Maintenance Apps and General Troubleshooting

petfit

Member
Hi All

I've got a new desktop on order from PCS and hopefully it'll be delivered in the next week or so. I've been reading through quite a few topics on the forum and have seen some very good advice from some of you guys out there. This will be my first decent pc so i'd like to be prepared for whatever lies ahead, so, can any of you recommed any good programmes/applications i should download to help with any future diagnostics/troubleshooting/maintenance?

This is what's on it's way:

Case COOLERMASTER CM690 III ADVANCED CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4690 (3.5GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® Z97-A: ATX, USB3.0, SATA 6GB/S, SLi, XFIRE
Memory (RAM) 8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X FURY DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 770 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk 120GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk 1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
RAID NONE
M.2 SSD Drive NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader NONE
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Processor Cooling CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO (120mm) Fan CPU Cooler
Extra Case Fans 2 x 12CM Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
Fan Controller NONE
Sound Card Creative Sound Blaster Z 5.1 PCI-E Soundcard - OEM
Wireless/Wired Networking 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
Wireless Router/HomePlugs NONE
USB Options MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System Genuine Windows 8.1 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
DVD Recovery Media Windows 8.1 (64-bit) DVD with paper sleeve
Office Software FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser Google Chrome™
Monitor IIYAMA E2473HS 24" LED WIDESCREEN, 2 HDMI/DVI-D 1920x1080
DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables NONE
Eyefinity / GeForce 3D Vision NONE
Keyboard & Mouse CM Storm Devastator Keyboard and Mouse
Gaming Mouse Pad CM Storm Speed RX Gaming Mouse Pad - Medium
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Home Installation NONE
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
Miscellaneous FREE WATCH DOGS with GTX 660 & 7 Series GPUs!

Thanks in advance
 

petfit

Member
Thanks for the suggestions vanthus.

I'm assuming it's adviseable to get the full versions of piriform and malwarebytes and not just the free downloads?
 

vanthus

Member Resting in Peace
Thanks for the suggestions vanthus.

I'm assuming it's adviseable to get the full versions of piriform and malwarebytes and not just the free downloads?
I just use the free versions,does the job for me :)
 
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