wellswarrior73 Posted January 20, 2006 Posted January 20, 2006 Hey, im going to be building in a couple of days and i was just wondering what were the first things you installed on your new pc's. Benchmarks, antivirus, other programs, etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thespin Posted January 20, 2006 Posted January 20, 2006 Are you asking which programs you install after your OS is installed ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellswarrior73 Posted January 20, 2006 Posted January 20, 2006 yeah Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowboy Posted January 20, 2006 Posted January 20, 2006 Best to put as little as possible until you have it stable buy running 20 passes of mem test before OS install and OCCT 30 min test and passing 12-24hr of prime 95. Follow the build guide:http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showpost.p...04&postcount=49 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbob277 Posted January 20, 2006 Posted January 20, 2006 This is what I do. First I install the drivers. If you can download the latest versions and make a cd, as you want to avoid the outdated versions that'll be on the installation cd's. Get the latest reference file for your antivirus too. I install the drivers in the order of directx9, nf4/system, graphics, and my adsl modem last. I Check device manager at this point to see if theres anything else that needs drivers. Then I install the antivirus, and update it to get it protected before going online and running windows update. The anti virus is especially important if you're using an old xp cd, that doesn't have service packs, because you WILL be attacked with all sorts of crap the moment you go online. If your cd has got windows firewall installed already that should stop most of the crap during the early stages. Once you're online with all the drivers installed I'd install , sandra lite, river tuner, mbm5 (using this guide http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread...&highlight=mbm5) 3dmark05 and occt. Give all of them a run and make sure everything is looking like it should. Those are the programs I use, theres are plenty of alternatives though.... everyones got their favorites. After thats done. If everythings good.... PLAY GAMES!!!! :nod: (and run prime95 at bedtime ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundx98 Posted January 20, 2006 Posted January 20, 2006 and don't forget a good defragmenter. You'd be amazed at how fragmented the HDD is after a simple install./ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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