What tweaks to do?

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dani_17

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Hi!,

I'e been using my new PC with Windows x64 Ultimate SP1. I'm very happy with it, I haven't run into any problems with it and everything is running smoothly.

I'd like to know what are the major tweaks I should do to improve performance even more. I'm concerned more about performance than anything. I've also noticed that there is a lot of disk access, even after shutting down the indexing service. Mainly, I'd like to know what services are safe to turn off. In XP I knew what to disable, in Vista a lot of things have changed. Also what is a good Pagefile size for a system with 8b of ram?

I mostly use my PC for photo editing (Photoshop and Lightroom), and for playing a few games, Crysis and Live For Speed.

My hardware is the following:
Intel Core Quad Q6600
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Motherboard
8Gb Crucial DDR2 ram
WD Raptor X 150gb
WD Caviar 320Gb
EVGA GeForce 8800GTS

I consider my hard fast enough, and it runs very fast for me. But I am the kind of person that wants to disable anything that I don't use to get that bit of extra performance.

Thank you very much!
 

My Computer

System One

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dwarf Dwf/11/2012 r09/2013
    CPU
    Intel Core-i5-3570K 4-core @ 3.4GHz (Ivy Bridge) (OC 4.2GHz)
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M
    Memory
    4 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B (16GB)
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GeForce GTX770 Gaming OC 2GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition on board solution (ALC 898)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic VA1912w Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    OCZ Agility 3 120GB SATA III x2 (RAID 0)
    Samsung HD501LJ 500GB SATA II x2
    Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB SATA II
    Iomega 1.5TB Ext USB 2.0
    WD 2.0TB Ext USB 3.0
    PSU
    XFX Pro Series 850W Semi-Modular
    Case
    Gigabyte IF233
    Cooling
    1 x 120mm Front Inlet 1 x 120mm Rear Exhaust
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000 (USB)
    Mouse
    Microsoft Comfort Mouse 3000 for Business (USB)
    Internet Speed
    NetGear DG834Gv3 ADSL Modem/Router (Ethernet) ~4.0 Mb/s (O2)
    Other Info
    Optical Drive: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS30 SATA Bluray
    Lexmark S305 Printer/Scanner/Copier (USB)
    WEI Score: 8.1/8.1/8.5/8.5/8.25
    Asus Eee PC 1011PX Netbook (Windows 7 x86 Starter)
You can also download Vista Manager from Yamicsoft, just Google it!

It has tons of features to tweak Vista.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5B-E Plus
    Memory
    4GB Kingston ValueRAM DDR2-667
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS EN8800GT 512
    Sound Card
    Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Packard Bell Maestro 190W
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900 @ 75Hz
    Hard Drives
    WesternDigital 200GB 7200RPM + Iomega Desktop HD 360GB 7200RPM
    PSU
    Xilence Power 600W Gaming Edition
    Case
    Coolermaster Centurion 534 Black
    Cooling
    Standard Coolermaster Case Fans + Standard Intel CPU Fan.
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15 V1
    Mouse
    Razer Copperhead Tempest Blue
    Internet Speed
    100.0 Mbps
dani_17 said:
Dwarf said:
Hi dani_17,

You might be interested in the following tutorials.
Dwarf

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/131758-speed-up-computer-boot-time.html

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/81176-speed-up-performance-vista.html

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/59910-services.html
Click to expand...

Thanks! I didn't see the button for the tutorials. I'll check them out as soon as I get home from work.
Click to expand...

Hello dani_17,

Welcome to the forums!

In case you don't know, the BLUE writing above is the link to these tutorials, just click on it!


Later ;) Ted
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    * BFK Customs *
    CPU
    Intel C2Q 9550 Yorkfield
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5Q Pro
    Memory
    8GB Dominator 8500C5D
    Graphics Card(s)
    XFX ATI 1GB 4870 XXX
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD 7-1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1x 47" LCD HDMI & 2x 26" LCD HDMI
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080P & 1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    2x 500GB 7200RPM 32MB Cache WD Caviar Black
    PSU
    Corsair 620HX
    Case
    CM Cosmos RC-1000
    Cooling
    Tuniq Tower 120, 2x 140mm and 3x 120mm case fans
    Keyboard
    HP Enhansed Multimedia
    Mouse
    Razer Diamondback 3G
    Internet Speed
    18.6Mb/s
    Other Info
    My First Build ;)
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