No links? Come on, there are a ton of garbage sites out there "pretending" to be these cool program locations.....
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!
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.
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
I'm building a new rig and this is exactly what I needed. Thank you.
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 :)
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
Thanks for listing these. A couple of adds to my system software configuration have been made.
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!
- 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
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)
Thank you so much yet again for the high quality information you giving. I find it so useful being away from PC for a decade now just coming back again. Thanks a lot.
Thank you Jayztwocents. Your channel is excellent. You helped me make some well informed decisions with what components to use in my first custom built PC. Liked Subscribed and hit that bell for you. Also these 5 apps I will surely be learning to use as I have never tried to overclock or anything of that sort with a PC before. Wish me luck!
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
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!)
Thank You for all you do for us to understand, take action and propel to higher standards for PC understanding.
This is exactly the video I've been looking for for years! Thank you.
When Jay shows his desktop and you get a peak at the MEAT on those wheels. Love it.
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...
Thank you so much for showing me how to use MSI afterburner. Helped big time!
Thanks Jayz, just found you last week, great videos and advice, will be putting all your help to my next project 👍😃
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?
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?
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
Learnt so much from this guy, Excellent teaching skill, thanks and keep it going!!!
Tip - you can hold ctrl when logging in to bypass msiafterbruner settings if you have start on startup enabled
I love how the subtitles said "Jase $0.02"
Lol
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
Great information. 1st time PC builder here. Your channel has been a walhalla of information :-) Thank you for your efforts, Jay. Much appreciated.
0:14 Roger that officer Doofy 🤣nice impersonation of him!
Msi Afterburner
RTSS
HWINFO64
GPUZ/CPUZ
same for me
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
Thanks Jay! Definitely have to check some of these out.
Don't know how to feel about disarming Windows updates for those of us that use our PCs for more than just gaming, but just my own two cents.
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!!
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.
@@kaldo_kaldo 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.
Morning Jay happy christmas just recently discovered your channel excellent thank you.
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.
Equalizer APO is my go-to software after installing the necesary stuff your pc needs to be able to run at all simply bacause you can enhance ANY audio setup and i think listening to great music in great quality helps you get the rest of your software related stuff done :3
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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
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
Always informative, thanks.
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
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 CZcams and I wish I could do what you do. Thanks for being one of my favorite CZcamsrs ever.
Yeah, one of my Fav CZcamsrs EVER TOO !!! Agree 1000% ...
From another fan, welcome!
Nice thing to say.
Wholesome comment from wholesome viewer towards wholesome youtuber. WhOlEsOmE
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. :)
Fantastic video, really helpful. Good job 👍
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.
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.
This helped me a lot! Thank you
Amazing video, thank you!
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
@@cazablocki 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.
@@cazablocki 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.
Jay i just wanted to say thank your for everything. Through your videos i was able to build my own rig and 2 of my friends. I gave you your credits of course and they are now both subs to the channel. Again thank you keep it up!
You built 2 friends. Post a video on that dude!
amazing value in the video. thanks
Super useful, thanks so much!
- 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! :)
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.
Valuable information indeed, thanks 💯🔥
very informative thank you jtc ♥
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.
"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.
Im a bit late here, but another piece of software that I find useful is "Core Temp" does exactly what it says, displays the temperature of all cores of your processor on your task bar as one of the smaller icons, while it may not be used as much since there is other software that shows CPU, GPU temp, etc I find this one typically usedful
Coretemp dead for w11.
nice video. lots of little steps but works well. Been trying to figure out how to see my cpu temp while gaming to see if its where it needs to be at. hopefully these numbers are accurate but I feel like they are. thank you.
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
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
Dug up this video to send to a friend after I helped him build his first PC over the phone. Great info for beginners. Two thumbs up.
Here's my new install list for all of my domain workstations as well as my own machines.
1. Firefox w/ adblock plus and https everywhere (also no script for adv users)
2. K-lite mega codec pack and VLC
3. Gimp
4. ClamWin AV as a secondary to Defender or ClamAV as a primary on Linux
5. WinDirStat
6. Libre Office for anyone who doesn't already have an Office license
7. Notepad++
Thanks very much for this video , I've done all these mods 👍👍