[SOLVED] SSD Tweaks

[letumexordo]

Those guys are saying that "Select Custom size and set Initial size and Maximum size in MB. You can use any value for Initial size, but as for Maximum size use 1.5x or 2x the size of your RAM in MB. Click on Set and OK to save changes." So I have 32 GB and it's being 65536 MB. But how is it possible that I can use memory as virtual memory that I don't even have? Well those guys had Reimage Repair that couldn't even be uninstalled properly and detected as virus by HitmanPro so I don't trust those guys, yet, I did what they've said. So will see what will happen. What do you think btw?

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[PC Tailor]

Virtual memory is when a part of your storage device is used as "overflow RAM" for want of a better phrase.
So for a very simple example if you had 4GB of RAM - and your CPU wanted the RAM to collect 6GB of data, the RAM would retain the 4GB it can hold, and store the remaining 2GB in a section of the hard drive ready to retrieve at the next possible moment.
It attempts to speed up data transfer between RAM and Storage, kind of like a "prep" area.

 

[letumexordo]

Virtual memory is when a part of your storage device is used as "overflow RAM" for want of a better phrase.
So for a very simple example if you had 4GB of RAM - and your CPU wanted the RAM to collect 6GB of data, the RAM would retain the 4GB it can hold, and store the remaining 2GB in a section of the hard drive ready to retrieve at the next possible moment.
It attempts to speed up data transfer between RAM and Storage, kind of like a "prep" area.

Thanks. But why 1.5x or 2x? Why if you have 16 GB can't make it 64 GB?

 

[PC Tailor]

1. You're limited to how much virtual memory you can actually use.
2. Your HDD/SSD is still incredibly slow in comparison to your RAM, so you want as much stored in actual RAM as possible.
3. You'll still only need as much memory as your CPU requires. If you require 6GB and have 4GB RAM - setting your virtual memory at a ridiculously high value is not going to make the 2GB remaining any faster to transfer, you'll just have wasted inactive space.
4. If you're running out of RAM - your PC can actually slow down trying to use the storage device as RAM. It's kind of telling you that you need more RAM.

Frankly going back to your original post - you're better off letting windows manage it dynamically IMO.

 

[letumexordo]

1. You're limited to how much virtual memory you can actually use.
2. Your HDD/SSD is still incredibly slow in comparison to your RAM, so you want as much stored in actual RAM as possible.
3. You'll still only need as much memory as your CPU requires. If you require 6GB and have 4GB RAM - setting your virtual memory at a ridiculously high value is not going to make the 2GB remaining any faster to transfer, you'll just have wasted inactive space.
4. If you're running out of RAM - your PC can actually slow down trying to use the storage device as RAM. It's kind of telling you that you need more RAM.

Frankly going back to your original post - you're better off letting windows manage it dynamically IMO.

But why it to be told 1.5x or 2x? Those guys are telling to manually do so and I like tweaks, so I will try it for some time and see if it makes any difference. Also someone posted that his boot time reduced to 10 seconds from a minute. It's crazy.

 

[PC Tailor]

1.5x or 2x is the general "rule of thumb" of what isn't excessive and can potentially be useful.

 

[13thmonkey]

In the old days 1.5 - 2x was reasonable, nowadays set it at maybe 24GB is total, so 16GB of ram = 8 GB of page file/virtual memory. Some programs don't like zero, so always leave some. If you have very high workloads you'll know about it and set it accordingly.

 

[letumexordo]

1.5x or 2x is the general "rule of thumb" of what isn't excessive and can potentially be useful.

What does mean "general rule of thumb?" Also I wouldn't need ahead of 32 GB Ram, imo... Unless when I open 250 tabs in Chrome...

In the old days 1.5 - 2x was reasonable, nowadays set it at maybe 24GB is total, so 16GB of ram = 8 GB of page file/virtual memory. Some programs don't like zero, so always leave some. If you have very high workloads you'll know about it and set it accordingly.

Leave what?

 

[13thmonkey]

some virtual memory, never set it at zero, always have some virtual memory.

 

[letumexordo]

some virtual memory, never set it at zero, always have some virtual memory.

But why would I need if I have 32 GB Ram as a home user?

 

[13thmonkey]

because some programs look for virtual memory as a matter of course, and if there is none they will crash. That's why I said never set it to zero. 1GB would be enough, even a couple of MB.

 

[letumexordo]

because some programs look for virtual memory as a matter of course, and if there is none they will crash. That's why I said never set it to zero. 1GB would be enough, even a couple of MB.

Really? Why actually? Thanks. Nice information.

 

[13thmonkey]

Badly written programs mostly, but for the cost of reserving some disk space it's not worth the risk of random crashes that take hours to figure why.

 

[letumexordo]

Badly written programs mostly, but for the cost of reserving some disk space it's not worth the risk of random crashes that take hours to figure why.

Okay, thanks!

 

[PC Tailor]

Glad you've got your question sorted at least - just remember to select a best answer once you're happy so others can see what you've chosen as the solution.