The Essentials pack was made for people who want a light mix of tech, magic, and building mods. I found that a lot of the more beefier packs that included some of my favorite mods didn't run well on computers with low specs. I made this pack so everybody can enjoy some of the more popular mods with less added fluff that will bog down slower machines. You can craft various machines from Thermal Dynamics, Rf Tools, Applied Energistics. process ore and build tools to help you mine better, or maybe you want to do some farming and cooking with Pams Harvest craft and cooking for block heads. Feel like decorating? The furniture mod included can give you plenty of options to make the ideal minecraft home.

Mod List:

Forestry (by SirSengir)
Biomes O' Plenty (by GlitchfiendMods)
Chicken Chunks 1.8.+ (by covers1624)
Thermal Dynamics (by TeamCoFH)
Actually Additions (by Ellpeck)
Wawla - What Are We Looking At (by DarkhaxDev)
GraveStone Mod (by EuhDawson)
Refined Storage (by raoulvdberge)
ConnectedTexturesMod (by tterrag1098)
Thaumcraft (by Azanor13)
Industrial Foregoing (by Buuz135)
MysticalLib (by EpicSquid319)
Chisel (by tterrag1098)
Ender IO (by CrazyPants_MC)
Pam's HarvestCraft (by MatrexsVigil)
CodeChicken Lib 1.8.+ (by covers1624)
Tesla Core Lib (by Face_of_Cat)
Extra Utilities (by RWTema)
Chameleon (by jaquadro)
EnderCore (by tterrag1098)
Thermal Innovation (by TeamCoFH)
McJtyLib (by McJty)
Shadowfacts' Forgelin (by shadowfactsmc)
Applied Energistics 2 (by AlgorithmX2)
Baubles (by Azanor13)
Redstone Flux (by TeamCoFH)
JourneyMap (by techbrew)
Ender Storage 1.8.+ (by covers1624)
The Twilight Forest (by Benimatic)
Deep Resonance (by McJty)
Blockcraftery (by EpicSquid319)
MrCrayfish's Furniture Mod (by Mr_Crayfish)
Cooking for Blockheads (by BlayTheNinth)
RFTools (by McJty)
Iron Chests (by progwml6)
Mob Grinding Utils (by vadis365)
ElecCore (by Elec332)
Chisels & Bits (by AlgorithmX2)
CoFH Core (by TeamCoFH)
Thermal Expansion (by TeamCoFH)
Just Enough Items (JEI) (by mezz)
Thermal Foundation (by TeamCoFH)
Simply Jetpacks 2 (by Tomson124)
CoFH World (by TeamCoFH)
Bad Wither No Cookie - Reloaded (by Kreezxil)
Storage Drawers (by jaquadro)
Cyclops Core (by kroeser)
Common Capabilities (by kroeser)
Hwyla (by TehNut)

The Essentials Pack

Actually Additions

Applied Energistics 2

Bad Wither No Cookie - Reloaded

Baubles

Biomes O' Plenty

Blockcraftery

Chameleon

Chicken Chunks 1.8.+

Chisel

Chisels & Bits - For Forge

CodeChicken Lib 1.8.+

CoFH Core

CoFH World

Common Capabilities

ConnectedTexturesMod

Cooking for Blockheads

Cyclops Core

Deep Resonance

ElecCore

Ender IO