Programs that will help you

[Twisted]

Here Are Some Good Programs:

Temp Monitoring :
Dtemp,
http://private.peterlink.ru/tochinov/
Motherboard Monitor, http://mbm.livewiredev.com/
speedfan, http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

Displaying Specs On Desktop:
samurize, http://samurize.com/
coolmon, http://coolmon.arsware.org/

Benchmarking:
Sandra, http://www.sisoftware.net/
3DMark03, http://futuremark.com/products/3dmark03/
3Dmark01,http://futuremark.com/products/3dmark2001/

Tweaks
TweakXp , http://tweakxp.com
X-Setup , http://www.xteq.com
Tweak UI, http://download.com.com/3000-2341-2830963.html?tag=lst-0-1


Burn In
Prime 95, http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm
Folding @ Home, http://folding.stanford.edu
Seti @ Home, http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
Toast , http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=145456

Firewalls + Proxies
Zone Alarm, http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp
Proxy +, http://www.proxyplus.cz/
WinProxy, www.winproxy.com

more to come

please post here with a program you think should be added.

[wdd1040]

How about 3dmark2001?
http://futuremark.com/products/3dmark2001/
-added

[CCW]

Twisted, monitoring ;)

EDIT - congrats on becoming a mod yesterday :toast:

[Twisted]

thanks ccw

[IFMU]

Few suggested proggies

Stability testing
Prime95
Toast
Folding@Home
Seti@Home

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Super-Pi

[Twisted]

ok..will add those

[Twisted]

whats the link for Toast?

[IFMU]

Originally posted by Twisted
whats the link for Toast?
Uh, herr, um... heh.... yea well Im honestly not to sure. I save most of these progs and keep them around for the next time I need it. Found it on a site though...

Tweakuk was one (http://www.tweakup.dk/fil_arkiv/294dc48804ef471e5475c883cf10e5f4/filelib/bench/toast.exe)
Kinda getting harder to find now-a-days it would seem...?!

Well lemme add in the copy Ive got here... not sure otherwise really.

[Peckers]

DTemp is a good program to monitor you hdd-temps.

http://private.peterlink.ru/tochinov/

[Ulfar]

Well, xplite is a good program to remove most of the M$ crap that comes with xp.
http://www.litepc.com/xplite.html
it might not be free but well worth it.

[klokker]

WebTemp
http://www.coolhardware.de

Creates these statistics:
http://www.wassergekuehlt.de/coolhardware/notebook/stats.png

Shareware. There's a free time UNlimited and a registered version available.

[shadowing]

Are there any temp. monitors for Linux? I would like to have one to monitor this pc's temps...

[agenda2005]

Are there any temp. monitors for Linux? I would like to have one to monitor this pc's temps...

Yes! gkrellm. If you type it in google it will take you to the website for download, but configuring it on your system can sometimes be a pain in the butt. You need to have lmsensor running on your Linux distro before gkrellm can work.

[s81o]

RMClock (http://cpu.rightmark.org/products/rmclock.shtml) :toast:

[tinker77]

Hey, thanks for those links guys.....

[MrSeanKon]

Software

1) MemTurbo (www.memturbo.com) --> Clear and defrag your RAM.
2) Window Washer (www.webroot.com) --> Cleans all garbage files.
3) Tweak Power Pack (www.tweaknow.com) --> Optimize your system.
4) WinBoost & MemMonster (www.magellass.com) --> Similar programs.
5) Cpu Idle (www.cpuidle.com) --> It cools your CPU (in some cases) :rolleyes:
6) --> Advanced Registry Optimizer (http://www.systweak.com) Clean your Registry.
7) Diskeeper (www.diskeeper.com) --> Faster defrag (oh my!)
8) --> Freeware program for throtting (http://www.panopsys.com/ThrottleWatch.zip)
9) --> Conversion program (http://www.snapfiles.com/get/convert.html)
10) Acronis True Image (http://www.acronis.com/) --> Program like Norton Ghost but it is better!
11) Hard disk life (http://www.hddlife.com/) --> Check your hard disk.

Some programs are shareware.


Sites with software
1) Benchmarks.ru (http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/english.html)
2) Majorgeeks (http://www.majorgeeks.com)



Tools for Benchmarking, Audio/Video/codecs and general software
Just see the stickies click here (http://octech.gr/forum/viewforum.php?f=26) and happy downloading. :)

[Alante]

Firewall:

- http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpost/download.php Outpost Firewall PRO

Video Card Tweaking::

- http://www.guru3d.com/rivatuner/ RivaTuner/Nvidia

- http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/ ATITool/Ati

HDD Last Hope:

- http://www.floborecoverysoft.com/ Flobo Floppy Bad Sector Repair

- http://www.abstradrome.com/hdd.html HDD Regenerator

[Monkeywoman]

Honestly THEE best program you can get if you own a Logitech G15 keyboard

Features:
* Customizable display of weekday, date and time.
* Shows number of unread mails as icons (max 5) (if your mail client supports it)
* Displays CPU usage (supports up to four CPU's, both Intel and AMD).
* Shows the memory load.
* Shows inbound (top) and outbound (bottom) network traffic volume
* Shows network inbound/outbound network load over the last ten seconds, and/or total data sent and received.
* World clock with daylight savings support and user selectable time zones
* Speaker switcher, switch between speakers and headphones with a click
* Displays sound volume and speakers muted status
* Stopwatch with lap time (click to start/lap, long-click to reset/stop)
* Detects unresponsive programs and allows you to kill them
* TeamSpeak2 integration: Shows speakers, player count (channel with large font, server with small font), arriving and leaving players, mic mute status, self speaking status, channel changes. Click to mute/unmute mic. Long-click to show who's in the active channel.
* WinAMP integration: Shows new song name when song changes. Shows remaining play time and average bitrate. Click to re-display current song.
* Foobar2000: supports the WinAMP spam component.
* FRAPS integration: Shows the current FPS.
* SpeedFan integration: Shows user selectable values from SpeedFan (temperatures, fan speeds, voltages).
* iTunes integration: Shows new song name when song changes. Shows remaining play time and average bitrate. Click to re-display current song.


download from here; http://6plut.se/files/G15/lcdsirreal267.zip

developer site; http://forum.goteamspeak.com/showthread.php?t=32017