Windows 7: Processes --how many? safe to disable

31 with win 7 I'm surprised it'll actually run.

Your system runs fast if it's got a lot of resources that it can use. It slows down when the system tries to use more resources than what's available.

So, for example, if you use up all your RAM with antivirus scanning - then your RAM usage in the game will be affected.

The problem here is that there are many "resources" in your computer and you can't always know what's consuming what resource. The most common resources are CPU, RAM, hard drive access, and video - but there's plenty more that will affect your system's speed.

I routinely run my anti-virus, have IE open with 8 tabs, and 2 instances of Firefox open with 10 and 22 tabs while I game. But I've got a boatload of RAM, so the performance hit is minimal.

I have 44 processes running.

67 for me.

60 processes with 2gig ram and x64 windows running with no problems at all.

49 processes with everything I like instantly available

CPU 0-2% (non-gaming)
RAM 1.08GB used

I just tweak services and start-ups down to 25 Processes and feel snappy, good for gaming and quick boot-time.

I do chats IM, watch videos, emails, firefox many tabs, work on videos edits stuff. (30-45 processes) when not gaming.



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sounds like most of you are on desktops, with all that stuff open on a laptop your battery would be gone in short order. I have become a laptop user in the past few years and trimming things down is always best and Seven allows me to have the great GUI and not change battery life.

My last desktop could handle all the Apps, I think when I had my last gaming rig it had about 60 processes running at all times.

I have 48 but many of them are double!
do you know why??? :/

Yeah I ran into battery life problems too with my laptop. Although, I never take my laptop anywhere for the most part, so when I'm at my desk I just take out the battery and leave it plugged up all the gaming and whatnot I want with no chance of a dead battery