The BEST Free: OS's, Games, and Software.
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Hello and Welcome back to another Budget Builds Episode where today we'll be taking a look at some of the best free software around, the advantages of each and why I reccomend them from operating systems to recording software, I'm sure you'll find it in this video. Links will be further down in the description. Enjoy :D
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Music:
Phantom Crash OST - In White
Sims 2 - Region 1
Specs:
CPU: Ryzen 5 1600
RAM: 8GB DDR4 2666Mhz
GPU: Radeon R9 285
Operating Systems
Windows 10: www.microsoft....
Elementary OS: elementary.io/
Windows ME: winworldpc.com...
Windows 98: winworldpc.com...
Windows Whistler (XP Beta): winworldpc.com...
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Games
Halo 5: See Windows Store
Forza 6 Apex: See Windows Store
Battlefield 2: download.bf2.us...
Simcity 2000: www.myabandonw...
Warframe: store.steampowe...
Fortnite: www.epicgames....
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Recording Software
Loilo: loilo.tv/gb/pro...
OBS: obsproject.com...
XSplit: www.xsplit.com/
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Editing Software:
KDenLive: kdenlive.org/
HitFilm: hitfilm.com/
Movie Maker: support.micros...
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Other Software:
7Zip: www.7-zip.org/d...
MSI Afterburner: www.msi.com/pa...
Audacity: www.audacitytea...
Open Hardware Monitor: openhardwaremon...
CPU-Z:
GPU-Z:
Paint.net:
DXDIAG: "Windows Key + R" and type in "Dxdiag"
FRAPS: www.fraps.com/
Discord: discordapp.com/
So guys the Battlefield Revived program has been shut down by EA till the in-game art and links to EA are removed. So there is hope for a return. In the meantime concider checking out:
-OpenTTD
-Path of Exile
-TF2
All of which nearly made the list. Hope this helps guys.
THE BATTLEFIELD 2 COMMUNITY WILL PREVAIL..... OK maybe not.
FUCK EA!
More freeware, for recording you can also use CamStudio.
Just make sure you have the right codecs :D
Also if Task Manager isn't enough. I recommend "Process Hacker" it gives more in depth view into processes.
Amazing list of freeware, didn't know much of this software was freeware lolz
I hope Battlefield Revived comes back
hey, can we have a video o your personal custom build?
Guys... this guy paid for a WinRar license!!!
Use 7-zip instead
Worgen4ik It is paid.
+Igor Nikolic no it is not. There is a really good video explaining the philosophy of the company and I recommend you watch that, but in shirt WinRAR has an unlimited free trial for normal people, and the paid part is for businesses, because business are legally required to purchase all of their software legally. And normal people do not have to pay, they can just use it
I have a licence. Bought it more than a decade ago. Don't use WinRAR though. IZArc is my go to. England isn't my city.
I thought 7-zip is free?
Another good way to get free games is to make sure you are signed up to Origin, Uplay and GOG who regularly give away great games for free. Great video as always mate.
Retro Tech 100 I got dead space for free with Origin
And have the epic games launcher installed! I got GTA V, Star Wars battlefront 2, and tons more for free
Amazing list of OSs, Games, Programs! :D People will probably find this very useful.
As a Hitfilm user myself I´ll correct you on one thing.. well Hitfilm Express (aka free version) is limited to 1080p not 720p ;)
Also now Im gonna go get SimCity 2K :P
Whoops i forgot that Hitfilm can do 4k but the computer needs to be powerful enough to acess it ;P
I am learning to use Hitfilm right now. It's not that easy, but the program definitively feels very solid.
Also, DaVinci Resolve is another very good editor, even if it is more for effects
Jeaigh Walker Yup 😄
TheRailroad99 It can do a lot when you get the catch of it :P
I use Davinci Resolve, it is way better for me. I tried to use Hitfilm when my Davinci Resolve stopped working for a few days and got so frustrated I scrapped 2 videos.
When I asked people what editor they use and they said it was free, no one mentioned HitFilm. I had the feeling I was the only HitFilm user lol.
D O I N E E D A P I R A T E S H I P T O P I R A T E S O N Y V E G A S ?
Umm, yes, pretty much
and a parror, a wooden leg plus a eye pacth
It's easy to pirate Sony Vegas for fucks sake. If you can't do it than pirate Premiere. It's more powerful anyway.
DIGITAL INSANITY
if you get it, you're a pirate.
Alex Vitkov W E L C O M E T O O U R W O R L D
I have an IBM ThinkPad R50, featuring a 1.4GHz single-core Pentium M, 32MB ATI Mobility Radeon 9000, 1GB RAM, and a 1050p IPS display. Cost me $25 complete off eBay. It was designed for Windows XP, but Lubuntu 17.04 is immensely more responsive, modern and secure: Makes this nearly 15 year old mobile hardware feel like a modern netbook. A really big, heavy, cheap one.
Don’t forget extremely durable
A few more really good free games:
Halo 3 ElDewrito
Dirty Bomb (Steam)
Gigantic (Steam)
TERA (Steam)
League of Legends/DOTA 2
Dota 2 is on steam too
remove league of legends. I have 3000 hours and I hate this game. I'm not ironic remove it please.
MegaMily Well if you have 3000 hours on it, then why remove it 😂
Wot
Planetside 2?
Another GREAT free editing software is DaVinci Resolve 14. Basically a free Premiere Pro :) Great video btw
16 is out now and it’s even better
Tbh this is the most useful video that I really have benefited
FUN FACT
*you can use VLC as a screen recorder*
barely
really?
Very good video. This is literally gold.
ElementaryOS is a beautiful recommendation, but I would suggest too Lubuntu or Linux Mint as they are excelent distros who can perform flawlessly even in older hardware and are really easy to use.
On the game part I just discovered few time ago Minetest which is basically a free clone of Minecraft with almost every feature you could desire and it works for windows and linux distros.
I know that I discover nothing to no one, but if you would like to play OW but you don't have 60 imperial credits to pay to Blizzard for the effort, well, Team Fortress 2 is still a very enjoyable game which can run in a potato PC.
Zorin OS lite is also another Linux distro that runs on old hardware. Using it for an Intel Atom D525 HTPC right now.
Quick tip- if you want to find free software that isn't dodgy, or anything that ends in "ware", Search for "Open Source _____" instead of "Free ____". You will usually find quality software.
hitfilm 4 express isn't 720p. i use 1080p but it even supports UHD. and i'm using the FREE version. dunno where u got that info.
korter kaks: Must have been missinformed, thank you for pointing that out for me :D
i'm sorry SyssPowerTools you've been living under a rock the whole time :D. also Budget-Builds Official i love ur channel.
Omg i love the way your timestumps load telling you how much is left!
You should of said f.lux in the misc software, especially if you're gaming till 3 in the morning.
+Noah Hacom: Windows 10 has it built in, but yes it is very good :D
Oh i didnt know that, i've been using windows 7 forever i should probably upgrade to 10 XD good video as usual
I hate lux, it practically burns my eyes out... Just set the monitor so that's its not super harsh and I'm good to go.
f.lux is very good software, but it adds input lag.
Love the amount of effort you put into that video!
Computastisch: Cheers man.
Really cool video dude, I would recommend some stuff:
Stranded II - F2P Indie survival game, very well done.
TuxGuitar - Free Tab Player compatible with MIDI, Soundbanks and fully compatible with Linux and other OS.
Speecy - Lets you see the temperature of all the components in your PC.
GameSave Manager - Lets you make backup of all your savegames.
SoulSeek - Lets you get into chat rooms and share/download music with/from people
*forza 6 is free?* why the heck nobody told me before?
Summoner Arthur I always thought you had to pay for it???
its alright, but the optimization is not that good, but if you have a good computer....go ahead!
Arran Bear good computer? meh...
does the celeron 420 is still good?
hahaha, well?? no. i have a Ryzen 3 1200 and the fps is so fucking random, and i have a GTX 1050 as well xD
I have seen pes 2018 for free on steam
All Linux needs is more mainstream software support and oh boy, you bet I'd dump Windows faster than you can blink.
I'm one of those people that pirated Vegas. I've got Pro 13.0 installed and love it for the most part. I probably will give KDenLive a go on the Linux side of things since Vegas + Wine = nightmares.
As for Paint.Net, absolute beauty that NEEDS to support Linux. I've tried Pinta, which tries it's best to be a PDN clone, as PDN + Wine = more nightmares.
A PDN port would make my year.
Yeah, if Linux would have more mainstream programs/games I would totally ditch Windows for it... But as I'm a gamer, I won't switch anytime soon
Sithhy
This attitude is why Linux will never have more mainstream programs/games. At least until the AAA game market collapses on PC which, mark my words, will happen.
stonium No, it really wont.
"This attitude is why Linux will never have more mainstream programs/games"
I don't see a problem here... So far Linux is for the typical everyday use or for "hacker" people. Other than that, nothing else
Open Hardware Monitor has been super super helpful. Thanks for showing off that quick fan speed adjust
Mostly every free game on steam scales well on older pc's :) The "Top Seller" list of f2p games have some pretty awesome games that I often play/used to play (TF2, Smite, Dirty Bomb, Paladins and Path of Exile. Black Squad and Warface are good every now and then). And there's pretty much everything for everyone :p
Ps. for free software I would add Notepad++ as it is very powerful tool, especially when tweaking game settings on .ini and config files for some fps gains (I've been there, many times :D )
What is weird is have to drop to 1080p medium settings for Fortnite to keep above 60 fps, yet I can run Crysis 3 at 4k Ultra at about 50 fps (Crossfire obviously since even a GTX 1080ti will only get about 40 fps). I was shocked it takes so much to actually run. (I am getting about 120 fps with that setting, but at 4k medium even its like 45 fps and I can't aim worth a darn with it jumping around and feeling laggy)
I think this channel deserves more views tbh. Loving the videos
Hitfilm 4 can go all the way up to QHD60 in the free version.
But the output is limited and when you push it hard - I tried to a 90+ minute edit on the full version of HF3, it collapses horribly.
As a professional level user, I have been using the free (now full) version of Blackmagic Resolve and I've never looked back. It makes HF look like "My First Editor" - and not in a good way. If you need extra compositing, there's always Fusion but that is beyond most people's abilities and not pleasant to use.
No dwarf fortress or TF2?
OddGMER Or Roblox, there's a crap ton of decent clones and original indie titles on there. Phantom Forces and Natural Disaster Survival are pretty fun, once you hide the chat. (or just screw with all the kids on there.)
+OddGMER: Both are very good, but I tried to cover new games that alot of people might not know of.
I already know about those and i had no idea about Halo 5 and Forza 6 lol i'm currently downloading them, thanks a bunch!
palladins is another very nice free game. I personally prefer overwatch, but hey, if you're broke..... Palladins is almost the same :D
Excellent video man, i'm already downloading Halo 5 and Forza 6 hehe
from where tf you found halo 5
ImTouchk windows store
it doesnt finds for me
ImTouchk 2:48
ImTouchk
www.microsoft.com/pt-br/store/p/pacote-halo-5-forge/9nblggh4v0fr?SilentAuth=1&wa=wsignin1.0
There's also some surprisingly good Abandonware games now, such as Diablo 1 or No One Lives Forever. As well as virtually every DOS game, which you can find on the Internet to download or play in your browser through the InternetArchive.
You can also add the pre-Morrowind Elder Scrolls games, they;re officially freeware and available for download on Bethesda's site.
The older Tribes games are too.
Oh yeah, forgot about them, good shout!
There were plans to reissue NOLF, NOLF 2 and Contract Jack on Steam and GOG, but the guys who planned on doing the reissue (the same ones who reissued System Shock 2) couldn't figure out who actually owned the IP, so they had to dump those plans.
Yeah, Night Dive Studios, read about that and was quite saddened by it. Would definitely have bought them again on GOG or Steam.
I don’t even have a gaming pc or plan to get one I just love watching your vids, very well made and informative. Keep it up man
That Whistler boot animation is so modern and clean!
Have you looked into Blender?
Nautalis this is the most powerful free 3d application, Nice suggestion.
I have one in my kitchen yes
Retro Gamelord Hahaha very funny 😋😊
Why I got my first graphics card (980ti) warframe was the first game I tested on it as I played it regularly on my iGPU until I could afford the GPU. To be honest I was pretty speechless on the map I played (been two years by this point don't recall) with all the effects and everything it looked absolutely amazing compared to anything I had previously played on console.
Very professionally made video. Earned a sub
I F**KING LOVE YOU.You had the sims soundtrack in the background
Nice job. Solid choices across the board. I didn't even know about Halo 5 !
Thank you for making a video like this because I'm just after finishing building my PC.
almost 50k subscriber, What a great lead!
One of my favourites is f.lux. It is a free program that adjusts the brightness level of your screen acording to what time of the day it is, making the screen much easier for your eyes.
Would really enjoy some more of these kinds of Videos especially for games
Thanks for reccomending Open Hardware Monitor!! It's just like HW Monitor, but more features! Awesome ! :)
Here's some of my favorite software:
Notepad++: a better take on notepad
ShareX: an open source screenshot/screencasting tool
WinDirStat: open source graphical disk usage analyzer (visualizes used drive space so you can see which files are taking up that precious space)
FurMark: graphics card OpenGL stress and stability test
Prime95: freeware distributed computing program for finding new Mersenne prime numbers, also makes for a good CPU stress/stability test
AIMP: freeware audio player, great if you don't want to spend the time messing with foobar2000
NZXT Cam: free hardware monitor, also has Android and iOS apps to display your PC's hardware usage and temps on a mobile device (I use this over the others because I like the look of the UI), it can be a bit annoying compared to HWMon, CoreTemp and etc. as it requires a login and it consumes a little more resources than those alternatives.
congrats on 50k dude!
You mention Simcity 2000 but not OpenTTD ? :(
+Stenodyon: OpenTTD is great but I felt some people would be put off by its learning curve. Personally I love it :D
Very good video, i enjoyed :)
Aye 50k congratulations mate
Congratulation for 50k subscriber!
this is a very good collection for anyone looking to get into PC gaming! Very well made, and a good for the budget conscious! Keep up the good work sir!
Just wanted to say thanks for the vid, Elementary OS is my first Linux OS and its been really user friendly. Hoping it can help me get some more use out of an older laptop.
For any serious audio work I would recommend Reaper over Audacity. It's a fully functional professional DAW; the only catch being you have to wait 5 seconds every time you start it if you haven't paid for it. Given how much better it is than Audacity I say it's worth it!
This is by far the best video ive seen for these things.
Great job doing this video! I appreciate the fact that you decided to help us budget gamers by including all this free games, operating systems and recording programs!
Very nice and useful video ! Goodjob man
This was a really well made video thanks for putting the effort towards it , and i hope to see more of your videos soon!
For editing software you should definitely check out Davinci Reslolve, RGinHD had talked about it in a video so I tried it. It is very nice and sjmple to use, and even has options to make it look like adobe premiere and other editing softwares.
Really good list. Zorin OS is another good one to add too.
I suggest Davinci resolve for editing because it allows you to do cool stuff where you edit the videos and color grade if you are interested in that type of thing
Great vid to help the community. Well done.
Best video ever. All your videos are tbh, cheers!
Great video thanks! Just added it to my favourites for referencing this weekend
Glad to know it was helpful
I honestly love ur videos. They are just really interesting.....
Hearing the fortnite description in late 2018 is pretty interesting
Ikr
Good vid mate, very useful content!
for video editing you might want to check out DaVinci Resolve. Its free and is as good as adobe premier. Its a professional editor which only has a few minor restrictions like no 3D and beyond 4k support which most people don't need.
Great list and video, well set out
I used to use loilo game recorder and the recording file sizes were huge, and there were massive performance losses.
For editing you should've added VSDC. Its great in terms of features and its also free.
Good to know that I'm not the only seasoned PC user to know all of these great programs.
Mbam, or Malwarebytes Anti Malware is a good basic antivirus if you don't want to pay for it even.
Another great linux distro: Pop!_os. Basically a very minimal version of ubuntu, but it looks amazing and is extremely light
I watched this video and realized that I had half of the games already (although I had no idea about Halo...that's getting downloaded)...I don't care about recording or editing video footage so skipped to misc. software...only to realize that I have every single program recommended except Rufus. I do a ton of audio work in Audacity, and also in Fl Studio (but I paid like $150 for that). I would definitely recommend this video to others though...I would also say that some kind of secure deletion utility would be worthwhile...something like CCleaner or FileShredder. If you have ever created a simple file to remind you of some complicated new password, or if you store personal files of a sensitive nature (such as ID stuff or financial data), it's definitely worth it to secure delete them after you've gotten them to an external and safer location.
Blackmagic Design also makes their NLE video editing and motion graphics software freely available: Davinci Resolve and Blackmagic Fusion. They are pro software and need some hefty hardware to run well, though.
More people need to know about Lightshot.
It makes taking screenshots ridiculously easy.
I think Ninite deserves a mention for anyone doing a fresh OS install. It also has a bunch of other great free programs not mentioned in this video
Thank you budget build officials😀 this really helps!!nice video and keep it up...
My Sims music
with the basic windows 10 ISO, you can change the wallpaper, just go to the pic your want to put as the wallpaper in files and find set as wallpaper
Nice video. Don't forget codecs though. Or are they included with editing software? I have no experience with those.
For editing, I have a few suggestions:
-HitFilm Express can edit 1080p and is free
-DaVinci Resolve is somewhat easy to run and is very capable.
Another video editor you should try is Davinci Resolve. It's free, and it's very similar to Premiere Pro in alot of aspects. As for an alternative to Photoshop, by far the best one is Krita as it can straight up read .PSD files and acts exactly like Photoshop.
Great video, man. Thanks alot!
Love your vids!!!
I'd recommend playing Unturned if you haven't heard of it yet. It's a really great game that's free to play. You can support the creator by buying the $5 gold pack if you want to. You might not be interested, but just check a video about it to see if you do.
Very nice and informative video but the content and progress bars in the left of the video a la Gamer's Nexus are a bit too much in the way. Maybe make them show only when a chapter cut changes, or more transparent or smalelr?
I reaaally recommend the linux disdro Solus Project, the Steam Linux Integration package they have fixes some annoying bugs of some steam games, and performance is really good in old systems.
For editing and recording i would personally reccommend ShotCut editing program and OBS Open Broadcasting software for recording and streaming.
Great video. Kdenlive was one of the reasons I switched to Linux years ago.
I just built a pc and this was super useful! Thanks!
This is a godsent. Thanks man.
Gimp is really a really good image editor, if you are like most people wich make thumbnails and small edits, its not hard to replace totally photoshop and for free both in windows and linux
Great video!
Great vídeo thanks for all the information
Some things you missed or might be useful
Shadowplay if you have nvidea gpu (no fps loss while recording or streaming)
Adobe premiere pro cc17 for editing (If you are in school and have a technology course you can ask for a license key to Adobe and 9 times out of 10 they will provide you with one)
This video is absolutely brilliant :) Thank you so much! Cheers
Peter Mc
Peter Mc: Glad it was helpful :D
Good ole' subtle Sims 2 music!
Thanks this helped tons and tons. Wanna start UA-cam'ing myself with some games and other stuff sooooooooo THANKS
Thanks man I don't know that game is free I will use them properly for some my budget build test for my channel later thank great video
hahaha love the subtle hints to TPB LOL
Brilliant, thank you!
Great editing
For the record, I've run Windows 10 successfully on a Pentium D many times. Hell, I've gotten it to run on the old Prescott Pentium 4/HT chips. It fell into the "I once knew a girl as ugly as a duck" category of performance.
Very Usefull video.Keep it up.
8th like! Keep up the good work dude
The only odd recommendation here is Fraps for displaying FPS. MSI Afterburner can do the same thing + show you how much your CPU, GPU is being pushed and how much RAM and VRAM you're using.