Must need programs on a new pc

[BBock727]

I recently saw a great thread here that had all the programs that should be installed on a brand new gaming pc (that will be overclocked shortly). Can someone find me a link to that thread or just give me ideas. Sometimes i forget some great programs when i have a fresh format

 

[Atheus]

I don't know that thread, but you shouldn't be installing anything but the bare minimum drivers and monitoring programs before you overclock. Do all your overclocking on the clean system, get it stable, then proceed to install whatever you want. This firstly because your programs might affect stability, but also becasue if you mess up you could break your windows and have to install all that stuff again.

 

[MTDEW]

First off, i'd image the drive with drive image pro or acronis true image first before overclocking, that way if you corrupt the OS you can simply restore an image rather than go through a lenghthy re-install.

Anyway, heres that thread you mentioned.
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...adid=2221671&forumid=1