Switched To Windows From Mac

Any suggestions/recommendations on setting changes, must have apps, or anything I should try out?

I recently built a decent pc for gaming, and now I find myself using Windows more than my iMac.

Also, let me know if I posted this into the right place... Noob on these forums. Thanks

I use smcFanControl to keep the temps low during light loads.

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Nice. I just installed one called CAM by NZXT. I'm yet to make any adjustments to it since I installed some Corsair AF120 LED fans.

Oh, ignore my suggestion, I thought you were switching to Mac lol. For Windows I suggest CPU-Z, GPU-Z, HWMonitor/OpenHardwareMonitor for system monitoring, VLC for media, and Open Broadcast Software(OBS) for screen and game capture.

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Ohhhh lol

Nice! Thank you!

What did you have installed on your Mac and what sort of games will you be playing on your PC? That would give an idea of the software that would be useful.

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Spybot Antibeacon, it helps to reduce some of the not so nice parts of Windows.

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Stuff like vlc, WinCDemu, etc are good since they cover basic features

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Off Topic but dude are you really employee of IBM?

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There are also a whole bunch of good programs for benchmarking out there.

EDIT:

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Go to Ninite. You can just pick which programs you want installed and you get one installer for all of them.

https://ninite.com/

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Yep! After working for a bank HQ for a few years, I started working for IBM about 3 months ago.

Thanks guys! I noted some of these down and will check them out. Before this pc, I only used Windows for work things which was mainly all the Microsoft Office apps.

I appreciate it!

bitdefender free + malwarebytes free for security

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You should install gentoo
I kid

Tell us all the secrets happening at IBM. I know that company hates to share info about the stuff their work on with public.

Lol well I don't work on anything special. I wouldn't know anything you couldn't find out online haha