Gnomie Dill Wells writes:

Hey Chris, I’m a newer viewer, but I love your YouTube videos and tech tips. I have assembled a short and sweet list of the top five software items to purchase online to be read from 5 to 1.

5. Fraps: Fraps is is a program that records the action while you’re playing PC games. You can download a free trial version, and if you like it, you can purchase a license for $40, I think.

4. WinRAR: WinRAR is similar to WinZip, but allows you to open a larger variety of files. It also allows you to compress files and it’s, in my opinion, easier to work with. You can download a trial version, which lasts 40 days, but I would highly recommend you purchase a license if you are into downloading stuff or managing files a lot.

3. America’s Army: This is a computer game that you can download for free! It is put out buy the U.S. government to get people interested in joining the army. It is the best PC FPS that I have ever played. It is around 2.8 GB. Register your account here.

2. SUPER: SUPER is a program that I found not too long ago that pretty much allows you to convert any video format or audio format to any video format or audio format. It is absolutely magnificent. It is a little slow to convert but it wont leave you disappointed. It is a little difficult to get to the actual download link, because it goes through, like, four pages that keep saying “download here,” but it is worth it.

1. I’ve put much thought into my #1 and, if you don’t have it already, then it would be Mozilla Firefox. I have both Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla Firefox and I like Firefox much, much better. One of the main reasons why I like Firefox is because you can easily use add-ons, such as an add-on I have that allows me to download any video off the Internet.