Will my pc get faster?

[LordAsperheim]

Hey guys! i was wondering if my pc will run faster, and run games better if i factory reset my pc

 

[Krosis]

Wut

[Crunchy Dragon]

2 minutes ago, LordAsperheim said:

Hey guys! i was wondering if my pc will run faster, and run games better if i factory reset my pc

As far as I know, not really.

[LordAsperheim]

Just now, Krosis said:

Wut

If i factory reset my pc... will it startup faster and will it run games better ?

 

[NunoLava1998]

Just now, LordAsperheim said:

If i factory reset my pc... will it startup faster and will it run games better ?

 

Startup, definitely (although with a SSD it really doesn't matter as you're going to get pretty indistinguishable boot times). Games, no.

[LordAsperheim]

Just now, NunoLava1998 said:

Startup, definitely (although with a SSD it really doesn't matter as you're going to get pretty indistinguishable boot times). Games, no.

ok thanks for the help

 

[ThatBlockishWay]

2 minutes ago, LordAsperheim said:

Hey guys! i was wondering if my pc will run faster, and run games better if i factory reset my pc

 

Unless youve got a large amount of programs and bloat running all the time then no, and even if you did going into something like msconfig (for the ones you want) and add/remove programs (for the ones that installed along side things you downloaded) would be a much better option. More than likely though your hardware is just dated for the games youre trying to run.

[3 Lions]

38 minutes ago, LordAsperheim said:

If i factory reset my pc... will it startup faster and will it run games better ?

 

What are the specs of your PC? 

[Merkle Groot]

It will definitely probably run faster.

 

I try to do a machine refresh every few months. Every time I've done so, performance has improved for a few months.

I'm not in the habit of installing a bunch of random crap on my machine. However, even well monitored Windows installations tend to degrade over time.

This process can be much less painless if you maintain a Chocolatey or BoxStarter script (or if you find someone else's that you like).
Chocolatey is a package manager for Windows (kind of like apt, yum, etc for Linux).
BoxStarter wraps Chocolatey and makes it easier to do Windows configurations (if you like you taskbar setup a certain way, etc.).

https://chocolatey.org/
https://boxstarter.org/

[Dedayog]

Just now, Merkle Groot said:

It will definitely probably run faster.

 

I try to do a machine refresh every few months. Every time I've done so, performance has improved for a few months.

I'm not in the habit of installing a bunch of random crap on my machine. However, even well monitored Windows installations tend to degrade over time.

This process can be much less painless if you maintain a Chocolatey or BoxStarter script (or if you find someone else's that you like).
Chocolatey is a package manager for Windows (kind of like apt, yum, etc for Linux).
BoxStarter wraps Chocolatey and makes it easier to do Windows configurations (if you like you taskbar setup a certain way, etc.).

https://chocolatey.org/
https://boxstarter.org/

Uhm, no.

[Merkle Groot]

1 minute ago, jstudrawa said:

Uhm, no.

Reasoning?

[Dedayog]

Just now, Merkle Groot said:

Reasoning?

Windows programs do not degrade over time, especially over just a couple months. 

 

Windows will get slower to boot up as you install more and more programs that run in the background or loaded before login (Ie Discord).  But it won't be slower while IN Windows noticeably.

 

Every couple months is overkill and sure it's your personal preference.  Don't tout your own OCD what to do with made up comments like Windows degrading.  Performance does not improve then degrade over a few months time.

[Guest]

It'll free up space. That's about it.

[Merkle Groot]

1 minute ago, jstudrawa said:

Windows programs do not degrade over time, especially over just a couple months. 

 

Windows will get slower to boot up as you install more and more programs that run in the background or loaded before login (Ie Discord).  But it won't be slower while IN Windows noticeably.

 

Every couple months is overkill and sure it's your personal preference.  Don't tout your own OCD what to do with made up comments like Windows degrading.  Performance does not improve then degrade over a few months time.

>> Windows programs do not degrade over time, especially over just a couple months.
Programs (usually) don't, but the OS as a whole tends to.

 

Mind you, this depends on user behavior.

It's common to have unwanted applications that are installed that run in the background.

This isn't always just malware. Sometimes applications come bundled with other things you might way (like how Oracle used to try to install a toolbar on your machine when you downloaded Java). Also, some of us install things we don't need and forget about them.
Lots of applications think they're important enough to run at startup and keep running in the background (e.g. Acrobat Reader Updater).

 

Sometimes past installations of applications and drivers can cause conflicts that a full reset can resolve.

 

Freeing up disk space helps performance in most cases.

[GoodBytes]

They are incorrect information being passed around.

I just want to clarify some things.

 

Windows itself and programs, on an HDD, doesn't slow down over time (ignoring the fact that newer version of Windows and programs, which tend to add features, MAY affect performance depending on the system specs and the feature in question, and if it is one that runs on the back, or just some added option that can be executed when needed).

 

What tend to happen with system with HDDs, is fragmentation and data scattering.

So fragmentation, I think we all know what it is, and why it happens, if not, let me know and I'll explain.

So you can defrag the HDD, and that is fine, but that doesn't solve data scattering, As the HDD just write at the first available slot without looking forward (as they are super slow, even if you have a 10,000RPM HDD), but your data can, over time scatter as you defrag it. So let's say, Windows needs to load file A, B, and C. They might be in a row from each other. Great! HDD head doesn't need to move. But after updates, adding data, fragmentation happens, and due to defragmentation they end up being: C [some other data] A [some other data] B... now the HDD head needs to go all over the place to get the data.. and those are just 3 files.

 

The fix is to do either

• A clean install with the latest version of Windows, programs and games to reduce it.
  or
• Deep Defragmentation. An example is to use something like O&O Defrag, and do a Complete/Modifiy defragmentation to sort the files. Doing this may take 8h+ if you have lots of data and and fragmentation or data scattering is pretty bad.

Of course, you also want to make sure your SATA controllers set to AHCI mode and not IDE, to make sure you get the full performance of SATA on your side, and enjoy NCQ which can drastically improve performance as this diagram shows:

 

A - No NCQ

B - NCQ in action

 

An SSD is a great way to render all this to a non-existing issue.

 

That said you do want an SSD with DRAM cache chip, and always set your SATA Controller to AHCI mode.

 

 

[homeap5]

It may run slower. Why? Because every user install drivers, react to problems and improve system settings over time. After factory reset you're at the beginning of whole process, so your computer will be not configured as you like, programs that you uses for makes work faster will be not installed, useful tools too (so you'll waste your time by installing another programs every time you double click unrecognized file and you forget to install program to open that file first). Your work will be mostly slower if you're experienced user.

 

If you're user who only install Windows and do nothing interesting then why not - resetting Windows may gives you feeling that system is faster. It will be mostly autosuggestion, but still - lot of fun by resetting / reinstalling / made clean install your OS every month / week / day. Until your HDD/SSD dies.