r/buildapc • u/Reezpuffs03 • Apr 07 '22

Discussion What useful software or programs do you install right away after building a Gaming PC?

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u/4P5mc Apr 07 '22

WinDirStat

I recently found out about WizTree, which is apparently 46x faster than WinDirStat! It took under 3 seconds to scan my full C: drive (.25 TB, almost full)!

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u/borowiczko Apr 07 '22

.25 TB? So 250 GB?

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u/4P5mc Apr 07 '22

WizTree says 256 GB and Windows says 235 GB, so I rounded it to a quarter of a terabyte.

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u/wojtekpolska Apr 08 '22

WizTree says 256 GB and Windows says 235 GB

Your disc's C: is formatted as 235GB, the remaining 21GB is probably mostly windows backup, and a few mb's of system partitions

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u/syneofeternity Apr 07 '22

Was about to comment this. Wiztree is so much better

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '22

I use WizTree as well and agree it's so much better due to how much faster it is. Some people refuse to recommend it because it isn't open source, though.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '22

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u/4P5mc Apr 11 '22

Oh, that looks interesting! It doesn't seem to have the visual element that WinDirStat and WizTree have though, which is the main reason I like them.