motherboard/chipset drivers

Bubbaleone

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Nov 20, 2011
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Not sure how you mean bloatware unless you're refering to the ASUS utilities, and those are a matter of personal preference. You don't specify what operating system you installed, but the basics would be these:

1] Latest BIOS update tool.
2] Latest BIOS version.
3] Latest Audio driver if you use onboard sound.
4] Latest Ethernet driver (LAN).
5] Latest SATA drivers.