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Windows 7: Size of page file
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02 Sep 2012
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP 1 2,685 posts The North Star state |
Size of page file
Hi all. I am running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit edition on my PC with 8 Gbs of RAM and I noticed the size of the page file is also 8 Gbs. My question is, with 8 Gbs of RAM do I need a page file that large? And if not, would it matter if I reduced it to say 4 Gbs, or even 2 Gbs? Thanks for any help!
| My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Customized build from CyberPower
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP 1
CPU Intel i5 2500k
Motherboard Asus P8P67 Deluxe
Memory 8 gigabytes Corsair PC3-12800 DDR3
Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 460 superclocked
Sound Card Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic 23" LCD
Screen Resolution 1980 x 1080
Keyboard Logitech USB
Mouse Microsoft 3 button
PSU Coolermaster 1000 watt modular
Case Coolermaster HAF X full tower
Cooling Coolermaster Hyper 212 plus
Hard Drives 120 Gb Samsung 840 Pro SSD
120 Gb Kingston Hyper X SSD
1 Tb WD Caviar Black HDD
Internet Speed download 1.5 Mb/sec upload 300Kb/sec
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02 Sep 2012
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Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 17,871 posts Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
2GB or even 1GB is fine. I am running all my systems on that because they all have small SSDs where space is at a premium. And you can also delete the hiberfile (if you do not use hibernation). The command is powercfg -h off. That saves you another 8GBs. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207
Keyboard with trackball - no mices
Mouse Trackball mice
Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
Internet Speed DSL 6000
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02 Sep 2012
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Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 3,248 posts England |
Quote: Originally Posted by whs  2GB or even 1GB is fine. I am running all my systems on that because they all have small SSDs where space is at a premium. And you can also delete the hiberfile (if you do not use hibernation). The command is powercfg -h off. That saves you another 8GBs. Wolfgang what are the amounts you use for initial and maximum size. Im running 3gig ram so its system set at 4501MB but am only using a 50gig ssd and could do to save some space.
Danny | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number acer aspire 5935g
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1
CPU intel(R)core(TM)2 duo CPU T6600 @ 2.20GHz
Motherboard intel gm45/gm47 revision 07
Memory 3 gb ddr3
Graphics Card ati radeon hd4570/512mb
Monitor(s) Displays lop156wh2-tle1 15.3 flat
Screen Resolution 1366x768
Mouse Optical
Hard Drives OCZ-Agility3 60gig ssd
320gig external hdd
500gig external hdd
Internet Speed 30Mbps Down/30Mbps Up
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02 Sep 2012
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 227 posts San Francisco |
I have 8GB RAM and I'm using 2GB pagefile. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Less is more
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
CPU Core i7 2600k (4.6GHz)
Motherboard ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe (3603)
Memory 16GB G.SKILL Ares 1600MHz
Graphics Card MSI R6970 Lightning
Sound Card Asus Xonar Essence ST (UNi drivers 1.41)
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung P2570, Samsung 226BW
Screen Resolution 1920*1080, 1680*1050
Keyboard CM Storm Trigger (Brown Switch)
Mouse Logitech G400
PSU Seasonic X750
Case Lian-Li PC-P80N
Cooling NZXT HAVIK 140 (2x GELID Wing12PL)
Hard Drives 256GB OCZ Vector, Hitachi 4TB (7K4000), Hitachi 3TB (7K3000), Hitachi 2TB (5K3000), 2x WD Black 1TB
Internet Speed 35Mbps/6Mbps
Other Info Klipsch ProMedia 2.1, Sennheiser HD595, Linksys WRT54GL (DD-WRT), Logitech C910
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02 Sep 2012
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Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 17,871 posts Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
Quote: Originally Posted by xxxdannyxxx
Quote: Originally Posted by whs 2GB or even 1GB is fine. I am running all my systems on that because they all have small SSDs where space is at a premium. And you can also delete the hiberfile (if you do not use hibernation). The command is powercfg -h off. That saves you another 8GBs. Wolfgang what are the amounts you use for initial and maximum size. Im running 3gig ram so its system set at 4501MB but am only using a 50gig ssd and could do to save some space.
Danny You can set it to 1GB - Minimum and Maximum. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207
Keyboard with trackball - no mices
Mouse Trackball mice
Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
Internet Speed DSL 6000
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02 Sep 2012
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP 1 2,685 posts The North Star state |
Quote: Originally Posted by whs 2GB or even 1GB is fine. I am running all my systems on that because they all have small SSDs where space is at a premium. And you can also delete the hiberfile (if you do not use hibernation). The command is powercfg -h off. That saves you another 8GBs. Thank you for your reply! I am also running Windows 7 on an SSD and have a better use for the disk space than a page file, especially since you confirm my suspicion that it isn't necssary. I do have the hiberfile turned off already to save even more space. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Customized build from CyberPower
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP 1
CPU Intel i5 2500k
Motherboard Asus P8P67 Deluxe
Memory 8 gigabytes Corsair PC3-12800 DDR3
Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 460 superclocked
Sound Card Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic 23" LCD
Screen Resolution 1980 x 1080
Keyboard Logitech USB
Mouse Microsoft 3 button
PSU Coolermaster 1000 watt modular
Case Coolermaster HAF X full tower
Cooling Coolermaster Hyper 212 plus
Hard Drives 120 Gb Samsung 840 Pro SSD
120 Gb Kingston Hyper X SSD
1 Tb WD Caviar Black HDD
Internet Speed download 1.5 Mb/sec upload 300Kb/sec
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02 Sep 2012
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP 1 2,685 posts The North Star state |
Quote: Originally Posted by 0pTicaL I have 8GB RAM and I'm using 2GB pagefile. Thank you for your reply! I think I will set my page file to 2Gbs as well. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Customized build from CyberPower
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP 1
CPU Intel i5 2500k
Motherboard Asus P8P67 Deluxe
Memory 8 gigabytes Corsair PC3-12800 DDR3
Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 460 superclocked
Sound Card Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic 23" LCD
Screen Resolution 1980 x 1080
Keyboard Logitech USB
Mouse Microsoft 3 button
PSU Coolermaster 1000 watt modular
Case Coolermaster HAF X full tower
Cooling Coolermaster Hyper 212 plus
Hard Drives 120 Gb Samsung 840 Pro SSD
120 Gb Kingston Hyper X SSD
1 Tb WD Caviar Black HDD
Internet Speed download 1.5 Mb/sec upload 300Kb/sec
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