Best Programs for Your Gaming PC: How to Check Thermals, Bottlenecks, & Use Command Prompt
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День томуThis video talks about what to do with your PC after it's been built. We talk about how to check CPU & GPU temperatures, bottlenecks, and our top programs for your PC (old or new!).
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Our goal here is to describe how to use some of this software, not just tell you what to use. These are great tools for understanding and tuning your computer better, particularly for finding shortcomings, bottlenecks, thermal issues, or overclocking headroom -- but it's also possible to misuse these programs in a way that might lead you to the wrong conclusion. We'll help describe some of those pitfalls and how to avoid them. We'll also walk through some of the most commonly useful commands for Command Prompt that we think everyone should know.
SOFTWARE LINKS - Find all utilities here, in order of appearance: geni.us/eFBIdh2
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Software Recommendations
03:22 - Power Supply Blows Up Next Door
04:09 - HWINFO64 & Data Logging
08:32 - CPU-Z (How to Best Use It)
10:56 - GPU-Z Sensor Logging
13:19 - NVFlash, ATIFlash, & MorePowerTool
16:31 - 3DMark & SuperPosition Benchmark Software
17:43 - NotePad++
18:12 - Lightshot
18:38 - Prime95 Non-AVX Testing
19:33 - FastStone Image Viewer Batch Photo Processing
19:58 - Command Prompt Basics
22:22 - EVGA Precision & MSI Afterburner Overclocking Tools
23:04 - OBS, ShadowPlay, & ReLive Gameplay Capture
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Host, Writing: Steve Burke
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@GamersNexus 3 роки тому
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@Oats4761 3 роки тому
good video is good
@rrrrexx 3 роки тому
What about OSD? MSI Afterburner, FPS Monitor, Aida64. Also Process Hacker and Process Explorer help to see program load by threads. It's pretty clear shows cpu bottleneck.
@unknownoption7013 3 роки тому
Great list, but I would recommend people learn powershell instead of cmd going forward. Sure they can both be used to accomplish many of the same goal, but Microsoft seem to be going the way of the powershell, leaving cmd only as a legacy support kinda of thing. That being said, there is little sense in learning cmd when you could just go with powershell if you are starting from scratch and they both come by default in every windows 10 installation.
@glebs. 3 роки тому
Lightshot, It’s a great application if you’re not the one using it, you could’ve at least mentioned that if you try to share the screenshot you made, it will be publicly avaliable on a 3rd party website. If you simply edit and URL of the screenshot you shared, you’ll find many private images and even bank/bitcoin account screnshots.
@TheSilviu8x 3 роки тому
I have tried to find an Apu, that is present on ddr3 and ddr4 platforms, in the same configuration. That would be extremely interesting to highlight the generational difference. Can you put together something that is close enough?
@kurtjustiniani1354 3 роки тому
I like how Steve already know what exploded. He seems so nonchalant about it, it looks like its normal for PSU to "explode" everyday 😂👍
@easley421 3 роки тому
Can't wait for that video, it's gonna be "hot"..... I'll let myself out
@fishyc43sar 3 роки тому
So you're saying that you won't expect a bomb to fucking explode? And that's a bomb, not a PUS or PSU or something.
@idoncae 3 роки тому
Those Gigabyte PSUS newegg is bundling with every GPU?
@kurtjustiniani1354 3 роки тому
@@fishyc43sar It's a manufactured IED with certifications 🤔
@deepergodeeper7618 3 роки тому
@@kurtjustiniani1354 1000% right lol get your I.E.D today
@TheUncleshady 3 роки тому
lol the mandatorily-bundled Gigabyte 850 IED made an appearance.
@ChaosHusky 3 роки тому
Little wonder its mandatory then (stating the obvious here) lol
@barretprivateer8768 2 роки тому
'850 IED' Lmao
@DaleAJackson 3 роки тому
New intro is SO sick. I love it.
@FlyingMonkeyMen 3 роки тому
But the outro no longer screams.
@x1000plusx 3 роки тому
RTX ON
@XeoNIvan 3 роки тому
I rewinded like 5 times, to enjoy it :))
@conyo985 3 роки тому
Especially when you use good earphones or headphones. The bass is sick!
@progenitor_amborella 2 місяці тому
@@conyo985The electrical noise is fun. Always love the bass thump. 60fps suits this channel very nicely.
@LayneRuley 3 роки тому
Wow I was so hooked on the old intro, I didn't know how cool the new one would be. Hating it because its not the old one but loving it at the same time because its awesome haha
@GamersNexus 3 роки тому
Totally understand that feeling!
@Uranthos1 3 роки тому
Gotta say totally missing the modem sounds in the outro lol don't know why
@asdfjklo124 3 роки тому
@@GamersNexus Why not use older versions on some specific occasions, would be a cool throwback
@Voidward 3 роки тому
New intro is very FeelsGood. It's like when a game has a nice shotgun and it's just fun to use.
@Michael18751 2 роки тому
@@Uranthos1 I really miss that.
@Isoquant 3 роки тому
Intro graphics are incredibly slick, nicely done! Really helpful info in the video as well. Saved to favorites.
@helpfultomcruise2233 3 роки тому
cpuz has been a life saver in the past trying to solve memory channels dropping when i was running x99
@GamersNexus 3 роки тому
X99 is exactly when we've gotten use from it!
@remasteredretropcgames3312 3 роки тому
@@GamersNexus Respectfully, is there any chance you guys could make room to test/discuss the microsoft thread scheduler, and how people turned off hypertheading to buff performance as a sort of clear historical peak relevance to encourage more science into this matter? You may notice though my channel is still a early death star construction project, ive taken the time to include CPU optimization to counter draw call overhead costs of raytracing. Im looking to build a very detailed library of the great intel compiler and the applications it has afflicted as well. You know. For science. I understand the political climate but i personally dont care if that offends. Change is coming regardless but i assumed it was a double edged sword you might entertain as a public educational piece. Its ancient history now but the thread scheduler is a safe talking point that matters today.
@remasteredretropcgames3312 3 роки тому
@@GamersNexus Basically if im CPU bound i can chuck the game on my slowest CCX and logical cores to further induce that bottleneck. It makes it easy to find the optimum number in this case. Kind of like taking cache/IMC frequency over core more isnt always better.
@remasteredretropcgames3312 3 роки тому
@@GamersNexus Revisiting the Cache Interference Costs of Context Switching - CiteSeerX by R Fromm. All i know bro is what i can test. The complicated jargon is meaningless at this time. Bring the Light of Technological Jesus to us poor PC Master Race barbarians. Educate and civilize us from the default ways.
@bhuntin08 3 роки тому
Oh God... I'm still on x99....
@kingakim11 3 роки тому
Content has been fire lately.. coming back after a couple years it's amazing to see how the videos have improved. Genuinely interesting and entertaining.
@TheAlmightyOS 3 роки тому
Literal fire. As in PC hardware catching fire. Steve and team is why I keep a fire extinguisher near my PC now.
@j.r.huffnstuff3549 3 роки тому
@@TheAlmightyOS They're also the reason why I smile when they Frankenstein something or the LN2 interjects a hiss. Component fire experiments, microscope imaging and also, riding a terrible bike like they're reviewing a 1050ti scam card and want to see it break down.
@JabbarRafique 3 роки тому
What were you in prison for?
@ITX-EcoClass Рік тому
Blow it out yo ass, Snakedoktor, the content was always fire.
@phillukk 3 роки тому
Thanks 🙏 Steve for doing this subject - it was refreshing and well done. Keep up the awesome work! 👏
@elivai 3 роки тому
When I subbed to the Patreon it was because the content was good and I learned so much, but your output lately is genuinely next level and I'm super proud to be a supporter. I hope everyone at GN knows how amazing they are, looking forward to what you do next! Also the new intro/outro looks and sounds great.
@gudenau 3 роки тому
Quick tip: Shift + return in the start menu is a shortcut for "run as administrator".
@alouisschafer7212 3 роки тому
Or run literally everything with admin priviledges by defalt by setting up a local Administrator Account
@mailong.botega3040 3 роки тому
It's actually Ctrl+Shift+Enter
@nemtudom5074 3 роки тому
@@mailong.botega3040 As always the best is in the comments.
@TheChiglit 3 роки тому
Here's another:Win+x + A runs cmd or powershell as admin
@cletusthefetus23 2 роки тому
@@alouisschafer7212 Unless you disable User Account Control (which is strongly discouraged), you still have to "run as administrator" if your account is an administrator.
@RatBagDad 3 роки тому
By far one of the best and most informative pieces you have put out in a while. And nice to see how much software on your list I already use. Thanks for this, I'm sure many people will benefit from it.
@01domcyr 3 роки тому
Good job as usual in making a guide for people less used to monitoring their PC while OCing or general checkups. I learned so much over the years watching your videos, and I'm sure this video will be invaluable to many people. Thank you for your work. Also at 3:25 , I had a Thermaltake Toughpower Grand RGB 1050W Platinum, do exactly that the first time I plugged it in... It proved me right in always testing my PSU without plugins in component, first one in 15y to blow like that, but had I not double checked I would've risked thousand of dollars worth of equipment. TT replaced it no question asked. the 2nd unit has been working 24/7 for the past 5years. I cannot wait to see your video on PSUs... this will be an interesting one I bet.
@sjab5987 3 роки тому
Ok I did not realize how much I was underusing some of these programs. Thank you Steve and team.
@Gretchen_Trouble 3 роки тому
I know writing content can be tricky during these mass shortages, but you guys keep knocking it out of the park. Keep up the great work.
@Nordern 3 роки тому
Other suggestions for more editing and video: FFMPEG Batch Converter, a UI FFMPEG program to do any kind of video processing, transcoding, remuxing, resoluton changes, proxies etc Or just FFMPEG for the CMD line, use .bat files like mentioned in the video to do video processing! VoiceFX: Nvidia Broadcast/RTX voice plugin for editing programs! Virtual Audio Cable: Virtual and up to 256 audio drivers, really useful for splitting audio so OBS can record different programs on different tracks Everything: A search function in Windows that actually works!
@MrPunkassfuck 3 роки тому
I use AviDemux to convert videos. It probably does a lot more too but that is what I use it for. Works on all relevant OSes. For searching files, I use Agent Ransack. Multithreaded, so much faster than Windows search. Plus I can turn off indexing. Total Commander for manipulating files, moving, batch-unzipping etc.
@Deczteryoes 3 роки тому
Everything should be on every Windows PC.
@alouisschafer7212 3 роки тому
Regarding Everything for Searching it makes sense to also rip out the shitty start menu and replace that with openshell
@JoriDiculous 3 роки тому
@@MrPunkassfuck Total Commander have been in the first-to-install tools since the DOS days. (Of course back then it was Norton Commander). cant live without it.
@Nordern 3 роки тому
@@Deczteryoes it should be the default search engine, I can't fathom how terrible windows is at searching when it's clearly possible to do it instantly like Everything does
@fabrb26 Рік тому
Subscribed, this is the kind of tech focused i come for. Not that all the others channels are not helpful but this on is clearly more mature and go deeper into the technical stuff where i truly learn something i didn't have a clue about. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
@TheChiglit 3 роки тому
Here's a few recommendations I often use as well: -Shutter Encoder - free - used for changing encoded file types (for example from .mp4 to .webm or .jpg to .png). Has batch support and a ton of other features as well. -Process Explorer - free - gives in depth info for running processes. Need some knowledge to utilize properly but is very powerful. (a common use case of mine is finding out which process is preventing a certain file from being deleted). -WizTree - free - like WinDirStat but waaaay faster. Gives you detailed overview of what's consuming your storage. -CustomResolutionUtility - free - allows you to overclock your monitor's refresh rate and fine tune your display -PrimoCache - paid - this one is special - it's a caching software that allows you to cache often accessed blocks onto an SSD (same idea as intel Optane but it works on any hardware). For example I cache my 2TB HDD on to a 120GB SDD. This substantially speeds up file load time (aka games load faster) - your large HDD can achieve 'near' SSD speeds for read and/or write. Imho it's an easy way to dramatically boost your storage speed without overpaying for something like a large SSD. Takes some knowledge to set up properly. In my opinion, a very valuable tool, especially for budget minded gamers.
@dennisjungbauer4467 Рік тому
Thanks for the WizTree recommendation; I use WinDirStat and it's very helpful for cleanups, but will take a look at WizTree then. :)
@IsleyNumber1 Рік тому
How much does primocache cost? Like, 2TB sata SSDs are quite reasonably priced now
@TheWizardboy5 11 місяців тому
How exactly does one "overclock" display refresh rate when that's specifically a hardware limitation? my monitor is not capable of above 60 hz phsyically.
@TheChiglit 11 місяців тому
@@TheWizardboy5 Usually the limitations are lower than actual physical hardware panel limitations. For instance you could usually overclock a 60hz panel to 75hz or 120hz to 144hz. In some rare cases you could go even higher. Plenty of resources online.
@SurrealLeaf 3 місяці тому
Also one related to printers: NAPS2 which is open source and free scanning program. It has OCR (making text on paper digital form so you can copy it etc) but best of all... you dont need those horrible bloatware programs like HP smart that literally require me to make an account JUST TO SCAN.
@nsmcafee 3 роки тому
Can't get over how friggin amazing the new intro looks! Well done y'all! So sharp
@dyrcosis 3 роки тому
I would like to see more videos like this. I've been using many of the tools you mentioned for well over a decade. As for command prompt, I've used it during my entire IT career (which started back in the mid-90's) and it's amazing how much you forget when you don't use it on a regular basis.
@RaumBances 3 роки тому
This is great. I agree. I found this very useful as the person who does the troubleshooting for my group of friends and family. There were a couple of tools I didn't know about. Thank you guys! Good luck with that power supply.
@TheTarv 3 роки тому
The PSU blowing up was fantastic. The very much so "Oh, this again look" was great. Also, CMD is so very underrated. I know a lot of people are still super scared of it because it can change so much, but you really have to know what you are doing to even get to that point of doing too much. Basic pings, tracert, hell even x copies are great things to be familiar with.
@ericwinberg5302 3 роки тому
Is there a little more snap crackle and pop in the intro? Like it, just wondering.
@GamersNexus 3 роки тому
You mean versus the news video we published yesterday? I'm not sure if Andrew added it yet, but he read the couple critical comments there were and immediately worked on adding higher resolution lightning textures and a little more contrast on the logo vs. the background. If it's not in this video, it'll be in the next one. Andrew has kept working on it for small improvements each day!
@AsianBear44 3 роки тому
@@GamersNexus you can definitely tell the difference! Tell Andrew he did great work!
@citizenblue 3 роки тому
Well, there definitely was in that power supply!
@ericwinberg5302 3 роки тому
@@GamersNexus I did mean vs. yesterday- I was really noticing the excellent new rendered intro and then lighting struck. Like it! I grabbed the wallpapers Tx!
@GamersNexus 3 роки тому
@@ericwinberg5302 Nice! Glad it's a visible change! I think we might have some more wallpapers themed around this intro soon!
@scorntooth 3 роки тому
dude i've been waiting so long for u guys to put something out like this. Thank you!
@benmohatun 2 роки тому
I love the vibe and the general honesty of this channel; YT recommended it to me and that's very cool.
@Matharic 3 роки тому
Little tip with command prompt/powershell: Typing either "cmd" or "powershell" into the filepath of the directory you're currently in will open up a command prompt already in that directory, saving you a bunch of time with "cd folder" inputs.
@GamersNexus 3 роки тому
We use it all the time! That's a great one. Love it.
@Mavendow Рік тому
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd\command\ (default) C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -Command "Start-Process -FilePath "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" -Verb RunAs -ArgumentList '/K"CD %L\"'" Now you can right-click on a folder to open cmd here as admin. I use cmd all the time so opening the restricted cmd window isn't good enough. You can also add the String key "HasLUAShield" (no value) to \cmd\ so it shows a UAC shield. Who doesn't like being fancy?
@doubleface4037 Рік тому
Please p
@kdcadet 3 роки тому
Great information. Thank you! Note: You can do retroactive video capture with OBS. EposVox has a video where he shows how to set this up. In his video, he actually shows how to do instant replays with a special transition effect for a streaming scenario, but you could just use the part he shows with retroactive recording file saving.
@Austin007 3 роки тому
OCCT is a must too! It's amazingly handy for checking overclocking stability or isolating where blue screens are coming from. I like how it has a memory specific test too, unlike Prime95. Large AVX2 is my cpu test of choice for realistic but thorough stability testing.
@pkt1213 3 роки тому
Great video. You guys and some a few other channels have encouraged me to start putting together some benchmark tests for my industry. I cannot find any current information and I want to compare my current 3600/1650 to my pending 5900x/5500xt build. Trying to compile some good rasters and raster math, large vector files, and probably LiDAR and drone post processing.
@Sombra. 3 роки тому
the video i needed from you guys
@thatsgottahurt 3 роки тому
Would love to see the XOC version of this video. How you set up your PCs for XOC runs or even just normal air OC runs; how you strip down windows, any settings you tweak in windows\software to get the most of out of the benchmark, or any tips\tricks most overlook when firing up a benchmark. Maybe things like does removing your extra drives during a bench make a difference, or leaving all your peripherals plugged in or not, etc
@taitummercier9088 3 роки тому
Love what you guys do, it's very informative. Thank you for all your hard work. I learn about from your videos.
@DampedVirus 3 роки тому
Finally became a patreon backer! Thanks for all of your great work Steve & Co!!
@FrankieHiltz 3 роки тому
Another software recommendation, although it doesn't play a role in testing really, is Everything. It creates a hierarchy of every single file and folder on your PC, and it instantly gives results when searching. Windows native search is laughable, but this has helped me so much. It's so useful for wiping all leftover data from something you uninstall, or for locating something you can't find by rooting around the directory.
@CDuff86 2 роки тому
As someone brand new to the PC world, videos like these are always worth a like, save, and watch in their entirety. Thank you, Steve and the GN team for putting this together. I'm glad to be a part of the fold.
@Jaco_Schutte 3 роки тому
Aww yes, this is gold! Good to know I've been using many of the right tools, at least.
@mike530 3 роки тому
Great video, as usual. Definitely would love to see more like this, keep up the great work!
@conza1989 3 роки тому
Omg it's GN Tech Tips and I love it!
@Spank1973 3 роки тому
Love the new intro & the wallpapers I grabbed yesterday. No need to comment on the contents as your videos are always informative & interesting.
@GamersNexus 3 роки тому
Thank you! Glad you like the wallpapers!
@barrycompton8972 3 роки тому
Thanks Steve very excellent content. Above and beyond
@georgelorimer9452 3 роки тому
Love the shirt , I wish more were in stock along with the teardown tools !! I was wanting a set today !
@SonGoku-97 3 роки тому
That PSU heard Steve say Prime95 and was like "Nope!" POP
@simonleen1252 3 роки тому
great content as always Steve. As for GPU overclocking id say afterburner is going to be gone soon as MSI have the download disabled on the website trying to push their dragon center
@ednagi32 3 роки тому
Thanks for the info! Glad to see these types of videos, can always learn more!
@metallusmelandril7380 3 роки тому
THANKS for the list and timestamps So we can save time and only look at the Software that we don’t know/is interesting to us. Learned some new tools today! Even though I am building PCs and OCing for 10+ yrs now!
@Phnx8 3 роки тому
if you want to record moments in the past with OBS instead of Shadowplay/ReLive you can! in output enable replay buffer, choose how long you want the clip to be and bind it in hotkeys. same as the others but more advanced video options (can record higher than 60 fps for example).
@Mr-zo7bt 3 роки тому
Very good list of software! Although I believe it might be missing some drive related software, like CDM, CDI and HD Sentinel. Another bit I felt like was missing would be various debugging commands, like dxdiag, and cmd debugging commands, like sfc/scannow, and the suite of dism commands. Either way, this is a great video to visit with any clean install of windows! :)
@GamersNexus 3 роки тому
Fair, although HWINFO includes SMART stats in its non-sensor window. Good point though. We don't work much with storage. Great suggestion on sfc! We should do a full piece on command prompt at some point -- maybe more suitable for the side channel, though!
@dycedargselderbrother5353 3 роки тому
I remember using dxdiag regularly during the Windows 9x and maybe early XP period but otherwise haven't thought about it in years. I wasn't even aware it was still supported. I wonder what kind of issues it can help with. It tells me AGP textures are accelerated, lol.
@alouisschafer7212 3 роки тому
scannow is not recommend by some people bc it can apparently do weird stuff to your registry
@Mr-zo7bt 3 роки тому
@@alouisschafer7212 I believe it was chkdsk that had some weird issues in a past windows update (few months ago), but I haven't heard anything about scannow doing weird things.
@Mr-zo7bt 3 роки тому
Well, I did not know that hwinfo provides SMART data, I guess it really is an all-purpose monitoring software, although I still like using aida64.
@Darth001 3 роки тому
Saving this video for future use cheers for the information
@edwardcastro6864 Рік тому
thanks so much for all your info, have great day
@CraigLabute 3 роки тому
Wish you'd mentioned "PerfCap" in GPU-Z, the equivalent to the limiters you showed in CPU-Z. This field is amazingly helpful for understanding what is the current limit on your GPU's performance - or how it changes throughout a test or a workload - maybe you're hitting power at some point, temp at another; So, you have two issues to address, even though looking at any one point in time you'd likely only see one or the other.
@VeritasEtAequitas Рік тому
Throttlestop :)
@Poolboy001 3 роки тому
ShareX is also a good tool for screenshots. I prefer it over Lightshot because it can automatically upload the image to imgur and copies the link to your clipboard. It makes it a little easier to share the image and avoids cluttering your files.
@Lisa_Minci96 3 роки тому
+1 for shareX, the only screen record program that just works
@ExcelionYogi 3 роки тому
Yes! ShareX is amazing, been using it for years, I like it also makes GIFs and can screenshot areas
@DedmenMiller 3 роки тому
Lightshow also automatically uploads images and puts the link into your clipboard. But ShareX can upload to basically any platform you'd wanna upload to, and does Video and general files and text and stuff too! I wanted to comment to shill for ShareX too but you're almost underselling it's awesomeness :D
@jonsprague1977 Рік тому
Oh man THANK YOU for this video!
@zakuraayame5091 3 роки тому
Nice to see these type come back. Even if I know the stuff, getting it from trusted sources is a nice refresh and great for new people. The constant need to wag the finger at products wears on me at times and I take breaks from the channel. Not the channel's fault bad products exist, maybe more fun products now and then like the cat and anime stuff lol.
@munem939 3 роки тому
Man, that new intro looks so clean! It's really amazing!!
@55nrc 3 роки тому
you guys have helped my baboon ass so much, THANK YOU!
@dycedargselderbrother5353 3 роки тому
apes together strong
@Liquid_Faith 2 роки тому
That was awesome with the outtake for the power supply. Thank you for that.
@Ivan_Glamdryng 3 роки тому
Thank you for going outside your norm. This was really helpful to me.
@A.Froster 3 роки тому
I just can't stop rewatching the intro. It's so good
@albupavel 3 роки тому
The glow behind the video at the end seems a bit intense, otherwise this new intro/outro looks great!
@tristannn808 3 роки тому
thank you for making this video!! I can easily recommend this to my friends, who I have a hard time explaining and breaking down into simple stuff everything essential software-wise :DD
@YamiGenesis 3 роки тому
You have no Idea how perfectly timed your video is. Litterally trying to figure out my 5800x 90°c issues yesterday
@datguy6101 3 роки тому
I'd like to recommend 2 programs which have helped me greatly over the years. WinDirStat is a GODSEND for anyone who installs a bunch of games and leaves them in storage, taking up too much space. WinDirStat visualises the space files take on your storage system, and makes it incredibly easy for you to find those pesky files and deleting them. I've used it for a long time and it stops cleaning your storage system from being a time consuming chore. Has a game ever crashed on you and resisted closing? Did the game stop you from opening up task manager to end program? SuperF4 lets you instantly close the game without needing to interface with a program. Download it, pin it to start so you can run it when a game crashes. It opens up in the hidden icons next to where the time is displayed, and right click on it to open up xkill which taskkills any program you click on. Saved me the trouble of restarting soo many times.
@warmachine5835 2 роки тому
It'll also highlight that error log that has exploded to 32GB in size because of a silent error reporting constantly in the background.
@Indpendent01 Рік тому
I second WinDirStat - so useful for a quick visualization of file type size distribution! SuperF4 makes total sense but I've never heard of it - will have to try it out.
@YYorle 3 роки тому
Definitely saving this video to check out after work, thanks!
@itsdeonlol 3 роки тому
Steve is always helpful! Thank you sir!!!
@meagain4410 3 роки тому
Who else shortly after hearing the PSU explode Also noticed the noise of all the gigabyte staff start praying omg please don't let it be one of ours
@mikethespike056 3 роки тому
😂
@MandoMTL 3 роки тому
Does NZXT brand PSUs? Anything within 3 feet of NZXT branding is possessed by a cursed machine spirit. Omnissiah Bless.
@chrisbertolino2116 3 роки тому
Corsair prob shouldn’t have been the sponsor for the video focused on quality software everyone should have 😂😂😂
@RandomGuyWithAccount 3 роки тому
what do you mean? you dont like your ryzen cpu to boost for no reason at all? you dont like high cpu usage and power-draws while idling? and on top, you dislike buggy rgb control software and previously patched security vulnerabilities that come with them? hmm. you are not ready for corsair products my boi
@taiiat0 3 роки тому
straight fire
@nakotaapache4674 3 роки тому
Thanks for the Faststone tipp. I was Using the old Picasa 3.9 and searched for an alternative. seems found today.
@amsterdamrico Рік тому
Thanks for this awsome straight forward explaining. YOU THE MAN BROTHER!
@NylaTheWolf 3 роки тому
Thank you for this video! Maybe you should do a video on programs you should avoid downloading, especially popular ones that aren’t as good as people think.
@GamersNexus 3 роки тому
That's a very long list!
@cybervoid8442 3 роки тому
I'll never get over how awesome that intro
@gamingnerdgirlz 3 роки тому
These video are awesome and mutch needed detail and stuff I did not know about.
@zncon 3 роки тому
The most recent versions of HWiNFO are now only "Free" if you don't want to use all of the features. Shared memory support which is used by other software to pull data from it now requires a paid license, and a subscription if you want to keep getting updates. This means users of products like Rainmeter or Stream Deck monitoring plugins now have to pay.
@SimonVaIe 3 роки тому
Google told me the shared memory support is a 12h runtime limit, so either don't use it more than 12h in one session or reenable it manually after every 12h of use. You won't need to pay then.
@zncon 3 роки тому
@@SimonVaIe That 12 hours only resets on reboot, so if you just sleep your computer it will always time out. Enabling it manually through the menus is clearly just a roundabout way of trying to nag people into buying it.
@SimonVaIe 3 роки тому
@@zncon but it's not too bad as of now imo, since its an easily avoidable problem. And if you do have this problem, you're probably using the software enough that paying for more comfort is justifiable. The hope is that they don't start to do this with more features / actually put up a paywall.
@jeffreypaul9428 3 роки тому
You have no GPU - hwinfo.
@ericwinberg5302 3 роки тому
The next versions of HW Info featuring "sad trombone"
@GamersNexus 3 роки тому
HOTFIX: Fixed bug where HWINFO incorrectly gave user hope
@nauticalerror Рік тому
Skill issue
@I_saw_that956 3 місяці тому
Hwinfo next patch includes a scan that determines if you are broke and maidenless😂
@IceBlue2012 3 роки тому
Great content as always! Please, please, please make a video about thermal pads! Thank you for your excellent work.
@contrazzed3651 3 роки тому
Thanks for the useful software advice! I thought I should mention some apps I use regularly as a developer (all freeware): VSCode - I use this text editor as a replacement for Notepad++. It has a lot of nice extensions available, and an integrated terminal. ScreenToGif - If you want a snipping tool that can capture a gif this is a life saver. Git For Windows - Comes with a MinTTY terminal emulator that enables some useful Linux commands. Also has the option to "Git Bash Here" when you right click inside a directory in File Explorer, saving you the hassle of typing cd to get there. I use this as my integrated terminal in VSCode. Postman - A crazy useful tool for anyone who works with HTTP requests or REST APIs. Another tip: Win+X can be used to launch cmd as admin. If powershell appears in this menu instead, right click your taskbar and go to taskbar settings to change it back to cmd. A windows command I'd like to shout out: schtasks The command line version of the Task Scheduler is very useful for any scripts you'd like to schedule to run regularly. I use this for a few monitoring and logging utils.
@toshirohex139 3 роки тому
Notepad++ and cmd are great, something else I would recommend tho is gimp it's really good for basic image editing, and obs for recording problems or just for stuff on your computer in general.
@sudabadri7051 3 роки тому
I swear i think of some shit and gamers nexus just packages it into a nice video even before i can ask google
@twopic6154 2 роки тому
Appreciate the effort and quality put into these videos
@GalileoAV 3 роки тому
One of the best videos you guys have done, this is incredibly helpful
@tellen33 Рік тому
Nexus: "how do we hype our video on PSU's?" Questionable PSU:"I got you, watch this!" *proceeds to blow up during the filming of another video
@DarkSwordsman 3 роки тому
I personally have never been a fan of lightshot because of their image hosting that uses a wrapper instead of just directly linking the image, but those editing tools on the fly and options are cool. Better than snipping tool for sure. As far as batch image processing, I actually think ffmpeg may be an alternative. Better or worse I don't know, but it's an option. You can do something like `ffmpeg -i images/*.png comment_%04d.png` for renaming. You can also convert to other image formats with different compression levels, crop, scale, etc. It's a bit more technical, but some people may like it. And of course, you can do video conversion with it too. Edit: As far as OBS, I'd like to mention encoding settings: If you're capturing a game where you're not 100% using the CPU (or especially if you're using a second PC to capture), X264 with CRF rate control provides the highest quality, lowest CPU cost, and most efficiency (of course, less X265 being included in OBS). I usually do something like CRF 20 on faster or fast (on a 3950X) and it provides stellar quality while trying to save data where it can. It may not be super efficient with complex games, but the quality over CBR/VBR is much better instead of cranking something like NVENC to 30 Mbps and hoping it looks good.
@Yogensia 3 роки тому
Great video as always, thanks for the software recommendations! My little grain of sand for the info @ 22:14 ... 'shutdown -t [time in seconds] -r' is for restart, 'shutdown -t [time] -s' is for complete shutdown.
@futureb1ues 3 роки тому
Notepad++ has been one of my most used apps for years and yet I'm still learning about features it has that I never used before because there is so much it can do.
@thepolticalone961 3 роки тому
Could you do a video on checking harddrive health and other such things that hurt like your SSD boot drive dying...
@tehJimmyy 3 роки тому
samsung magician if you own an EVO ssd and CrystalDiskInfo for HDDs
@thepolticalone961 3 роки тому
@@tehJimmyy I got crystal disk. One of HDDs is on caution. How worried should I be?
@tehJimmyy 3 роки тому
@@thepolticalone961 upload a screenshot of it , if its a bad sector then its close to its death
@thepolticalone961 3 роки тому
@@tehJimmyy I can't do that here. I don't use it much anyways. But I'll look at replacing it soon
@benjaminoechsli1941 3 роки тому
"With these types of tools, you'll know enough to be dangerous." Accompanied by the sick new intro, I am PUMPED for this video.
@antondovydaitis2261 Рік тому
Thank you for turning me on to this software, as I have just started this hobby.
@Interrobang212 3 роки тому
I had about 80% of these installed already, i feel smart. I will send this video to my friends.
@raawesome3851 3 роки тому
Intro, intro. Intros everywhere.
@CrypticConsole 3 роки тому
I would add 7zip into the list. It integrates with explorer and adds many options to right click menu Hash/checksum of file/folder Advanced Unzip GUI Support for .rar and other file formats not included by default
@EvilTurkeySlices 3 роки тому
its basically better winrar.
@CrypticConsole 3 роки тому
@@EvilTurkeySlices yes
@Jamesified 3 роки тому
Exactly what i was wondering. Thanks for the great video!
@mickmiah7605 3 роки тому
Excellent vid Steve cheers.
@MiTaReX Рік тому
Would be nice to get a version of this video for Linux gaming. With the Proton supported by all major anticheats and Steam Deck being a popular thing, this is a hot topic for new linux-based gamers, however few there are. =)
@Logan5Greye Рік тому
Check out Mangohud & Goverlay
@petervd6207 Рік тому
@@Logan5Greye lxqt does it for me, nice and light as a window manager
@Logan5Greye Рік тому
What does lxqt provide that's similar to mangohud and goverlay?
@andrewk8636 Рік тому
I wanna get into linux gaming just to get it more popular. The more people do it the more support it gets which in turn will bring in more gamers
@Policepigeon Рік тому
A lot of this can be done in terminal anyway
@Hotlog69 2 роки тому
"This is where with these types of tools you'll know enough to be dangerous." *FBI has entered the chat*
@Adamtronik 3 роки тому
Fantastic video! You should do more of these 👌
@nah82201 2 роки тому
General system performance maintenance, I recommend Process Lasso, especially for Threadripper systems. Makes it much easier to control apps, threads, memory profile, performance etc.
@brianchez5102 3 роки тому
Power supply: "PAY ATTENTION TO ME REEE- **POP** "
@TheOnlySMAWJ 3 роки тому
oh this is super useful, my first windows desktop, a dell g5 cto just arrived and am realizing how little i know of stuff like this
@kmarkosblmp 3 роки тому
Great info as always.
@realMrVent 5 місяців тому
As someone who has become very comfortable with the terminal due to daily driving linux, I'd like to thank you for doing your part in taking potential fear and stigma away from that aspect of computing!
@rap33042 3 роки тому
Thank you for this very useful video
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