How to install Win7 64-bit Service Pack 1, updates and applications correctly

What I want to do:

I have 2 x legitimate copies of Win 7 64 bit SP1 on DVD.  I want to install on 2 separate PC with new facilities.

The problem that I've encountered so far:

I formatted the hard disk in the #1 PC, installed Win 7 SP1, install the drivers that came with the motherboard (with the series of reboots), active Windows and tried to run Windows updates before installing additional software.  Windows Update installed a 'Windows Client software update' update and then began the verification of updates.  However, it remains to check for updates for always)<17 hours). ="" windows="" update="" shouldn't="" have="" choked="" at="" this="" early="" stage,="" so="" something="" has="" changed="" on="" the="" microsoft="" side="" of="" things. ="" i="" know="" that="" the="" hardware="" is="" fine="" because="" i="" had="" win="" 7="" on="" it="" prior="" and="" i="" ran="" diagnostics="" on="" it="" to="" be="" sure. ="" a="" full="" a/v="" scan="" was="" performed="" to="" ensure="" everything="" is="" clean. ="" i="" haven't="" started="" pc="" #2="">

My question:

What is the proper sequence of steps to get Windows 7 SP1, updates, MS Office, 3rd the party games (ex: WoW, SC-2, Diablo 3, steam), McAfee A / V, etc., installed clean so that my PC run smooth?  I know that some software requires that a specific minimum version of .NET installed, so the installation sequence is important.  I will be formatting the drive on PC #1 once again before a new attempt.

PC Hardware #1 Info:

-Card mother Asus Z87 - Pro (embedded ethernet and wireless adapters)

-Processor i3-4130

-16 GB OF RAM

-EVGA GTX 650 graphics card

-Drive hard Seagate SATA 6 to 2

-LiteON SATA DVD burner

-Keyboard Logitech K120 and MS Mouse (the two USB)

PC Hardware #2 info:

-Asus MAXIMUS VI FORMULA Motherboard (on-board ethernet and wireless adapters)

-Core i5 - 4670 K CPU

-16 GB OF RAM

-EVGA GTX 660 graphics card

-Drive hard Seagate SATA 6 to 2

-LiteON SATA DVD burner

-Keyboard Logitech K120 and MS Mouse (the two USB)

I have the original driver/utility DVD that come with motherboards and I have the updated drivers downloaded from the Asus site.  Each drive has 2 partitions.  Partition-1, drive C is for Win 7 OS, and it is marked as active/bootable.  Partition-2, drive D is where the updated motherboard drivers.  Both partitions are formatted with NTFS file systems.

Thanks in advance.

We have progress!  Found 112 updates and I started the download.  Thanks to André and J.W. Stuart.  It took like 5 to 7 hours to produce a list of the updates after you install the update rollup.  Either way, I found the following article, shortly before I met the answers here:

http://www.MakeUseOf.com/tag/convenience-rollup-halfs-Windows-7-SP1-installation-time/

After reading the article and the responses, I thought the rollup was the right path to take and ran with it.  I installed the battery update before the update rollup.  No errors were encountered during the installation of these two elements.

Finally...

1 - Microsoft needs to get their Tech chat based personal support off this dry and outdated script they use.  They need to know about the method of rollup.  However, the tech. I met in a chat session before coming here, was quite distraught and kept asking to do a remote desktop session, even if I refused 3 times.  A tech polished, very persistent but distraught.  The chat session was not my home PC on a PC at work.

can 2 - I get a good Service Pack 2 for Windows 7, please?  Make available via a file down to local facilities, do so in Windows Update and download for Win 7 64 Service Pack 2 DVD image.

3. he does really not take 5 + hours to produce a list of the necessary updates.  The Windows Update client should really be changed to show some real status beyond this silly green bar.  I think it is that a Client of Windows Update request is sent to Microsoft, and this request is pending.  The queue is probably priority based with Windows 10 get a higher priority on Windows 7 (Microsoft bias?).  Even if my theory of priority queue is correct, turn around time on the application is properly synchronized in a world of Gigabit Ethernet, 5 G WI - FI and cheap access broadband I have-net.

4 10/Windows... too many questions/gripes to speak, but I leave it on the table.  Win 8/10 looks blocky with less of its border, for windows/AC tablets.  This isn't a modern user interface.  The user interface is dumbed-down and is reminiscent of Windows 3.11, or as it is a cobbled together collection of JavaScript in the browser user interface.  The menu start alone is a huge waste of time resources CPU and memory.  Windows 7 semi-translucides borders please.  No cost and no hassle.

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