How bad is armoury crate?

[Harflite]

Wanna buy an am4 asus board but heard a lot of bad things about armoury crate. If I disable it at bios will it still affect my performance?

[GuiltySpark_]

Its completely voluntary, simply don't install it. (its basically malware)

[Harflite]

Just now, GuiltySpark_ said:

Its completely voluntary, simply don't install it. (its basically malware)

So it doesn't install unless I want it to?

[GuiltySpark_]

1 minute ago, Harflite said:

So it doesn't install unless I want it to?

Nope. Mind what you click on when you boot into the OS. I've never once had any of that type of software forcefully install itself without having to confirm something. (I own an Asus B550i STRIX AM4 board)

[Angusticlavii]

Its pretty bad, crashes and updates every time i use it..

 

It works fine for setting up RGB

[Harflite]

Just now, Angusticlavii said:

Its pretty bad, crashes and updates every time i use it..

 

It works fine for setting up RGB

Why dont you disable it?

[Angusticlavii]

Just now, Harflite said:

Why dont you disable it?

I dont have it running all the time i just open it when i get bored with my RGB colour

[Harflite]

Just now, Angusticlavii said:

I dont have it running all the time i just open it when i get bored with my RGB colour

Oh ok. Does it affect your performance when not open?

[Angusticlavii]

1 minute ago, Harflite said:

Oh ok. Does it affect your performance when not open?

i just noticed it takes up some RAM.. like 50MB all together

 

But i dont see any performance difference and it takes up 0% CPU

[Harflite]

Just now, Angusticlavii said:

i just noticed it takes up some RAM.. like 50MB all together

 

But i dont see any performance difference and it takes up 0% CPU

Okay I think i'll go for it thanks!

[GuiltySpark_]

Just now, Harflite said:

Okay I think i'll go for it thanks!

Go for what, exactly? 

[Angusticlavii]

3 minutes ago, Harflite said:

Okay I think i'll go for it thanks!

 

12 minutes ago, Angusticlavii said:

Its pretty bad, crashes and updates every time i use it..

 

It works fine for setting up RGB

You have been warned

[Harflite]

Just now, GuiltySpark_ said:

Go for what, exactly? 

b550 gaming wifi II

[johnno23]

Use it to set up your RGB then save the setting and delete it.

Why have something that is eating more resources than it offers as benefits ?

Just because our PCs today can do so much without breaking a sweat is not a reason to allow a bunch of gimmick style apps to be running on our rigs.

Sorry I am a hater of such apps so my bias against them spills over.

But seriously The Armoury Crate ? WTF does it give your PC or its games? Access to extra ammo ? does it have the BFG hiding in there ? Does it have anything at all to do with anything military.......I see it as just junk use it one time to create some settings and delete .....thats how I used icue. set up my Corsair vengeance Dimms and then the app went into the bin.

[GuiltySpark_]

The problem with installing it and why that's bad advice is you never really get rid of it. Asus has bypassed many standard practices for software development with that trash software and it embeds itself extremely far into your system. They've hidden their Armory Crate Uninstall Tool and even that doesn't fully remove all the services it installs. 

 

It serves no purpose and its completely voluntary to install. Simply don't install it, its that simple. 

 

RGB? OpenRGB or Signal works fine. Fan control you can setup in the BIOS.  

[Harflite]

Just now, johnno23 said:

Use it to set up your RGB then save the setting and delete it.

Why have something that is eating more resources than it offers as benefits ?

Just because our PCs today can do so much without breaking a sweat is not a reason to allow a bunch of gimmick style apps to be running on our rigs.

Sorry I am a hater of such apps so my bias against them spills over.

But seriously The Armoury Crate ? WTF does it give your PC or its games? Access to extra ammo ? does it have the BFG hiding in there ? Does it have anything at all to do with anything military.......I see it as just junk use it one time to create some settings and delete .....thats how I used icue. set up my Corsair vengeance Dimms and then the app went into the bin.

Lmao I understand, it seems dumb af and everyone hates it but they still don't change it...

[Harflite]

Just now, GuiltySpark_ said:

The problem with installing it and why that's bad advice is you never really get rid of it. Asus has bypassed many standard practices for software development with that trash software and it embeds itself extremely far into your system. They've hidden their Armory Crate Uninstall Tool and even that doesn't fully remove all the services it installs. 

 

It serves no purpose and its completely voluntary to install. Simply don't install it, its that simple. 

 

RGB? OpenRGB or Signal works fine. Fan control you can setup in the BIOS.  

Dont worry I will stay well away it. Thanks for the advice.