When we buy a high-performance computer, it is clear that it is to be used, and spending the amount of money they cost to use it only for work is something that does not make much sense. That is why today we bring you which are the best programs essentials that cannot be missing in any computer purchased specifically for “gaming“, so that you don’t forget any of them if you are debuting PC new.
If you don’t know what applications you need on your new computer, or you’re not sure whether to install them or not, we’ll show you some of the essential ones, so you can decide if they’re essential for you or if, on the contrary, you don’t see the need to have them on your computer taking up space.
It’s not a PC gamer if it doesn’t have games
We have to start at the beginning, and as we can imagine, the key to a computer created for gaming 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 can’t be missing from any computer, Steam, but there are also others that we may need to download to play other titles that are not on the one offered by Valve, so we are going to make a list of the main ones that are currently available.
- GOG: Similar to Steam, it offers a wide variety of games to purchase and daily discounts on a large number of titles.
- Epic Games: Steam’s biggest competitor, the platform where we can find exclusive games and other very famous ones like Fortnite.
- EA: a necessary platform to play any Electronic Arts title.
- Ubisoft Connect: similar to EA’s, required to play Ubisoft titles.
- Rockstar Social Club: A Rockstar-owned 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 through a monthly payment.
Social traits are also often present
One of the strengths of games, especially online ones, is the ability to meet a large number of people, and we may want to end up communicating with them in some way, since not all titles offer the ability to create a community. For this we have the legendary applications that can be used to talk to other people, although currently there is one that predominates among the rest, there are still others that we can use as well.
- Discord: an essential application on any gaming computer, a social network that allows us to communicate with anyone and at any time, either by voice or text.
- TeamSpeak: The alternative that we can use if we do not want an application that consumes too much, is basic and offers what is necessary to communicate via voice with other users.
- Skype: One of the most widely used apps during the online gaming boom, although it is no longer used much for these cases, it is still a reliable application with a large number of functions.
Checking the health of the components is also necessary
We may have just bought a gaming computer to play games, but we must not forget that in the end it is a set of components that work with quite high power, so checking their health from time to time is quite important. 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 some parts such as the graphics card or other things.
- HWiNFO: 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 Afterburner: This software is simple and does not have too much mystery, it is an application that we can use to modify the operation of our graphics card, whether it be 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 App and Control Panel: Both NVIDIA graphics applications allow you to modify aspects of the GPU, as well as offering the ability to easily install the drivers for it.
- 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 us to optimize both the processor and the graphics for various games.
Personalization applications, something that cannot be missed
Finally, we have something that is quite important for some people, the ability to modify the lights of our peripherals and components as we wish, or directly change some aspects of them. In this case we have an application for practically each 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 modify the colors of our peripherals, 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 some aspects of your peripherals.
- Logitech G-HUB: Designed for Logitech peripherals, this software gives us the possibility to modify many aspects of these devices, the DPI of the mouse, the configuration of the buttons, the keys on the keyboard 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 us to configure the peripherals as we want, it offers additional functions such as a customizable virtual audio interface, another that allows us to capture clips, and it even has a built-in “Aim trainer.”
- Armoury Crate/Aura Creator: Like the Corsair app, it allows you to customize both ASUS peripherals and components.
- Razer Synapse: practically the same thing that Logitech G-HUB offers but for Razer peripherals.