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PC Gaming for Dummies
Gaming Experience
Now that you have successfully built your first gaming PC, it’s time to get you up to speed on some of the necessary and useful applications needed to have the best gaming experience.
The following table will provide you with some basic applications that every gamer must have in order to have the best possible experience.
| Application | Description | Link |
| Steam | Steam is the ultimate gaming platform. Play, connect, create and more. Install Steam today and start gaming! | take me there! |
| Origin | Unfortunately, EA has their own version of Steam called Origin. Just think of it as a significantly inferior version of Steam that they require you to use in order to play their games. | take me there! |
| Teamspeak3 | TeamSpeak 3 is the most ideal and widely used VOIP application used for PC gaming. If you want to communicate with your friends, you need this. | take me there! |
| Skype | I'm sure you know what Skype is, but it might also be useful to have this downloaded as well in case you come across a fellow gamer that is too cool for Teamspeak 3. | take me there! |
| GeForce Experience | Since you have an NVIDIA card, you should have this. It's the easiest way to update your drivers and optimize your games. GeForce Experience is installed automatically alongside NVIDIA graphics drivers. | take me there! |
| OBS | Open Broadcaster Software is free and open source software for recording and live streaming. Stream to Twitch, YouTube and many other providers or record your finest moments to save for later. | take me there! |