My list of useful PC and Gaming software

All software listed here is free. This turned out to be a community project of recommended software.

Hardware and Monitoring

• OCCT - hardware test (CPU, RAM, GPU and PSU) and monitoring.
• HWInfo - hardware information
• HWMonitor - hardware information.
• Open Hardware Monitor - hardware information.
• Speccy - hardware and system information.
• CPU-Z - CPU, Mainboard and RAM information.
• GPU-Z - GPU information.
• SSD-Z - SSD Information.
• SidebarDiagnostics - simple sidebar for Windows desktop that displays hardware diagnostic information.
• Prime95 - CPU and RAM stability test (also produces maximum possible heat for CPU - can be dangerous for new processors, use with caution).
• Linpack (http://linx.en.lo4d.com/) - CPU and RAM stability test.
• CrystalDiskInfo - HDD and SSD information.
• HDDScan - HDD information.
• SeaTools For Windows - hard drive diagnostics suite from Seagate, works with any brand of hard drive.
• MSI Afterburner - hardware monitoring, GPU overclocking, fan control, video recording, fps monitoring.

System

• RUFUS - bootable USB creator.
• Etcher.io - bootable USB creator.
• CDBurnerXP - CD/DVD/Blu-ray burner.
• Hiren's BootCD - first aid kit for your computer.
• Macrium Reflect - disk cloning and imaging solution.
• MiniTool Partition Wizard - partition management as well as cloning and troubleshooting.
• HDD Regenerator - fixes bad sectors and rebuilds MBR errors that cause cloning process to fail.
• AOMEI Partition Assistant - partition editor.
• Ninite - install and update all your programs at once.
• Chocolatey - easy installation, configuration, upgrade, and uninstallation of Windows software.
• TeamViewer - remote access client, letting users access each other's systems/files.
• Vivaldi Browser - web browser for power users.
• Chrome, Firefox, Opera - web browsers.
• TOR - web browser that bypass provider domain block.
• Brave Browser - very fast web browser.
• QuiteRSS - RSS feed aggregator/reader.
• Discord, Mumble - voice and text chats.
• 7-zip - archive creator and extractor.
• WinRAR - archive creator and extractor.
• Q-Dir - 4-paned replacement-alternative for standard Windows Explorer, can be configured into 1/2/3/4-paned views.
• Clover Tabs - adds tabs to windows explorer (works on windows 10).
• QTTabBar - adds tabs to windows explorer (works on windows 10).
• Display Driver Uninstaller - for clean install (conflict-free) of graphics drivers.
• SuperF4 - program to kill unresponsive game clients.
• CCleaner - junk file and registry cleaner.
• Vit Resistry Fix Free - clean registry and junk files, uninstall manager, startup manager.
• WizTree - finds files and folders using the most of disk space.
• SpaceSniffer - shows disk usage and folders structure.
• WinDirStat - disk usage statistics viewer.
• FolderSize - to find what's taking all the space on your drives.
• TreeSize Free - disk usage statistics viewer.
• Sysinternal Process Explorer - process viewer.
• Process Hacker - process viewer and replacement for Windows Task Manager.
• Winaero Tweaker - an assortment of tweaks and registry edits for improving Win 10.
• WinMTR - network diagnosis tool.
• MobaXterm - enhanced terminal for Windows with X11 server, tabbed SSH client, network tools and much more.
• Voidtools Everything - Replacement for Windows Search in that it actually works and will find everything plus http and ftp server.
• Wox - application launcher.
• Keypirinha - fast application launcher.
• FileZilla - FTP server and client.
• f.lux - it makes the color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day.
• LightBulb - reduces eyestrain by adjusting gamma to the current time.
• Unlocker, FileASSASSIN - unlocks system-locked files, allowing to move/delete.
• SpeedCrunch - a very powerful and high-precision scientific calculator, using keyboard as input method.
• ShadowCopy - file/folder copier that uses Window's Volume Shadow Services to create copies of files even when they are in use by OS.
• Sandboxie - sandbox tool, letting you execute files and programs in an isolated environment.
• Recuva - lets you recover deleted files.
• KeePass - password manager.
• VirtualBox - virtualization software, lets you run an operating system in a window.
• Unified Remote 3 - use your phone to control your PC.
• AutoHotKey - Scripting lenguage to create macros, complex keybinds or automate sofware.
• LatencyMon - Monitors latency caused by interrupts from all sources. Used when having audio problems(crackly sound) to identify drivers/software causing the issue.
• StartIsBack - real start menu for windows 8 and 10.
• Ditto - clipboard manager, is an extension to the standard windows clipboard. It saves each item placed on the clipboard allowing you access to any of those items at a later time.
• TotalCommander - extremely powerful file management software. Capable of many things view and edit files, mass rename files, ftp with bookmarks, queued file transfer, custom columns.
• TeraCopy - replaces the shitty windows copy handler with something sensible.
• TrueCrypt - For simple file encryption to stop others on a multiple user pc from accidentally reading any sensitive files, along with any other reason you'd want to encrypt a volume.

Security

• Comodo Firewall - advanced firewall and access rights monitoring.
• Glasswire - firewall and network monitoring.
• Malwarebytes - virus cleanup and protection.
• Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool - portable system virus scanner.
• Adware Removal Tool - adware removal scanner.
• Spybot - scans and removes malware.
• Sophos Home - simple to use and very effective anti-virus completely free for home use.
• uBlock Origin - block web advertisements and tracking which slow down the page and can be used to deliver malware.
• Privacy Badger - protects your privacy from web trackers specifically

Gaming and Emulations

• Borderless Gaming - play your favorite games in a borderless window.
• WidescreenFIxer - to play older games in widescreen resolution.
• GeDoSaTo - to play in any resolution you want.
• Flawless Widescreen - to configure Field of View (FOV) in games that don't allow configuring it.
• CRU (Custom Resolution Utility) - for the games that don't work with Gedosato (like Fallout 4 and Dark Souls 3).
• ReVive - VR "hack" that lets Vive owners play Oculus exclusive games and vice versa.
• Vireio Perception - VR "hack" that lets you play some non-VR games in VR.
• ReshadeMe - custom shaders for d3d8, d3d9, dxdi (10-12) and opengl games.
• SplitView - emulate two screens on one (for local co-op).
• MEMU - Android emulator.
• NOX - Android emulator.
• Droid4X - Android emulator.
• CEMU - Wii U emulator.
• RPCS3 - PlayStation 3 emulator.
• Xenia - Xbox 360 emulator.
• PCSX2 - PlayStation 2 emulator.
• Dolphin - Gamecube/Wii emulator.
• Citra - 3DS emulator.
• jNES - NES emulator.
• Snes9x - SNES emulator.
• Project64 - N64 emulator.
• Retroarch - emulator for everything else.
• LaunchBox - frontend for emulations and game collections.
• Xpadder - use any controller any way you want.
• InputMapper - to fully customise the controller and even set up macros and shift keys.
• Duranzo - is a must for older controllers, allows you to calibrate deadzones, remap any button to any other button, invert your sticks axis.
• Gopher360 - turn your gamepad into mouse.
• Cheat Engine - program memory editor (used for hacking in single player games).
• ArtMoney SE - program memory editor (mainly used for hacking currency or life in single player games).

Game and Development

• Unity3D - game engine, focused on C#.
• Unreal Engine 4 - game engine, focused on C++.
• Adventure Game studio - make your own video games (2D point and click games are the focus).
• Eclipse IDE with many languages support.
• Visual Studio Community - IDE for C++, C#, VB.

Media and Playback

• WinCDEmu - mounting disk images.
• Virtual CloneDrive - mounting disk images.
• Notepad++ - text editor.
• Sublime Text - text editor.
• IrfanView - image viewer.
• XnView MP - image viewer, browser and converter.
• STDU Viewer - TIFF, PDF, FB2, DjVU, etc viewer.
• SumatraPDF - very fast and lightweight PDF, ePUB, Mobi, XPS, DjVu, CHM, CBZ, CBR viewer.
• LibreOffice - office software.
• qbittorent - lightweight but flexible torrent client.
• transmission - lightweight torrent client.
• Deluge - powerful torrent client.
• MPC-BE - lightweight media player with built-in or external codecs.
• PotPlayer - high-quality playback with built-in codecs.
• MPV - lightweight and high quality media player.
• VLC - plays everything.
• Kodi - manage and play your media, ideal for Home Theater PCs.
• LAV Filters - video and audio decoders.
• MadVR - video renderer (for MPC-BE).
• MusicBee - a modern and very customizable audio player.
• foobar2000 - very flexible, customizable and powerful audio player.
• Clementine Player - modern music player and library organizer.
• AIMP - music player with lots of options and customizability.
• TapingRadio Free - to listen radio stations online with reconnect feature.
• SmoothVideo Project (SVP) - converts any video to 60 fps.

Media Creation and Editing

• Blender - open source 3d modelling, video editing, rendering and other features.
• OpenShot Video Editor - a very powerful video edition suite.
• DaVinci Resolve - non-linear video editor, up to 2160p resolution.
• Hitfilm 4 Express - linear video editor with up to 1080p resolution supports.
• Lightworks - video editor with free version up to 720p resolution.
• MagicaVoxel - voxel editor.
• Paint Tool Sail / Krita - professional illustration and painting program.
• Gravit - image editing, Photoshop alternative.
• FireAlpaca - image editing and drawing tool.
• Photofiltre Studio - image editor and optimizer.
• Paint.net - image and photo editing software.
• OpenToonz - open sourse release of Toonz - classic-style animation suite that was used to create all Studio Ghibli's animated films.
• GIMP - powerful image editing and creation software.
• GraphicsGale - pixel art program.
• Piskel - lightweight pixel art editor.
• ShareX - video and image capture software with auto-upload and copy link features, OCR and many many more.
• Lightscreen - image capture software with upload function.
• Lightshot - alternative to Lightscreen.
• OBS Studio - very flexible and powerful video and audio recording/streaming software (supports AMD and Nvidia hardware encoding).
• GeForce Experience - hardware-accelerated recording for Nvidia GPU.
• AMD ReLive - hardware-accelerated recording for AMD GPU.
• AMF Encoder - AMD hardware encoding plugin for OBS Studio.
• Lagarith Lossless Codec - lossless encoding support for MSI Afterburner.
• FFMPEG - video/audio decoding, encoding, transcoding with Nvidia hardware acceleration support.
• Handbrake - powerful video encoder and converter.
• As Video Converter - video/audio decoding, encoding and transcoding with AMD hardware acceleration support.
• LMMS - audio workstation for creating digital music.
• Audacity - audio editor.
• MKVToolNix - mkv container joiner and extractor.
• MP4Tools - mp4 container joiner and extractor.
• Aegisub - subtitle editor (allows shifting time codes to match subtitle with video).

Thanks for your comments, i learned a lot of useful programs.

Lets share knowledge, feel free to add yours.

Submitted by liufangi | #Specialdealer Special Offer Online Shopping Store 2016