Freeware software you recommend !?

Antivirus: MSE only.

I use speccy (im pretty sure thats how its spelt. just use google) to check my hardware info like my temps and stuff

Where is speccy? Thats my favorite system information program :(

DxWnd - A neat little utility that will force programs to run in a window instead of fullscreen. Great if a game looks all stretched in fullscreen or lags at your resolution or if the game just doesn't have windowed mode and like me you prefer it over fullscreen.

Audacity

Why the hell would you need a tool that 'backups' drivers? What is that anyway?

some probably have been mentioned but i'll list a few that i use:

Malwarebytes anti-malware (virus scanner)

Spybot search & destroy (anti spyware)

Gom player (media player)

7-zip (archiver)

Daemon Tools Lite (optical drive emulator)

ANVsoft Any video converter (self explanatory)

Open office (to replace MS Office)

Comodo Internet Security (anti virus/firewall)

7+ Taskbar tweaker (customise windows 7 taskbar)

There are tons more, but that's what i can find installed atm :P

Teracopy

ShareX

You could try paying for your software.

Speedfan and TimeComX

http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/vorce/can_we_compile_a_list_of_what_you_consider_must/

winamp :)

1) MSE

2) LastPas

3) Malewarebytes

Fraps

Unreal Commander
Eclipse or Notepad++
Picard
TimerResolution

Antivirus: Comodo Internet Security

File operations: Double Commander (nightly builds)

Locked files unlock: Unlocker (seldom use on modern windows)

Autorun managment: Autoruns

File sync: Яндекс.Диск (Yandex.Disk)

Basic image editing: Paint.Net

Image view/resize/rename: Faststone Image Viewer

Books viewer (pdf, djvu, fb2…): STDU Viewer

Text editing: Notepad++

Office: LibreOffice, MS Office Viewers

Convert/print to pdf: PDFCreator

Music player: Foobar2000

Work with mp3: Mp3Tag, mp3DirectCut

Sound editing: Audacity

Video player: MPC-HC

Browser: Opera

Archivator: 7Zip

Instant messaging: Qip

Work with disks: Daemon Tools, ImgBurn

Mouse buttons config: X-Mouse Button Control

Process priority saver: Prio

Programming: Qt Creator + MinGW + TortoiseSVN

Keep software up to date: Filehippo.com UpdateChecker

Cleaning and maintenance:
Ccleaner + CCEnhancer
SlimCleaner
MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition
DriverMax
Wise Registry Cleaner
Wise Disk Cleaner
Recuva

Laptop battery:
BatteryCare

Audio:
Audacity

Art:
GIMP
Paint.NET

Browser:
Mozilla Firefox
Google Chrome
Opera

Chat:
Skype
Google Talk

Desktop utilities:
Fences
Dexpot
DisplayFusion
Better Explorer

File Transfer:
Filezilla
TeraCopy

PDF Reader:
Adobe Reader
Foxit Reader

Video:
DVDVideoSoft
Freemake Free Video Converter
Blender
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack
HyperCam

Virtualization:
VirtualBox

Anti-Malware/Spyware/Rootkit:
TDDSKiller
SUPERAntiSpyware
MalwareBytes

Office Suite:
LibreOffice

Antivirus:
Avira

Just some of the programs the company I work for uses.

f.lux and team fortress 2

Notepad++

EVGA Precision, GPU-Z, CPU-Z, CoreTemp, SpeedFan, Team Viewer, Virtual Dub, Orthos, Lights Mark 2008... some programs I found on my desktop xd

steam

Everything is free.

Yarr.

GNU/Linux