GFPack: Recommended software for users by users.

Originally Posted by Snowknight

7-zip is a good alternative to Winzip or, even WinRAR.

agreed! i was going to post this, but i was surprised to see that someone else likes 7zip. it has its issues, but overall it's pretty awesome.

i would also recommend

Originally Posted by Mucknuggle

Media Player Classic - with Real Alternative and Quicktime Alternative - one of the best video players out there.

that was another unexpected one i guess, but true! mpc is much smaller than wmp, and real and quicktime alternative are so much better than the real programs.

here are some suggestions of my own:

speedfan - monitors temps of your cpu and can control speeds of the fans, as well as do some bus overclocking. i like it because it can sit in the tray and report the temperatures that way, and it's a small program.

ati tool - by far the best thing ever for ati overclockers- this can give you very detailed information about your ati card, as well as control fan speeds and clock rates (ati tray tools is good as well, but it doesn't overclock as well).

razorlame - a great frontend to the lame mp3 encoder.

virtualdub - great for video editing. this has different versions for different tasks: i use the MP2 version for dvd decoding as well as everything else.

cpu-z - another small computer utility. this reports everything about your computer to you. memory speeds, cpu speeds, voltages, core revisions, model stepping, etc

prime 95 - mainly for overclockers, it tests the stability of your system (as well as the health of your cooling).

zone alarm - the free version is a somewhat basic firewall, but program internet access control is nice, and it's better than nothing (windows firewall is close to nothing).

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