What useful software or programs do you install right away after building a Gaming PC?

• mpc-hc

  390 10,008 0.0 C++

  Media Player Classic

Someone is continuing the project on github, that's what I've been using for the past couple years now.

• mpv

  830 25,874 9.9 C

  🎥 Command line video player

  

mpv.io for anyone somehow struggling to find it

• WorkOS

  workos.com sponsored

  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• FanControl.Releases

  1,054 12,476 8.0

  This is the release repository for Fan Control, a highly customizable fan controlling software for Windows.

My only suggestion is: fancontrol

• ImageGlass

  103 6,646 9.8 C#

  🏞 A lightweight, versatile image viewer

If you don't need all the image manipulation tools of Faststone, ImageGlass is another good alternative.

• sublime_text

  279 793 0.0

  Issue tracker for Sublime Text

  

Sublime - best notepad

• ThisIsWin11

  95 5,097 0.0 C#

  Discontinued The real PowerToys for Windows 11

  

Yep, ThisIsWIN11 (https://github.com/builtbybel/ThisIsWin11/releases/tag/1.1.170)

• dxvk-async

  130 715 0.0

You can download DXVK Async from here: https://github.com/Sporif/dxvk-async/releases

• InfluxDB

  www.influxdata.com sponsored

  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

• Bulk-Crap-Uninstaller

  210 9,431 7.1 C#

  Remove large amounts of unwanted applications quickly.

• Open-Shell-Menu

  255 6,212 6.6 C++

  Classic Shell Reborn.

  

I install Open Shell to bring back the proper start menu.

• AudioBand

  6 389 6.6 C#

  Display and control songs from the Windows taskbar

  

I just realized I linked the unmaintained outdated version, did you try the more updated version?

• winstall

  33 1,058 7.8 JavaScript

  A web app for browsing and installing Windows Package Manager apps.

  

It is fully opensource and is featured in the verge.

• GNU Emacs

  242 4,238 9.9 Emacs Lisp

  Mirror of GNU Emacs

  

emacs install an operating system inside your operating system

• neovim

  1,384 76,465 10.0 Vim Script

  Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability

  

neovim the best text editor

• ShareX

  578 27,635 9.3 C#

  ShareX is a free and open source program that lets you capture or record any area of your screen and share it with a single press of a key. It also allows uploading images, text or other types of files to many supported destinations you can choose from.

  

sharex scrot for windows, but with a kitchen sink attached to it

• Awesome

  11 27,239 0.0

  :computer: 🎉 An awesome & curated list of best applications and tools for Windows. (by Awesome-Windows)

  

since a lot of this list overlaps with it, I figure I'll link the awesome-windows GitHub list here

• SaaSHub

  www.saashub.com sponsored

  SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

  

Suggest a related project