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Do you have the wi fi/ Bluetooth module installed? Are you using them? What about thunderbolt? Are you using that? Do you use the ASMedia sata ports, and this includes the esata port? The reason I ask, and it will not matter that much, is If the board has a function I do not use, I disable it in bios. Again, it won't make much difference, I just do it. When you start the computer, from the time you push the start button until you see the windows starting, the BIOS is going through POST (Pre operation self test); it is looking for devices that are enabled. For instance, if you have the ASMedia ports enabled, the bios is looking for devices connected to it. When it finds none it continues with the next operation. So, if you are not using it, why make the bios look for something that is not there? To answer your next question, no it does not hurt the computer at all to do that as far as I know. But, I'm OCD. I see no sense in going through that. You will probably notice any difference either way you do it, but it seems to me that it makes no sense. You could do that if you wanted, but if you do, make sure you know what you are disabling. If you don't know what it is or are unsure, leave it alone. If you decide not to mess with it, that may be best for you. most of the rest of any optimizations are in the operating system. There are very few to do there. Windows does a fairly good job of handling things. The most important things are make sure defragmention is not run on the SSD. You never defragment an SSD. Windows usually does that automatically. And reduce the number of startup programs that are not necessary. That will speed up your boot times. An SSD is used because programs start instantly. No need to start things you may or may not use. They will start when needed almost instantly. If you do not use Hibernate, disable it in the OS. It will save you 16GB of space on your SSD. The same with the page file. With 16GB of ram, you will probably never use the page file, so reduce it to 1GB (1024MB), that much is necessary to write dump files in case of a BSOD. The majority of the rest of the optimizations are your preferences. When to turn the display off during periods of inactivity, when to put the hard drive into sleep mode for example. Something really neat and useful; Create a new folder on your desktop, rename it
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} watch what happens. Move your user folders to a mechanical hard drive to save space on your SSD. You will not notice any difference in using them. Just a few things I do, that makes it work more the way I want it to. Questions? Ask away. But, rule #1 backup, backup backup. Rule #2 If you decide you want to overclock, study up on how and do it in bios, never use software or the auto overclocking utilities that come with the board.