When we buy a high-performance computer, it is clear that it is to use it, and spending the money it costs to use it only to work does not make much sense. That is why today we bring you what are the programs the essential elements that cannot be missing in any computer purchased specifically for “game“, so as not to forget anything if you launch PC New.
If you don’t know what applications you need on your new computer, or if you don’t know whether you should install them or not, we will show you what some of the essential applications are, so you can decide whether they are essential for you or not. if, on the contrary, you do not consider it necessary to have them on your computer taking up space.
It’s not a gaming PC if it doesn’t have games.
We must start at the beginning, and as we can imagine the key to a computer created to play is obviously that it has games, or rather platforms that allow us to download any game we want at any time. And we all know the main platform that cannot be missing on any computer, Steam, but there are also others that we may have to download to play other titles that are not in the one offered by Valve, so we will make a list of the main ones that currently exist.
- GOG– Similar to Steam, it offers a wide variety of games to purchase and daily discounts on a large number of titles.
- Epic Games: the great opponent of Steam, the platform where you can find exclusive games and other very famous ones like Fortnite.
- EA– A platform required to play any Electronic Arts title.
- Ubisoft Connect: similar to EA’s, required to play Ubisoft titles.
- Rockstar Social Club– Rockstar’s own launcher, required to run games like RDR2 and GTA
- Xbox: Microsoft application that works with the Game Pass subscription, giving access to a large number of titles for a monthly payment.
Social traits are also usually present
One of the strengths of games, mainly online ones, is the possibility they offer us to meet a large number of people, and it is possible that we will want to end up communicating with them in one way or another, since not all titles are. They offer the possibility of creating a community. For this, we have the mythical applications that can be used to talk to other people, although currently there is one that predominates among the others, there are still others that we can also use.
- Discord: an essential application on any gaming computer, a social network that allows us to communicate with anyone at any time either by voice or by text.
- TeamSpeak: The alternative that we can use if we do not want a too consuming application, is basic and offers what is necessary to communicate vocally with other users.
- Skype: one of the most used in the era of the rise of online games, although it is no longer used much in these cases, it remains a reliable application with a large number of functions.
Checking the health of the components is also necessary
It is likely that we have simply bought a gaming computer to play, but we must not forget that in the end it is a set of components that work with quite high power, so it is very important to check their health from time to time. On the other hand, we may also want to configure some things related to them, such as the speed of the fans, the overclocking of certain parts such as the graphics card or other needs.
- HWiINFO: one of the best applications that we can use to monitor our PC, it offers a large amount of data in real time, allowing us to check if the operation of each component is within normal parameters.
- MSI Postcombustion: This software is simple and does not have too many mysteries, it is an application that can be used to modify the operation of our graphics card, whether to increase or reduce the voltages, the speed or control its fans.
- Fan Control: as its name suggests, it is a program that allows us to modify our fans, establishing custom curves or any other type of configuration.
- NVIDIA Application And Control panel: Both NVIDIA graphics applications allow you to modify aspects of the GPU, in addition to offering the ability to install its drivers easily.
- AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition: like the previous one, it is a software created to modify and monitor certain aspects of our AMD components, and it also allows to optimize both the processor and the graphics for different games.
Personalization apps, something you can’t miss
Finally, we have something that is quite important for some people, the ability to modify the lights of our devices and components to our liking, or directly change some aspect of them. In this case, we have an application for practically every manufacturer, but we can also use other general ones that allow us, for example, to easily synchronize all the RGB lights of our devices.
- Windows 11: If we only want to change the colors of our devices, Windows 11 includes a function to synchronize them without any other program called “Dynamic Lighting”.
- Corsair iCUE: the application developed by and for Corsair components and peripherals, allows you to monitor the health of your PC, change the colors of all components and adjust certain aspects of our peripherals.
- Logitech G-HUB: Designed for Logitech peripherals, this software gives us the ability to modify many aspects of these devices, the mouse DPI, the button configuration, the keyboard keys or their lighting effects among many other things.
- Steelseries GG: similar to what G-HUB offers but taken to another level, in addition to allowing you to configure the devices as you wish, it offers additional functions such as a customizable virtual audio interface, another that allows you to capture clips, and even has a built-in “Aim trainer”.
- Armory Crate/Aura Creator: Like the Corsair app, it allows you to customize both peripherals and ASUS components.
- Razer Synapse: Pretty much the same thing Logitech G-HUB offers but for Razer peripherals.
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