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    What do I do once I get my MSI?

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by NotSoTecnical, Aug 6, 2009.

  1. NotSoTecnical

    NotSoTecnical Notebook Guru

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    I am getting a MSI GT735 soon but I want to know some things that I will need for it

    [example] downloading a nice free virus scan...

    Please answer these questions for me please...

    What things do I need to download?

    What programs do I need to run?

    What do I need to check?

    What do I need to buy?
     
    NotSoTecnical, Aug 6, 2009
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  2. neilnat

    neilnat Notebook Evangelist

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    MSI's are light on crapware, so really I recommend uninstalling Norton or whatever AV comes with it and replacing it with AVG Free (Or Avira, or Avast).

    To help out game performance, you should get Mobility Modder from http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool.php and use it on the newest drivers from ATI (9.7 now).
     
    neilnat, Aug 6, 2009
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  3. MightyT

    MightyT Notebook Enthusiast

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    Things to download:
    (ALL The Below are FREE!) :D
    Firefox
    AVG Free Antivirus (install this after you install firefox)
    Open Office 3.1
    Ccleaner
    Auslogic Disk Defrag Utility
    Glary Utilities
    Easeus Partition Master
    Easeus Todo Backup
    GPU-Z
    PC Wizard
    3dMark06​

    What programs do I need to run?
    See above​

    What do I need to check?
    Once I install the above I usually check the reliability of the GPU by running 3dMark06 if you bought the laptop for gaming purposes.

    Be sure to remove the norton internet security or whatever Antivirus security suite preloaded.

    The very first thing you should do is make your recovery disks for the system if it did not come with them already. (i.e. Vista recovery disks) My MSI EX625 came with two blank dvds and a utility preloaded to make them.

    PCwizard can give you an all over system check of the specs on your laptop and offer heat monitoring.

    Another thing to remember and consider is turning off UAC in Vista at the start and also to disable automatic vista updates. These can really interfere with setting your laptop up once you have your wireless connected or when your trying to install programs.

    After you setup your laptop and everything's running smoothly then manually do the Vista updates.
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    What do I need to buy?
    I bought a mini portable mouse with retractable usb cable, backpack, laptop lock. Consider also a nice laptop pad with a pillow bottom (check Office Depot they have a nice selection.) These are great for gaming in bed or on the sofa. Some may also recommend a laptop cooler, but that depends on how hot your laptop can get while gaming.​

    I am definitely missing some things but that's my assvice. :cool:
     
    MightyT, Aug 7, 2009
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  4. CDubbs

    CDubbs Notebook Enthusiast

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    Good advice man, have you used any/all these on 64bit Vista or 7?

    Also, I recommend adding Process Explorer from Sysinternals. Makes troubleshooting a degrading system much easier and allows you to see a baseline before running one of the cleaning utilities if you don't want to troubleshoot a problematic process yourself.
     
    CDubbs, Aug 7, 2009
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  5. Alexrose1uk

    Alexrose1uk Music, Media, Game

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    I'd replace AVG with avast or avira, both are superior. AVG is only popular, both the other two are actually better anti-virii!
     
    Alexrose1uk, Aug 8, 2009
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  6. huckleberry2703

    huckleberry2703 Notebook Enthusiast

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    + 1 Avast!
     
    huckleberry2703, Aug 8, 2009
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  7. Senor Mortgage

    Senor Mortgage Notebook Evangelist

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    AVG or Avira doesn't matter really. If you surf the web wisely, the likelyhood you get any virus that one handles better than the other is pretty low.
     
    Senor Mortgage, Aug 9, 2009
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  8. jordan114725

    jordan114725 Notebook Enthusiast

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    The new Panda Cloud antivirus is good, it uses less resources than all the ones you mentioned.
     
    jordan114725, Aug 9, 2009
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  9. insanechinaman

    insanechinaman Notebook Evangelist

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    You go and overclock the graphics card due to the fact that it's underclocked by MSI. It wasn't underclocked due to heat issues, I can say that for sure. I'm getting 7520 on my 3dMarks, and the stock card gets only around 6100 :D.
     
    insanechinaman, Aug 9, 2009
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  10. Darth Bane

    Darth Bane Dark Lord of the Sith

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    +1 for avast too, great piece of software.
     
    Darth Bane, Aug 9, 2009
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  11. IKAS V

    IKAS V Notebook Prophet

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    Not to hijack this thread but is AVAST that much better than NORTON? or are you just recommending that because it's free?
    Never tried AVAST but Norton's set it and forget it and very easy to use.
    Not saying you are wrong just wondering why you prefer AVAST?( Might have to switch once it runs out) ;)
     
    IKAS V, Aug 10, 2009
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  12. AudieMurphy

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    It's free, less of a resource hog than Norton, and still gets the job done
     
    AudieMurphy, Aug 11, 2009
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  13. Alexrose1uk

    Alexrose1uk Music, Media, Game

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    Norton 2009 is actually a good bit of AV software; much better than than older versions (actually the last year or two have features a lot of major improvements) and causes minimal additional load times, and is much less bloated than the Norton we all love to hate!
    That said Avast is one of the better free providers of AV, second only in the free market IMO to Avira; which is more system resource intensive :)
     
    Alexrose1uk, Aug 11, 2009
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