Best program for its purpose

[Notoroge]

Let's start a list of what you think the best programs are and what they do, for what they do. This is of course, your opinion, but try to minimize the propaganda and advertisement. To keep consistency, follow this format,

Name: <name of application>
Company:<company's name>
Website: <official website of application>
Category: <mail?, browser?, media player? OS? etc...>

Description:< a brief overview of key-features and what it does>

Why I think it's the best at what it does...
<your input and review of program goes here>

Screenshot:
<screenshots are nice >

code:

[b]Name:[/b] [b]Company:[/b] [b]Website:[/b] [b]Category:[/b] [b]Description:[/b] [b]Why I think it's the best at what it does...[/b] [b]Screenshot:[/b]

[rdrake]

Name: foobar2000
Website: www.foobar2000.org
Category: Audio Player

Description: Plays almost every media type.

Why I think it's the best at what it does...
This program may not have a million features, but it does what it says it'll do and it does it well. It doesn't bloat itself with useless features. I just hide it in the taskbar and play music with it, nothing else. It does what it says it'll do, it doesn't try to impress people with useless, resource draining features. Right now it's only using 2092 kb of RAM with a song playing.

It also doesn't have a bunch of updates being released every week. The only thing that would be nice to see is support for other platforms.

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[Monstrosity_]

Name: SpeedFan
Website: http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
Category: Temp. Monitor

Description: "SpeedFan is a freeware program that monitors voltages, fan speeds and temperatures"

Why I think it's the best at what it does...
It also allows me to keep track of my hdd health (through SMART values) and change the fan's speed (for when I dont need the extra noise). Ive seen/used quite a few freeware and retail products of this nature (mostly for the SMART readings) and this one IMHO beats them all. It wont try and "dumb down"/hide SMART values, it shows all the info I need. Theres also a few other features that I dont use and wont comment on. On the down side, the initial setup can be a pain.

And for whoever is wondering; the 0 RPM's on fan 2 is due to my system, not the progam.

[Andy]

yea but sometimes you have to use everest to turn on the sensors.. but its still a pretty sweet program

[Notoroge]

What the hell is that "CODE" thing at the bottom of my post?
Well, thanks I guess. It does make sense to make it easy for people to just do the CTRL+C thing.

[rizzix]

Notoroge wrote:

What the hell is that "CODE" thing at the bottom of my post?
Well, thanks I guess. It does make sense to make it easy for people to just do the CTRL+C thing.

Don't question US leet Moderators... mwhahhahaha..

ehm no i didn't do it.. some other leet mod did it.

[Neo]

Name: Notebook Hardware Control (AKA Centrino Hardware Control)
Website: http://www.pbus-167.com/chc.htm
Category: Laptop Utility

Description: "With Notebook Hardware Control you can easily control the hardware components of your Intel Mobile Notebook."

Why I think it's the best at what it does...
This is a must have program if you own a Pentium M based laptop. NHC allows you to monitor CPU temperatures and display it in the taskbar. Its a great tool for setting custom voltages. I undervolted my CPU and my new temps have been reduced by about 6C on normal usage and 4-5C on full load. My battery life has also increased. If you have an ATI card you can mess around with your video card's core and memory settings. Right now they only have support for Pentium M but Turion support will likely be added in the future, hence the name change.

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