New build any programs i may need?

[PhunkySKunk]

I'm waiting for my new parts to arrive at my front door. This is my first build and was just wondering if there were any progrmas i may want to download to aid in getting things up and running. I think i should get cpu-z and gpu-z but im sure there are other ones such as prime95 and others. I will be installing windows 7 64bit.


Build Parts:

ASUS Radeon HD 4850 Matrix 625MHZ 512MB 1.986GHZ DDR3 Dual DVI-I HDTV Out HDCP Video Card

Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P ATX AM3 DDR3 AMD770 PCI-E16 4PCI-E1 2PCI SATA GBLAN Motherboard


Amd Athlon Ii X2 250


G.SKILL F3-10666CL8D-4GBRM Ripjaws PC3-10666 4GB 2X2GB DDR3-1333 CL8-8-8-24


LG 16X DVD drive

Corsair VX450 450W ATX 12V 33A 24PIN ATX Power Supply Active PFC 120MM Fan


Xigmatek HDT-S1283

Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB


Antec Three Hundred

 

[masterasia]

Prime95 (test stability),
CoreTemp or RealTemp,
SuperPi (Benchmarking),
Cinebench (Benchmarking),
HDTune (Benchmarking)
OCCT Perestroïka (stability)
Acronis for WD http://support.wdc.com/product/downloaddetail.asp
Free Antivirus (Free AVG or MSE)
Memtest 86+ (just get the ultimate boot disc)
Everest

These are just a few I can think off the top off my head right now

 

[jbakerlent]

Also check out Hardware Monitor and 3DMark Vantage.

 

[dndhatcher]

Riva for overclocking/monitoring the 4850?

 

[PhunkySKunk]

thanks guys. will likely get these tonight.

also whats a good thermal compound to get. my friend has some ocz hes not sure what its called but im assuming it freeze, but he said he would give me a tube of it so i didnt order any offline.

 

[jbakerlent]

Well this is what I would recommend.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007&cm_re=Arctic_Silver_5-_-35-100-007-_-Product

But the freeze is good as well, so it's not really worth buying a new tube.
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=150&Itemid=62&limit=1&limitstart=12

 

[PhunkySKunk]

ok thanks. i dont think cooling that cpu will be to much of an issue anyways.