5 Free Ways To Speed Up Your PC 

Step 4 learn command instructions Step 5 realize most of the software you use is not on Linux Step 6 good luck with drivers

Chad Bremer That was true many years ago. Linux distros have come a long way since then. As of 2014 that comment is incorect.

They are better, but still far from perfect. Recently tried SteamOS. Cant get my 3-way 780's to work in SLI. Surround wont work. And most of my library of 110 titles wont run. I tried Ubuntu about a year ago. Ran into some of the same problems. But with SLI 680's. I just Linex is good for code monkeys and people looking for basic needs. Most workstation and gaming type stuff it falls flat outside a few specialized area. The SteamOS deal might change things if it gets traction, but I wont be holding my breath. Might be a long wait.

Chad Bremer SteamOs "Well, There's Your Problem"

I won't disagree things aren't easy with driver problems but they are much better today then years ago. As for performance I get much better performance from Linux then other OS's.

never mind, i found it in system configuration by searching for msconfig, there is a startup tap there

It sounds like a cooling problem. Sorry if I'm a little late...

for windows 7 and below, press the "Windows key+r" to bring up the run dialog box, type "msconfig" and press enter. When it opens up go to the startup tab, there it will show you all the applications running at start-up. Disable what you do not need. That's it.

jaymaster103 thats what I wrote ..?!

slicedpage My Mistake

Try IObit Driver Booster it's free and it does it job. I use it every time in windows 7 or 8.

Alexandru Laurentiu Pinca Thanks! I'll try that one

Driver Pack Solution is nice. It's large though, as it needs to work offline.

Most bottleneck comes from IO for most of everyday computing activity. Upgrade to SSD III

That's not free. This video is about free speed.

Chad Bremer Clock speeds doesn't matter much in modern computers.

Achraf Gbadamassi Actually it does. Kinda depends to a degree what you are doing and the type of build you have, but it most definitely has an effect. Case in point, my rig runs triple GPU's in SLI. CPU speed has a dramatic effect on FPS because it effects how fast my CPU can feed the cards. Pretty much any SLI, especially 3-4 card setups can bottleneck the CPU. If you render video or 3D work on your CPU, again clock speeds can shave minute off the time it takes to finish. Seconds on smaller projects. It's all in how the machine is built and used, like I said. There is a whole group of us overclockers out there with piles and piles of benchmarks and real world tests to show just how much a decent overclock can boost performance.

+Gaben is my name It often lowers the lifespan, but doesn't directly break the processor if done properly. :)

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EliteGeeks wtf is this comment

Solinium Did you read it?

SaiyanZero .....how....its decent give me an example sheep

XTwoStepsToHellX It will tell you anything thats an .exe file is a virus. Avast is much better.

SaiyanZero mmm which version did u last use? recent ones have been pretty good at not doing that....except for that one time AVG deleted a sys32 file...that was pretty annoyin but ye heard avast is decent

XTwoStepsToHellX The last time I used it was like a year ago.

SaiyanZero lol....well atleast they are both better than freakin norton....that thing releases its virus' from the vault as soon as it expires....and expects you to get it back so that Norton can contain it again...such a ripoff