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Of course, "the best” is very subjective. A lot depends on your project specifics, team size, budget, client and security requirements, etc. However, I can recommend several apps, that are especially well-fitting for small-medium size teams, startups, and personal use. And this is a recommendation based on my previous experience. These three tools have free packages and are perfect for managing multiple different projects.The first one is very well-known by everyone, I guess. Trello is especially convenient if you work in a creative team because Trello is based on visuals. You have a view of your projects in Kanban boards and track the progress visually. You can create any type of project, many teams, spaces, and so on.Another tool that I use for my startup project was a really pleasant discovery. It's Infolio. It's completely free and very simple. I mean, It's so simple that even my 11-year-old son uses it for his school homework task planning. This app also has view variations (Kanban, Table, Calendar, Collaborative spaces). It's packed with features (e.g Project chat, custom fields, project spaces), but not overcrowded with them, remaining clean and easy-to-use. Just like in Trello, you can create any type of project you need (or can imagine), with various teams, spaces, custom fields, priorities, and so on. Well, it's definitely worth trying, and you can design any type of project you need. It's more than suitable for startup teams because you don't spend a cent on it.I have in Infolio my personal space, Sales team, Content and Marketing Team, Design Team, and Development Team. We don't have an HR department, but I have a separate project for contactor and freelancer management and candidate recruitment (all the stages from sourcing to hiring). Switching between teams is easy, as well as file sharing and content collaboration.Another app which I used at my previous workplace left a very good impression, in terms of its value for money (nothing, in fact, it's free as well). This app is ClickUp. I loved their goals feature, their extreme flexibility with how to use and view data (kanban, lists, calendar, Gantt, timeline, etc.), and their overall vision for project management. This tool is worth trying, but the free version has limited features, so we paid for this tool per user. However, the limited version would be OK if your team is small. Consider this one as well!I also had a chance to work in Jira and Confluence a few years ago, but at that time I used to work in a large organization. For smaller teams, I wouldn't consider that.

I’m going to list off the common consensus and my personal opinion of all of the characters:Pathfinder:General Consensus: A solid, sturdy, easy-to-play all around character that has several utilities to assist himself and your team in the game.Abilities:Tactical: Short-ranged grapplerPassive: He can scan a beacon to see where the next circle is going to beUltimate: He can shoot a long-ranged grappling line to ride on (which teammates can also ride)My personal opinion: He’s playable, but in order to go far and use him consistently, you need practice and experience with where and when to use the grappler. He is a little bit tall, but this doesn’t stop him from being one of the best. Early on, I’d say he’s the best character in the game. He introduces you in a simple manner to the core mechanics of the game.Wraith:General Consensus: For specifically skilled players, Wraith can be a destructive opponent on the battlefield.Abilities:Tactical: She quickly enters ‘the void’ allowing her to travel quickly for a few seconds and become immune to damage.Passive: Voices will tell you when danger is near.Ultimate: She sets up a ‘tunnel’ where her and her teammates (and the enemy, supposedly) can enter ‘the void’ and come out many meters away. While inside the tunnel, you’re resistant to damage. The tunnel only stays around for a few seconds, making it a good escape route, though the enemy can travel through it if they’re quick.My personal opinion: Wraith is highly overrated. I can see why somebody would be able to use her effectively, but I think generally, her abilities are far too focused on a single thing: going fast and escaping danger, instead of rounding out her abilities for use in combat.Bangalore:General Consensus: Despite allowing several of her abilities to be inferior to those found in other characters or on the battlefield, Bangalore’s specialty class can pack a punch when you really get down into combat.Abilities:Tactical: Fires a smoke grenade, blinding the enemy targets, or shielding you from view.Passive: When being shot at, she is able to run faster.Ultimate: She triggers a large artillery strike that can quickly and unexpectedly kill enemy players.My personal opinion: Bangalore is very playable, although she is very difficult to play effectively. You have to learn to use her all-around abilities to conquer the enemy.Bloodhound:General Consensus: His abilities will far outwit anybody trying to run away from this tracker. Easy to use and ready to play, Bloodhound will help you in the hunt.Abilities:Tactical: A brief scan that allows you to detect enemies, traps, and munitions.Passive: You can see tracks left behind by your foes, but once you start following them you have a limited time to see the group of tracks.Ultimate: Allows you to move extra fast, and turns the screen black and white, except for foes, who turn a bright red. You can see them even when they’re behind structures. It’s similar to Eagle Vision in Assassin’s Creed.My personal opinion: He’s one of the most effective characters in the game. He can track other people, which can be used in combat, or elsewhere, rounding out his character and making him well-suited for the battlefield.Lifeline:General Consensus: On the battlefield, lifeline makes a fantastic addition to a trio, providing quick movement and instant medicare.Abilities:Tactical: DOC heal drone; basically a drone that heals nearby teammates automaticallyPassive: You revive teammates faster, while you’re protected by a wall. All medical items used have a 25% time reduction.Ultimate: Care package; you call in a pod containing defensive items.My personal opinion: She doesn’t suit my fast, aggressive playstyle, but she’s definitely a want on the battlefield for the win. Her small hit-box and stature make her harder to see and hit, making her a worthy teammate on the battlefield.Gibraltar:General consensus: This brute meets a very broad playstyle, and combined with other teammates, he can make a fantastic shield and addition to your squad.Abilities:Tactical: He spawns a dome shield that will block all incoming enemy fire for 15 seconds, giving you time to med up, or reload.Passive: Shield; When you aim down-sights, he automatically pulls up a shield that protects his head and upper body (this can be toggled) He and Caustic (both large, broadly-shouldered characters) avoid 10% of all damage when shot automatically.Ultimate: He calls in an airstrike in an area. It decimates his opponents.My personal opinion: He’s a great character for anybody who likes getting lit up and lighting them up in the process. He demands a medium or slower-speed playstyle, but compensates for this with his ability to avoid damage and shield himself.Caustic:General Consensus: It takes a special player to learn and play Caustic effectively, but his clever traps make it worth it when you gas your enemies onto the ground in despair.Abilities:Tactical: He sets up to six gas traps on the floor (they look like discs), which expand and fill the area with deadly gas. He’s immune to all types of his gas. The gas also blocks out vision.Passive: He can see through the gas, which allows him to see his targets when they can’t see him. It is worth mentioning that he and Gibraltar have a 10% reduce on damage when being shot.Ultimate: He throws a gas grenade, which lets out gas and throws out little cartridges, carrying more gas into a larger area.My personal opinion: Despite being very robust and task-specific, if you have the right skills, Alexander Nox, aka Caustic can be one of the most powerful characters on the battlefield. His ability to soak up damage and gas the enemy makes him a brutal and harsh opponent.Octane:General Consensus: He’s fast and deadly; tailored to the game’s fast play, but players with a slower, more professional playstyle will taste bitter in this addition to Apex: Legends.Abilities:Tactical: He sticks a needle in his arm. He loses a little bit of health and runs 30% faster for 6.0 seconds. It has a 2 second recharge, so very effective.Passive: He automatically regains 1 hp every 2 seconds. While this is very slow, it’s efficient right after combat so you can save that/those 1 or 2 syringes for another time. Combat in Apex is often far apart, giving you plenty of time to recharge yourself. It’s worth mentioning that he will naturally run/sprint faster than all the other characters in the game, even without an ability.Ultimate: Launch pad, launching him far into the air. It can also be used by teammates.My personal opinion: He’s very versatile, and pros will love him, but for those newer to the game, gaining experience and finding which playstyle you like by trying all of the characters will give you a boost instead of buying a character for the sake of it.Mirage:General Consensus: If you know how to play this trickster, he will bring the enemy illusions and force them down on their knees, but be careful and don’t become delusioned with yourself that you can play him with ease.Abilities:Tactical: You can send out a decoy to confuse the enemy. When the enemy shoots the decoy, you can see where they are for a brief period of time.Passive: When knocked down, you drop a decoy, and disappear for five seconds.Ultimate: When you’re surrounded or in a bad situation, play it safe, and disappear for a few seconds and spawn several decoys.My personal opinion: Mirage is a special character for a very specific group of people. He works for them, but he may not for you, so I wouldn’t recommend him being your first choice of combatant to buy.Overall, you really have to play all of them to find out which one is best for you. Good luck in the games.-Geek

You have ~4 good options at this price point.$190- If you can spare $20 more, go with a GTX 1060 3 GB card. This will ease through any game at 1080P 60Fps. EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING, ACX 2.0 (Single Fan), 03G-P4-6160-KR, 3GB GDDR5, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC), Only 6.8 Inches. I personally use the 6GB version of this video card in my PC.$180- For $10 less than a 3GB GTX 1060, you can get comparable performance (Sometimes even better!). This MSI Radeon RX 480 DirectX 12 Radeon RX 480 4G 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support ATX Video Card can basically do whatever the 1060 3 GB card can do. It's basically Team Red VS Team Green here, your call. I would take this over the 1060 as it has more Vram and comes with DOOM, which is quite a fun game!$160- A higher end RX 470 is the Team Red competition against the Team Green GTX 1050 TI. They boost the same VRAM, leaving only price and whether you like AMD or Nvidia better to decide between them. In my opinion, the 1050 TI is better, as it runs you $40 less for comparable performance. Here's a decent 470: ASUS ROG Radeon RX 470 STRIX-RX470-O4G-GAMING 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support OC Edition AMD Gaming Graphics Card.$150- A last generation GTX 960 4GB still packs a punch. This card draw more power than a 1050 Ti. It uses 28nm architecture vs the newer 14nm the 1050 TI uses. It has more shaders, but a lower clock. It beats a 1050 TI (Fps wise) in some games but, it falls short in others. This card also has SLI support (unlike the 1050–1060s). This means if you have a 150$ more you can add another into you system to make for better performance. Here's a decent 960: MSI GeForce GTX 960 DirectX 12 GTX 960 4GD5T OC 4GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready SLI Support ATX Video Card$140- The GTX 1050 TI. I've talked about this card quite a bit. It is a but slower than an RX 470 and around equal to a GTX 960. I would take this over a 960 just do to it being a newer card with better and more efficient architecture. I have listed more powerful cards, but if this card seems to meet your needs it is a good choice. The 30$ could be dedicated to an SSD, better motherboard, or more RAM. I would not cheap out on the video card though. It makes or breaks a gaming system and is more important than say, having 32 Gigs of RAM. I would stay away from this one honestly.Final Thoughts: (Or if you want to skip the above bore)If you can not go a penny over $170 USD, find a $160-$170 RX 470. This card is the single best option at that price point. If you can spend $10–$20 over budget, get a 3GB GTX 1060 or a 4GB RX 480. The difference between these 2 cards is slim, and it is fully personal preference. The 4GB RX 480 beats out the 3GB GTX 1060 in my opinion. I also believe the opposite with the higher Vram versions.If your budget drops at any point, get a 1050 TI.I would personally recommend saving up 100$ more for an Amazon.com: MSI GAMING GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 DirectX 12 VR Ready (GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G): Computers & Accessories or Amazon.com: PowerColor AMD Radeon RED DEVIL RX480 8GB GDDR5 DL-DVI-D / HDMI / DP x3 PCI-Express 3.0 Graphics Card: Computers & Accessorie.The RX 480 8GB and GTX 1060 6GB are the best $200-$300 cards on the market. These can easily max out 1080p games at 60–200 fps and even some 1440p games. These are 1080p proof and are some of the most popular on the market.