05-09-2015 02:03 PM - last edited on 03-06-2024 03:01 AM by ROGBot
05-09-2015 06:12 PM
05-09-2015 11:52 PM
05-10-2015 02:11 AM
NitroX wrote:
Thanks for the reply master Scott 😛 !
I do agree with your way of thinking as a SSD owner. And since you have 32GB of RAM I do understand to disable Pagefile since you are almost always far away of using the whole Dram memory. But one of the points of my post was if these services are worth disabling if you only run on an HDD (I know, I know... having a G751 and running without an SSD isn't quite the way to go ) . I also have just the model with only 8GB of DRam and my Hibernation file isn't that big as yours. But, the size of the files wasn't actually my main issue.
What I am interested in is if disabling these services does improve something in my system's performance. I am currently struggling with the stupid Intel 7260 which on 802.11n standard keeps giving me ping spikes that kinda ruin my online games. And I did see someone over here that said that disabling Fast Boot => Hibernation has solved some of his high ping issues. (See here https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?56440-Asus-g751jt-and-intel-wireless-ac-7260&p=493936&view...) .
Now, I am testing if this theory also solves my issue but I had to ask over here in order to see how there things worked for other people.
05-10-2015 05:50 AM
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05-10-2015 12:47 PM
Korth wrote:
Years of Windows use has taught me that - aside from the specifically noxious behaviors you'd want to curb - it's just best to let Windows do its own things in its own ways, bloaty junk data and all. No need to free up every single byte on your drives these days, Windows has plenty of room to create all the junk files it wants. So long as the pollution is organized and contained within OS folders and so long as it doesn't impact performance it does little real harm. I've spent a lot of time (it all adds up) meticulously cleaning and trimming and pruning Windows, sometimes to discover that I'd broken some oddball special-purpose applet Windows likes to run every few seasons, and in return I only reclaimed a few dozen MB of storage space and lost my obsessive digital tidyness over and over again whenever the OS was reinstalled or updated.
Clean Windows up as you like, but my personal experience is that it does little good and causes a little harm and overall it's basically just a waste of time. linux ftw again!
05-10-2015 01:43 PM
05-10-2015 09:04 PM
Korth wrote:
Install bloat designed to kill bloat?
Besides, I'm a "hands on", hard tech, hard specs, task- and result-oriented kinda nerd. If I don't do it myself then it just won't be done right, eh? All those cleaning apps really offer me is a way to save time while breaking Windows.
More importantly, I basically only boot Windows for DirectX and gaming. In fact, as often as not, I boot Windows in a window as needed, through a VM or WINE shell, because it can actually be forced to run consistently faster (and not leave a mess) when a real OS is put in charge of things. Even for heaviest gaming, it's true. Small code executes faster, you see.
But certain products like CCleaner, etc are quite popular and highly recommended for most. I suppose defrags are indeed sometimes necessary for those who depend on sloppy Windows file systems.