Top 5 ways to make your PC faster for FREE!
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- Dont have a lot of money but want to make your PC faster, try these tips to make your pc faster!
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Motherboard bios 0:40
Enable XMP-DOCP 2:32
MSI Afterburner Power limit & Fan Curve 5:52
System clean up + Memory 7:52
Clean the entire physical System 10:50
doing gods work
W human
Saved me 15min, thanks
or, watch all the way through 🤔🫢🤭🫶🏾🥃
And download more ram
Mr. TwoCents, we need a "Top 5 ways to make your PC slower for FREE!" video, it will be a novelty.
Would make for a good April Fools video 😂
Add rgb software and cc cleaner
It would only take installing limewire lol shït would give your computer aids lol
lol I picture it as basically doing the opposite of everything in this video. Of course one of the opposite steps in this one could leave your pc bricked.
Use wallpaper engine, that's one.... lol
My go-to blower tool is a basic hair dryer. DON'T use the hot setting. My basic Revlon comes with a boost trigger that boosts the fan while turning the heat off. I also use a soft bristle paint brush to loosen the dust buildup on the fan blades and air cooler crevices beforehand. I do the same with my keyboard. It's worked well so far.
Isn't the air from hair dryer potentially charged with static?
@@smo7089 If it was, wouldn't your hair be a frizzy mess by the time it was done drying? Knowing my own hair, one blow dry & I'd be able to blow up a car battery.
Mine is a bicycle tire pump. Lower pressure than a compressor, more eco friendly than canned air and a free workout.
Just use one that has a hose so you don't end up stabbing anything with the nozzle while pumping.
@@phenomanII That's cool. My Schwinn gets 85 fps on 4k medium settings. 😁
They make blowers like this for PCs, I've used them for work.
Pro tip : if you're using compressed air from a can, PLEASE always use the can vertically since you might have liquid air coming out from the nozzle and it can be VERY COLD and BREAK COMPONENTS (It happened to one of my favorite sound cards years ago!)
Another point to consider with air from a can : don't use the air stream on continuously! Use a series of small 1-2 second shots so it will not get too cold (and damage your components).
One last thing. If you do use XMP / DOCP, you NEED to test your system RAM for a while. Memtest86+ comes to mind. Failure to do so might result in ram errors and corrupt file transfers (since they are copied to ram when the system copies it from media to media).
also, don't shake the can, almost as bad as using it upside down, learnt that from linus, i thought it was just normal for the can to be less effective towards the end but turns out the drop off shouldn't be that bad
I just used my battery powered leaf blower on lowest speed and about 3 feet away. Worked great.
Very good point. I bought a cheap blower from Amazon and haven't had to use a can for years. Really handy because no propellant involved. :)
@@trentonbennettVO yep, just needed to vacuum the carpet afterwards. Probably shouldn’t let the dust get that thicc!
I do not use canned air anymore, but when i did, i always made sure to let the system sit for at least a good half hour after blowing it out. canned air in my experience always produces moisture. It's very possible to cause a short in your system because there is moisture in the wrong place. i think it would really suck to try to take care of my system by cleaning it but end up causing a time consuming (and probably expensive) system broken scenario.
Thanks to this channel I’ve finally built my first PC! Nothing special to anyone whose ever built one before, but I’m not them, I’m me. For being 36 years old, I’ve come to grips that I will forever be unimaginably ignorant when it comes to computers. Either way, this channel has given me enough knowledge to be able to build my system!
Well done we all built our 1st pc at some stage.
I built my first PC in June of last year at 38 years old but just upgraded it to what I really wanted last month. I found it to be a lot of fun going through the process of learning from youtube vids during the GPU shortage and then finally getting to build one was so rewarding. I wish I took the leap into PC building 10 years ago but better late than never.
Congrats man...there is always a 1st time...i've been building my rigs for years and it's very rewarding...when you hit the power button and you get a post...best feeling in the world!!
I've been building PCs for as long as you've been alive. Damn, I feel old.... oh wait, I am. 🤣
Oh, and Get Off My Lawn, kid. 😉🤣
I built my first PC when the internet was still a novelty and everyone was still struggling with 56k modems. No helpful UA-cam videos back then.
Pay attention to airflow direction. I had a GTX 1070ti in a case with three front intake fans. Then I realised that GPU exhausts out the end of the card, not the sides; this means one of the case fans was blowing directly at the GPU exhaust really trapping the hot air in the GPU cooler. I REMOVED the middle front intake fan that was level with the GPU and it ran much, much better as it wasn’t thermal throttling.
More fans doesn’t always equate to more cooling - pay attention to airflow direction as moving air in the right direction can be way more important than just moving more air.
Great point--this was also an issue with the nVidia 2000 series RTX cards, in particular the 2080: the nVidia reference cards didn't blow air out the back of the card, so it took some management to get the heat from two of them in SLi out of the case.
my Win C is showing optimization not available(ssd) why?In optimization option
Good tips on blowing out a system, I use a small blower like you guys do. Since I blow out systems fairly often and only take fans off to wipe down the fins every 3-6 months, depending on the system... For the times I'm not taking them out, I hold a finger on the fan(s) or between the blades while blowing out the area around them to prevent them from spinning up.
With respect to enabling the power limit and fan curve, something I just found out: If you don't see a power limit slider on Afterburner, try changing to a different skin. I went from the default Afterburner skin v2 to default skin v3 and suddenly the slider came up. So if you don't see it - try checking your skin! (Settings -> User Interface, which is the last tab and you might have to use the arrows at the top to get to it.)
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my Win C is showing optimization not available(ssd) why?In optimization option
Another tip: Make sure to not have a completely full disks of data. Specially your OS drive. It will slow down your drive and could blue screen due to Windows not being able to perform updates.
Amazing how my servers i fix cause they run out of space. Yeah servers... For some bloody reason they like to use a tiny partition or os drive. So bad it won't boot in safe mode.
Not with an Intel Optane drive.
Worked at a aluminum smelter, the shop floor computers would not print when the hard drive got full, but back then then windows 2000 just kept running. The hard drives were tiny.
My 3900X CPU is over a year old now. currently paired with my 1080ti. GPU a while ago, I de-shrouded my GPU and installed 2 120mm fans, the fans are not driven by the GPU but by the motherboard. I'd love to see an advanced video of this :) Oh NUMBER 1 TIP, KEEP YOUR CASE OF THE FLOOR, unless otherwise. Case on floor = dust magnet.
I had the 3900x but I saw a 5900x on sale a while ago for $320 (and it came with a free game!) And for a nice ~20% boost in CPU limited games. And my friend with a 2600x got a nice upgrade!
I love the am4 platform
Homemade Noctua Edition GPU. 👍
I cool a 3900XT with no problem with a 120 mmmm AIO. I also don't allow computers on my desk as they will stay under the desk. Also, I don't allow my case fans to cut on till my CPU temperatures reach 70° celsius for ultimate quietness.
@@toasti2699 PC on the floor is better for cooling too as the cold, dense air drops down as the warmer air rises. Most of us have cases with glass panels though and it's more likely to be put on a desk otherwise what's the point. If anything I think my pc is dustier being on my desk or maybe it's just because it's lit up like a Christmas tree and I can see it more.
@@toasti2699 you will always have more dust on the floor than on the table. But I don't think the benefit of less dust outweigh the benefits you are mentioning. The best thing would perhaps be one of those hanging under the desk things.
You can actually just use a leaf blower on the lowest setting if you are just getting rid of dust (do it outside) . Just remember to tape the fans so they don't move.
yearly thermal compound changing helps as well. plus I weekly run the sfc /scannow command in power-shell, really helps with weird system hangs, crashes etc. Try to keep your system on your desk or on a short ( 1-2 foot) stand so that it is not on the carpet , also if your computer is on the floor, one thing about pet hair and dust, it always seems to gather around the base boards allowing the pc to suck that crap up. so yes! weekly or by weekly filter cleanings. Great advice Jay! thanks.
Cheers for comments on the power slider and how that number is built into the vbios of the card. It's an important point to raise because that's the power limit the manufacturer says your card can be pushed to given its thermal design.
trick I used for my old 1080 to get temps down a bit. I took some of the command strip velcro for hanging pictures and used it to attach an extra fan blowing air towards my GPU. Of course this will depend on your GPU's cooler and the rest of your setup but might help a bit. Also if you cable manage it well it's easy to take out if you need to get around it, then you can just stick it back on thanks to the velcro. All with no modification to the case.
Thanks Jay!! Love your channel!
Outstanding tips given Jay, I also live in the high desert area and a old school gamer plus over 40 years working on computers Going back when you had to solder the memory stick to the mother board. We had to keep all the heavy computer clean every quarter (LOL) I keep all my home system clean.
I have one: Make sure your screen is set to it's highest possible refresh rate. Never happened to me, but I heard Linus say that someone's screen was set to 60Hz even though it was capable of 240. Seems like TONS of wasted money (more than missing the XMP setting) to me.
An add on to this is make sure it's set in the game settings for whatever games you play. My buddy has a 144Hz monitor, but didnt have it set to 144 in game so he was only getting 60Hz
Hopefully, Jay pins this. I know he has talked about it before. Absolutely! Windows does not know you just bought and installed a 144hz monitor, you have to tell it. it is very easy. You just ---> right-click desktop, scroll down to advanced display settings and check your refresh rate. Jay told me this.
Friend of mine had a similar problem. Got some 4k monitor and it was locked at 30 Hz iirc. He asked me if I knew anything so I searched around a bit. Found out that it was in some DisplayPort chaining mode (he hadn't activated it and most certainly didn't use it) which had to be disabled for it to work with faster refresh rates.
Note: this was on the monitor itself, not in Windows (he was actually running Linux though iirc), so you had to go into the monitors menu and change it there.
@@mr.rogers4038 Unfortunately some games break at anything higher than 60hz for example Destiny 2 anything over 60 causes you to take more damage in game, getting you one shotted at times. I'm really hoping they fix this soon. Not to mention all the Bugsheda games crap the bed at higher fps.
TLDR
1. Update Bios
2. Use XMP Ram profile
3. Overclock GPU power limit
4. Upgrade to SSD/ disable / remove programs that are starting up at boot
5. Clean dust from computer
I swear he made this exact video like a year or two ago saying the exact same things
@@casedistorted Not everyone has no life and have seen every videos. As basic it may seem to many of us, this is useful for newbies. You would be surprised how many computers have shit not optimized. I bet half the people here didn't even know you can use control-shift-escape to access task manager directly instead of using control-alt-del
@@BrawndoQC That was me when i knew jackshit about computers. I remember checking task manager and seeing that my ram was stuck at 2133
Sometimes updating the bios could make your system slower due to security updates to mitigate cpu issues.
Always good to revisit stuff like this so thank you.
I am sure it’s been mentioned before in previous videos.
But my tip:
If your placing your tower on a floor and it’s carpeted. Use some MDF or board as a flat hard surface. It’s easy to clean and does not suffocate your bottom fans or power supply dragging all that dust into the system. The amount of friends and family I visit and have it on carpet. Drives me nuts!!!
I appreciate your knowledge sir! Thank you for this.
My number one tip would be casing and air flow for non water cooling builds. I was using the old casing from 2010s which has stupid front brackets blocking the intake fans. System runs hot easily. When choosing new casing, I suggest get those with more spacing for bigger fan or AIO mounting. I made a mistake by choosing a nice casing instead of a practical casing. When I tried to put AIO into it, only to find out there is not enough space to install it at the top.
Thanks for the tips, Jay (and crew)! I clone my boot drive and clean intake filters 2x a month. I also do a general PC cleaning quarterly (case interior, fan blades, filters).
All the while, you're devising new ways to catch the Road Runner. "Beep Beep"!!! 🤪 😜 🤪 😁 🤣 😂
What does cloning boot drive do? Does that speed it up somehow?
@@Sergmanny46 Cloning the boot drive to a 2nd drive of equal or greater capacity gives you a 100% EXACT copy of your boot drive. The clone copy is bootable! For years now I've been using Macrium Reflect (software) for this process. Cloning does NOT speed up or provide any maintenance improvements to your source boot drive.
@@wile-e-coyote7257 So, why do you clone your boot drive every 2 weeks?
@@Sergmanny46 I clone before I update software, OS, and other things - so I have an immediate fallback if anything goes south on me. I could actually do this on a monthly basis and be just fine.
Before you update your bios , be sure you have a way to revert back to the older bios , for example I updated mine because I hadn't updated it since I built it a few years ago and was constantly getting blue screen crash's afterwords, went back to older bios no issues, in short if everything is working fine do not update your bios .
Thanks Jay, you reminded me I have to go change my blinker fluid
All these tips really does work really well. I've also did some upgrades along the way and I've bought a Thermaltake Core P3 case which is an open case. Its pretty much like a open air test bench but it works great. The main thing I'll have to do is dust it regularly and use an air blower like Jay has and its really simple. I do appreciate the tips you guys provide!!!!!
Just wanted to thank you for your channel and content @JayzTwoCents
I've been following you for about a year or so and based on the information you've provided about CPUs, GPUs, Motherboards, RAM, etc., I successfully solo-assembled my first PC two weeks ago!
Got a DDR5 capable board with Ryzen 7/7700x CPU and 32GB of RAM, but the big worry was finding a decent GPU in my budget. After watching your MANY vids on the subject, I went with a Gigabyte 3060TI I got on Amazon from the company's page for about $450.
So far, it's been running fantastic and as someone who never thought I'd be able to do my own build, what you do is greatly appreciated! Cheers!
Crazy how the 3060 and 3060 Ti prices went down. Former is 280$ and latter is around 330-340$. It's a no brainer for anyone who wants to comfortably play at high/ultra 1080/1440p 60fps without raytracing (and let's face it, nobody cares about raytracing. VRAM size is more futureproof).
@@Sergmanny46 In hindsight, I realized I paid more than I probably would now for my 3060TI, but after a few months, I regret nothing.
Meanwhile, gamers are falling all over themselves to still get 4000 series cards at super-inflated prices, just for more bells and whistles.
@@DevinJHiggins Not much of a problem for me, as I'm in no particular rush of buying a GPU. 4060 Ti 16GB despite its price looks pretty much futureproof, considering everything it has to offer. 3060 and 3060 Ti are decent, but I don't want to have to lower the settings just to have a stable framerate (on new games at least).
Hey good job building your first PC man! I'm knee-deep in first build rn too, 5 days of documenting myself and counting! It's pretty intimidating at first but so much fun at the same time! :D
Great one Jay much love man
GREAT ADVICE THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
I know its not free but a massive difference for an old laptop is an SSD. Mine boots in about 30 seconds now compared to 5 minutes before. Its like a new pc now.
If physical possible have the boot and OS drive separate from your drive you use for content and application (especially if you are using HDD)
When you use air from any source to blow off fans; hold one of the fan blades gently with a finger, to stop it from spinning the fan, which can generate a back voltage in the system, which is not healthy for it. It also helps get more air through the fan to the device behind the fan.
Good tips. For me, basics are XMP for sure, and with modern processors/gpus, unless you have insane cooling, a gentle undervolt or curve optimizer is huge.
any undervolting should be stress-tested; it could be causing errors that you'll never notice until something really bad happens.
@@henrym5908 I would say that any adjustment to your CPU or GPU should be stressed tested. But my experience processor undervolting tends to be tolerated quite well in modern chips.
I'd love to hear more about undervolting to promote the longevity of your system. Also, what about air filters?
Undervolted my RTX 2060 and it can maintain higher clocks indefinitely while using less power. My card is an ASUS, but MSI Afterburner turned out to be the best tool. With the curve editor, you basically flatline what frequencies can be obtained with different voltages. Not that intuitive, but there are tons of youtube videos that can explain better than me.
Scheduler is good to check too and fairly easy to use
Great video Helps ALOT of people out Thank you
14:50 Tips for keeping system cool - probably the one thing people have trouble understanding for a first time build. I suggest, in general, to plan out the airflow through the case with priority going to supplying fresh air to the CPU and GPU, while maintaining positive pressure inside the case, and try not to intake air from the bottom of the case (dust). Having said that, it's pretty general, but as long as people follow that thought process, it should help. ALSO, as you noted in one of your videos a long time ago: try to avoid air bubbles in a liquid colling config (assuming they use an AIO) by mounting the radiator above the CPU or at least parallel, with the the loop inlet/outlets at the top (12 o'clock) of the CPU block to avoid air bubbles that will cause degradation of thermals and also cavitate the pump, and have the inlet/outlets on the radiator at the lowest point possible, just to ensure any air will just end up at the top of the radiator.
This is too much of an advanced tip, and this video's aimed for beginners/people that've fairly barely touched a PC and don't even know what DDR4 is.
100% always check the BIOS with memory, even when you flip on XMP. I had a board that would set the frequency right but the voltage/timings wrong. It would set the voltage to 1.25 on 1.35 ram and the timings would be like 16-18-18-38 on 15-16-16-36 3200MHz RAM. So I'd have to go in and manually change it all to match anyway. Also AMD has that gear down mode on the command rate that will sometimes screw with memory kits.
Great video, I love your channel. The funny thing is that I don't usually need to clean my system from dust, I used to back in the day. I've been building PCs since the late 90s, and my CPU fan cooler would get so full of dust it would litteraly spin very slow or stop, at which point I would just buy a new cooler, thankfully I got a bit smarter since my teen years and now I'm into water cooling thanks to you and your channel. Since I upgraded my case to an open chasis with good airflow and mount mine on the wall, I've had zero dust issues and only need to really clean it about every 2 years or when I upgrade, lol 😆 but I will admit It's not very dusty here in Minnesota!
thanks for this video jay it is help me a lot.
When I am in between builds I like to freshen up my pc by purchasing a new case with better airflow and to make sure it can support any AIO or air cooler or GPU. I prefer full tower cases for airflow and I don't want to cut corners with hardware fitting in the case. Cases can be expensive depending on which one you choose. It should be pleasing to your eyes and hopefully last a few builds.
I just bought the montech sky two that jay reviewed in one of his videos. I was looking for a case in the price range and couldn't quite find something I liked and then that video hit and I immediately went to amazon and bought it without hesitation. I'm sure I'm gonna keep this case for at least a few builds.
@@xerowolf4242 nice case.
Jay, when talking about XMP I think it is important to note that it might cause issues that are not apperent to be linked to the ram overclock. The problem seems to be worse with ddr5 and it does not help that ram seller sel ram kits that will never run with the current cpus at the speeds they advertise.
If people da XMP, also run memtest86+ for like 4 passes to see if you don't get errors as well as TM5. If you get even one error the overclock can cause crashes, bluescreens, network problems, freezes, high temperature on cpu etc..
As tips on how to keep the pc to run smooth, I water-cooled mine, but also put it up a desk to reduce dust. Set your graphic drivers to performance. Clean temp files (Bleachbit), turn of cortana, Update all your drivers, ENABLE ALL CPU Cores, ENABLE Ultimate Performance Power Plan, Intelligent Standby List Cleaner, Fix Windows 10 stealing Bandwith in group policy, Uninstall Internet Explorer 11 from windows 10, there are so many things you can do, sure I am missing some xD.
You can also ask a tweaker for a speedup. But that is no longer free.
Thanks, Jay. In the future, could you perhaps consider an intermediate/advanced video that addresses those registry and other leftover files you alluded to? Thank you so much!
Dusting every so often is important. Got some new thermal pads for a repair I was doing and I had an old pad that I added paste onto... not knowing you don't do that xD so when I repaded and repasted the correct components I also dusted the cooler off. Lungs are great compressed air generators outside with proper technique so you're not spitting or inhaling dust. Been using the start up, minimal programs approach for years and it's so important. If you do use a HD in 2023 you'll have a positive normal experience with a high rpm drive with no clutter.
Great tips. Can you evaluate the new PCIe5 M.2 SSDs to see if they are worthwhile, please?
Great video! On a side note. I personally haven't had any problems with OneDrive. I just start it when I want to sync files and never have it running otherwise. It is disabled. But I do know that a lot of people have had problems with it. I like to optimize a ton so that's why I only have it run when I myself manually start it to sync.
No i don't think this is the reason why he said delete onedrive , i think because OneDrive takes your data
@@foaed10:46 he did mention that it slows down your system rather than taking your data. I like it cause I never had an issue with it and it's just easy to set it and forget about it. Especially for someone like me that needs something that will work on my personal, work, and school computer.
Unfortunately when it comes to work and school I can't really use much besides what is already installed. Otherwise I would have used an open source program instead.
@@foaed He didn't mention anything about it taking data. But it is Microsoft. I am sure they do. Lmaooo.
@@zora_tech Ye. It just has worked for me honestly. I don't have it automatically do anything. I had only one issue and that is the way it syncs your documents folder. Since it has so many changes going on all of the time. Open source would be dope. I should look into that!
@@rawj1213 Yeah i think they do.
Thanks Jay 👍
the best way i like and do as you do jay the only way thanks for all the help along the way jay
Not sure what the complaint is with OneDrive. Of the cloud backups that I've used, it seems to ping my system the least often - so much so, that I rarely notice it even operating. Google drive, DropBox both would spend minutes to hours (at times) killing my system performance, and others have done the same. Do you have a video on this where you expand on the issue?
OneDrive consumes less resources. Jayz only presented his opinion, not facts.
@cyberkn0t I get that, I'm asking why his opinion is the way it is. Not saying he's wrong, maybe he had a bad experience years ago. Maybe he's done testing, maybe it's just a side comment he didn't think much about, maybe he has a video I missed about cloud backup options? Don't know till I ask.
Same. No complaints with OneDrive. It's always running on all of my systems. I do, however, only use it as a separate storage forum, specifically for things I want or need to access anywhere. I don't use it to sync any of the folders between my systems (desktop, documents, pictures, etc)
This is suuuuper specific to me but if I don't pay attention one drive will always run in the background and because Im essentially forced to use a cpu with a bad memory controller(for now, will be curious to see when I replace said cpu), when I Uninstall it, there's a noticeable difference in snappy-ness from windows operations. No clue why Jay would be saying it though. I'm sure if I actually used any other the problem would persist so it's likely not even a one drive problem.
@@derrikgroves4004 same. I use it for my work files only that need to be accessed on my iPad, phone or office computers. Doesn’t sync any of my local files. But I don’t notice any issues with it.
Winaero tweaker for disabling telemetry and Cortana. Disabling those 2 alone releases RAM and CPU usage. Also, adding exceptions to Windows Security to exclude its own folders. Windows Security checks on its own folders constantly, causing the Antimalware Service task to run constantly and consume a lot of system resources. I've had it using upwards of 1GB of RAM at startup and taking a lot of time to do so. When I excluded its own folders, I hardly ever see it go over 300MB of RAM usage.
Replying to bookmark will try tbis 2 morrow ty
Wow didnt know that thank you!
One of the best ways to make your PC faster and save power is undervolting your cpu or gpu (or both). I recommend watching videos on how to do it and it may take some time of playing around and testing for stability, but once done, it can bring decent performance uplifts at less power.
Thanks again for another great video , if I ever have any issues with my pc or my wife’s pc I always look up ur channel and see what you do ,’ it fixes it , I’ve learned a lot from u over the last, I’d say 3 maybe 4 years , u always have helpful tips and they actually work , Ik about some of the stuff u talk about Ik the videos but it’s impossible for anyone to know everything so I guess I’m saying even if ur someone who thinks nah I can’t learn anything here , I’d say u definitely can learn more bc there’s always something with computers that ya might not know yet .
Finally got my 240hz monitor so my 2060 super can push chess at 240fps!
Very nice !!!
"Oneofusoneofusoneofus" ~bullet chess players
Life goals right there
e4... Ruy ; )
Caveat: BIOS update can reduce your performance in order to patch vulnerabilities, depending on which generation CPU/motherboard you're using.
I was going to write the same thing. SPECTRE and other bugs that deal with branch prediction are often mitigated by disabling specific branch prediction scenarios/features, resulting in decreased overall CPU performance.
I disable animate windows in system settings. It makes your windows pop open instantly instead of fading in, that half a second you save when opening a window adds up to a far more responsive experience
12:25 I also tell people not to do this because an electric motor can also be a generator, so you're actually pumping reverse current back into your MOBO or fan controller! An air compressor, or for example my 5hp shop vac, can probably get those fans spinning quick enough to send back some legit voltage. Always love your vids Jay!!!
Jay, wouldn't it be easier to explain to people how to get into their BIOS by using UEFI reboot in troubleshooter rather than trying to tell them to race their computer on start up?
Aka holding shift while clicking Restart 🔃
I've done quite a few BIOS updates on my Z390 board and each time I have, it got noticeably more stable. Didn't notice any performance changes from just that though. Now Jay mentioned enabling XMP-DOCP. But I've noticed a number of Intel boards that have more than one XMP profile. So is one better than the other and which one should you enable?
Just go with the 1st profile...unless the profiles are with different frequencies...in which go for the one that has the same frequency as the advertised for your kit.
If you're running to problems with the 1st profile then only try running the 2nd (or manually lowering the frequency after enabling a profile....*cough cough* AMD *cough*)
one profile is usually the intel preset which is great when going for stability, the other profile is most likely the motherboards "optimized" preset, which may or may not work better but is usually not quite as stable unless the processor and ram itself were designed specifically for it or at least recommended by the motherboard manufacturer. id rather the processor handle that kind of optimization since its basically the brains
Good stuff thanks again.
Thanks JayzTwoCents for the MSI Afterburner boost tweak !! I will see how it goes !!
Who else pc already fast and just wants the extra speed😂
It never ends lol
ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME
One thing that I would love to see you do is a video about updating the UEFI for your gpu, especially what to do if you don't have a cpu with an IGPU. This way if you do need to update the bios you can ensure that you won't push something in the bios of your mobo beyond its ability to support your gpu and have no image as a result. I'm not sure if you can update both at once (like how in the updated "what to do after you build your computer" video Jay showed how to update your bios right then an there) but that would be cool if it can be done.
There's almost very little need to habitually update the GPU BIOS. The vendors generally don't even release incremental versions. The Nvidia Resizeable BAR update was something of a special case.
Most of the time they dont even publish update to the vbios
GPU's rarely need their BIOS updated. And if they do it will be provided by Nvidia/AMD/Intel themselves via windows executable. Atleast that's how it's been done before.
Flashing vBIOS outside of windows you better have a spare GPU laying around if you dont have iGPU.
When do you ever need to update the UEFI for your GPU? The only time Ive ever seen this done was in certain rare special cases or on older crappy AMD cards. Now days it’s hardly ever needed if at all it would be mostly a useless video because 99.9% of people would never need to do this.
@@ace052330 So the reason I bring this up is because of a video Jay made a little under a year ago about his friend's pc having this issue. Because his friend updated the bios, the motherboard no longer worked with that specific tier of gpu until Jay did the UEFI update. Figured that I should ask about it to learn how to handle this if you don't have a cpu with an IGPU.
another good thing to do is update your motherboard chipset drivers. You might have a BIOS update once a year but motherboard chipset drivers get updated usually every couple months. It's a pretty easy process with AMD mobos I'm not sure how easy it is with Intel mobos though.
Thanks for the advice. It is the easiest for newbies to absorb.
Thank you!
Can I use a background with racing strips or do I need to physically install them on the case to take advantage of the +5 speed?
They go on the case, red ones are the best but everyone is just using white because they are lazy.
Desktop backgrounds with racing stripes only boost performance if you're using at least a 240Hz refresh rate with HDR.
Follow up video idea: low cost ways to improve your system, like reapplying thermal paste, or buying an electric blower for cleaning your PC (I got one for Christmas and it was like $30 on Amazon), or adding cheap fans if you can (was in another video recently but also applies here)
the electric air blowers.. they can be nice but a little TOO powerful, I still sadly prefer cans of compressed air for precise clearing of dust. Problem is it's becoming harder and harder to buy packs of them from our local walmart for cheap now that they want to push their crappy Onn brand of compressed air.
How often should u replace thermal paste. I have a ryzen 5 3600. I upgraded the air cooler to a budget ID cooling one early last year. The max temp I saw was around high 60's.
Thank You
@@zonemanbobo ok, thanks for the advice
I got an electric blower for free by using my girlfriend's hair dryer. 😎
@@casedistorted Depends on your living conditions. If you have really sticky dust then compressed air is about as useful as fart in the wind and even electric air blowers are too weak. I have to use a full blown compressor that goes to something like 6 bar air pressure to get most of the dust off and even then i have to clean fan blades and heatsinks manually. My fault for living in apartment with open kitchen...
I use a shop compressor. I generally turn the pressure down and also use the line with the water/oil trap so the air is clean.
Jay, thanks for the tips.
Been using compressed air from shop compressor for over 25 years to blow out the dust in TiVos and PCs. No problems encountered.
Tips if you're going to use "shop air":
Don't spin the fans. *
Use conditioned air, that is air that is free of water.
*Though I've never heard of a fan blade failing, breaking off, it is a possibility.
Plus that permanent magnet motor becomes a generator when it is wind milling.
Hi Jay. Not so similar topic, but do you or anybody have suggestions for a more “budget” orientated custom water cooling? Is there such a thing? I would love to custom watercool my build, but as a college student I obviously don’t have hundreds upon hundreds of dollars to spend to make water go brrr.
A 20-40$ thermal paste combined with decent fan coolers will do just fine. The principles of heat dissipation are the same, and real world temp differences are negligible. Not worth in your case.
For dust problems, switch to a positive pressure case setup either by adjusting your fan curves so that your intakes are pulling in more air than your exhausts are pushing out, or by changing the installation itself. A lot of people seem to love having lots of top exhausts to show of the RGB on its best side, plus they have the rear exhaust, but have less intakes. If the fans are left like that, it's making a negative pressure inside the case, but changing the curves to slow down the exhausts or speed up the intakes can change it to a positive pressure.
Just want to know, how does positive pressure help with dust. It seems blowing more air in would increase dust
@@Mr_Reaps25 Positive pressure guarantees that the only air coming in is through your filters. Negative pressure means that the exhausts are pushing more air out than your intakes are pulling in. Because a low pressure volume is formed, the case will suck the additional air in via the easiest path. The easiest path won't be by pulling it through the filters, but instead through the extra openings in your case, which are not filtered. Either way will have dust but with positive pressure, at least you are filtering the biggest particles. With negative pressure, you have no control.
@@RobinEdwards1 thanks very much
hope you can introduce again the step by step tuning regarding memory, cpu and gpu overclocking the do's and dont's and what to remeber ......and thank you again.
keeping chipset drivers up to date is crucial as well
We can all agree the Asus bios is second to absolutely none! Also I wish Jay did a video for very advanced settings and optimizations for us enthusiast, pros and power users that we may or may not know about. Would be a big hit because I feel like a lot of viewers to this channel including myself are at a very advanced level when it comes to PC building and software/hardware knowledge.
Disagree. My favorite BIOS is dd-wrt; so impressed with the features set, quality, and range of device compatibility.
If you're at a "very advanced level when it comes to PC building" then you already know more than Jay. Someone like the person you're describing would never post the requests you've just made. Most the things in this video are pretty much inadvisable for a normal user if their system is already functioning correctly. They're also common sense for an "advanced level PC builder"
@@Cinnabuns2009 You're really upset. I'm sorry, but unfortunately I don't care, nor does anyone else :/
@@davec817 I agree, they are fantastic! Cool story as well.
I always knew Asus was good but I haven’t messed with the bios yet so glad to know
About the bios part in the beginning sometimes updating a bios can cause instability and issues too like just yesterday I updated to the latest zen 4 bios on my gigabyte board and instantly had constant green screens and bios itself would freeze (all stock settings too as it deleted my oc profiles) so I had to downgrade again to have a stable system with my oc applied too.
Exactly, not all bios updates make it better
@@SkateClipsAndTips Yeah I was a bit worried that I wouldn't be able to flash back to an older bios but luckily the pc played nice long enough for me to boot in once and download the previous version and somehow by a miracle didn't crash or freeze whilst downgrading it again. Has been rock solid since then though.
I do however agree with Jay that it is a good idea to update your stuff to extract extra performance out of things and have better security too but things don't always work out or go smoothly in my experience anyway (it's fine the vast majority of the time though just rarely there is something that messes with how things should work).
This is also true for any software which is why I like manually updating everything and also keeping track of the last known version that was working well. When I manually update, I can watch out for any new issues instead of being randomly surprised and flabbergasted as to why something stopped working after some secret auto-update.
I’ve also had bios updates break compatibility with hardware I had. I once had an old Asus Athlon XP motherboard that I did a bios update on and all of a sudden my SCSI card didn’t work anymore. Back in those days before SSD’s I ran a 20 gig 15000 rpm SCSI hard drive as my boot/OS drive so that bios update was a showstopper. Luckily I was able to revert to the previous build and all was working again. If you use specialized hardware like that don’t assume it’ll be working after a bios update. I tend to do bios updates on a need basis now. If I don’t need it I don’t bother with it.
those are some basic but really good tips! thx j
8:39 - frankly the tip I should add is, with very old motherboards, some SATA ports are actually slower, so with SSD you get around 260MB/s at best - so the tip is to make sure to have SATA SSD plugged into SATAIII port on your motherboard ;)
Info for Jay: Ram Base Speed was DDR1: 200MHZ DDR2: 400MHZ and DDR 3 800 MHZ DDR4 1600 DDR5 4000. DDR5 is the first one that does not use twice the speed because they already have secified DDR4-3200 as JEDEC standard Ram Speed (NO OC!) So they start with 4000 and they should make the standard all the way up to 6400MT/s DDR6 release speed is rumored to be 12800MT/S starting base speed.... And Fun Fact: All Generations DDR1-4 launched arout 3 years later for customers and that is why sometimes the available base speed at the retailers were already a higher jedec standard than when it really came out. DDR5 is the first generation that was released to end customers beeing brand new.
I actually had some DDR3-800 memory at one point. An AMD system was fine with it but the Core 2 Duo it was in didn’t like it at all.
I enabled XMP in bios when i put the PC for sale after 2 years of using it on default settings 🙈
and i bet you would not feel any difference in gaming with it on or off(except some specific cases), so don't worry about it :D
@@byCDMC it was also running on much lower speeds
Also blowing air through a fan causes that fan to become a generator. if it"s plugged into the MB or a fan controller it could apply excessive amounts of voltage to that circuit burning it out. So if your going to blow air through a fan hold the fan blades so the fan doesn't spin.
Hi Jay, I have a question, i dont know if you already addressed it in another video. I am running 9th gen intel and i was thinking of either upgrading to 13th gen intel or zen 5. What was important was that i wanted to clone my current windows os and run it on my upgraded system, rather than starting with a fresh os, as that would take me days of work to get it back to the state i am today. Will that work ok though? Will it work with intel and not with amd because of driver differences? Thank you!
Hey Jay, when uninstalling software I use Revo Uninstaller because not only does it use the original Uninstaller but it also gets rid of all leftover files, folders and registry entries
just said the same thing lol
I use it too and my PC runs and loads faster
Makes me think about Fedora Silver blue which has a read only operating system. No leftover files as applications are installed with flat pack.
On the flip side, updating your motherboard BIOS may include fixes for meltdown/spectre which can reduce CPU performance (sometimes considerably). I get that security is important, but I'm of the school of thought that my dedicated gaming rig is dedicated to gaming. If the BIOS updates include these fixes, and your CPU was not designed to include protection for these transient execution vulnerabilities, then updating your BIOS could reduce your performance until you head into the BIOS settings and/or OS settings to disable those features.
Those are nearly six years old by this point. If you're using any recent version of Windows (or Linux or whatever) then you're already running the operating system software fixes. Any hardware bought in the last few years will also already have the necessary updates.
So if you have a moderately recent system then you can safely (in regard to Meldown/Spectre) upgrade your BIOS - it won't change anything there.
I usually replace the front mesh with a 1/4" thick foam open cell air conditioner pre-filter mounted in a "creatively engineered" bracket of some kind. You can run water through them and then hand wash them with mild dish washing liquid, rinse, dry and replace. Much more durable and easier to clean than stock filters. you can get 15" x x24" pieces for one or two dollars.
Those are great tips as always. Would you do a video for the novice step by step to follow as most people are too afraid to try this themself?
Nice
SSd are a must I agree
More tips: 1. Don't fill you SSDs close to maximum capacity, that will drastically slow it down. 2. Turn off any game launcher overlays such as Steam, Origin and uPlay( I don't remember if this one has an overlay). Overlays while playing can decrease the in game performance and in some cases affect stability.
3. Have a separate drive for your operating system and a different one for other intensive applications and games in general.
Do I need an actual physical separate drive or do partitions help?
@@xPaganNationx A separate physical drive makes more sense. Because this way most of the bandwidth and processing (that the drives controller does) will be allocated specifically to the read/write requests that come from Windows and the other small software you have on that drive while not being hindered in any way by other games running, loading assets or downloading for example.
@@xPaganNationx The only benefit of partitioning applies to HDDs (Hard Drives) when short stroked. And the benefit you would get from that it's... very small even though it's quantifiable.
When it comes to any type of SSD, there is no reason to partition them.
Thank you JayzTwoCents. I checked my BIOS and sure enough XMP was disabled and memory was running at 1333MHz. I enabled it, and got 1600MHz a 12 percent increase. I would not have checked if it were not for this video. 👍
I run a powered HEPA filter next to the gear which helps prevent dust buildup inside the case.
my best one that I do personally is a full reset with a fresh reinstallation of windows every 3 months, i have 1gb down internet speed so reinstalling everything i actually use quarterly isnt an issue for me, but a clean operating system gives your hardware more breathing room as well so its snappier, i just did it yesterday after i switched my XC Ultra 2080 Super for a 6900XT Red Devil (also needed to reinstall windows in order to get rid of Nvidia's garbage software, they made it difficult to switch to another gpu company)
I do this every year during down time / holidays. PC FEELS so much lighter and snappier!
Every 3 months is excessive lol, but I agree with you.
If you want higher performance and don't care about the power consumption or battery life, change the power plan to "High performance" (Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Power Options). This is set to "Balanced" or "Power saver" by default and one of the main reasons for the low performance of your PC
high performance power plan does not increase maximum performance at all. The absolute most it will do is make your desktop a TINY bit more responsive when you have nothing open. By the time you open up a few basic programs most balanced power plans kick your clock speed all of the way up anyway. IF you're actually trying to pull out more performance, turn to actual clock speeds - power plans are a waste of time as long as your clock speeds are high.
Great tips!
NVMe for me is fast and great boot times. Glad I am off those harddisk for OS and Games. Nice video Jay keep up the good work Sir
OneDrive works pretty well for me I have 2 desktops (home/work) and a laptop. It syncs all them so I can just work on the same documents and desktop's at home, work or mobile and it's free. And cloud backed up too.
But I think OneDrive can't be accessed without internet
@@Clr-Clr yea internet is pretty essential to sync devices remotely
@@Clr-Clr right-clicking on Desktop Documents or pictures, there is an option to "always keep on this device". that way when it syncs it syncs a copy to your PC that can be accessed even when there is no internet, and that resyncs when the net is available again
Additional tip: Like what Jay did in his Digital Storm ad, if your PC is slow and old, take your heavy duty sludge hammer and give it a few love taps. Rumors say your PC is now 100% more broken. But fear not, your Ifixit kit should be plenty to make you PC brand new again😂
I use a compressor with one of the attachments that removes moisture and limits the psi. Usually 20 to 25psi and works and cleans just fine
This was super helpful. Thanks Jay. Although I am finding it difficult to update the bios on my Asus Prime x470 pro Motherboard.
Could you try one for laptops?
Same stuff applies
@@kens3dandaquatics not completely, plus different stuff can make a bigger impact
Dang it Jay! I thought you were going to tell me about a super secret software that I could download that would give me 30% more performance.
Well... The last AMD driver update did see a +40% increase in some games.... (This is NOT usual, but did happen at least once!)
Hi Jay, appreciate the excellent advice & will enable XMP, which I did not know until now. My one tip is to restart your PC after any or multiple installations, Cheers
Thanks J