Journal #8775
Posted 7 years ago2017-02-07 18:59:26 UTC
I made a video. It's about me compiling a map on my laptop:
https://youtu.be/ewaI2SssatE
As you can see, this is what I deal with every day
Made with Sony Vegas 11 10.
Basically, this has been my entire life since 2015. This is why I really want to build my PC.
https://youtu.be/ewaI2SssatE
As you can see, this is what I deal with every day
Made with Sony Vegas 11 10.
Basically, this has been my entire life since 2015. This is why I really want to build my PC.
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Great banana you have hoy;)
At least someone here thinks positively. (You)
Seeing the bottom right of your task bar is kinda weird, you have a lot of things in there. Aren't you running useless applications ?
And, I disabled Aero once. But, no (or minimal) performance gains whatsoever =(
1. One SSD is cheaper than a whole new PC so you can get it sooner
2. You can use the same SSD when you build your new PC so there's no extra cost
3. A clean install of Windows will speed everything up. You have too much crap on there.
4. SSDs are faster. It wont help with anything CPU-heavy like compiling but it will speed up your boot times.
I'll buy one in year 2020.
Besides, my new PC will be so much bettee than my current laptop.
-Use Windows 8.1 or 10, or disable aero if you really like Windows 7.
-defragment your C:\ partition once a month
-be sure to have as little services as possible in the background, this is an old machine and if you want performance when working on tasks you must focus the machine's power only on those tasks.
-check your startup, be sure to eliminate stuff that's not really necessary( for example stuff like dropbox, if you use)
Save 10% of whatever you earn(pocket money or whatever you have right now). You'll thank yourself later. But abide by that rule( you can set an arbitrary percent but be reasonable, don't set it 50% because that's not realistic). This works, trust me. It's how I bought my Nikon when I was still in school( it took a year but hey...).
Once you finish high-school and then go to college your financial situation will improve, but educate yourself financially a little bit. I've also seen colleagues that earned more money and their financial situation didn't get better.
- Steam
- Discord
- Skype
- Viber (though I often terminate it in Task Manager)
Now, there are also services from svchost.exeI actually saw that it was once using 50% of my system resources, and it turns out that it was Windows Update. I disabled it immediately (pirated copy of Windows 7).
What a lot of you didn't understand is, I'm not complaining how slow my laptop is, and I won't do anything about it (e.g. upgrading).
I'm totally fine with 5-25fps in every game on low, because I don't even play those games for playing. I play them only to test my maps
In fact, my eyes are used to seeing low framerates every day. When I rarely see a 60fps video, my brain gets a pleasant, tickling feeling, though :3
And, what's the point of upgrading my laptop now, when I can save money for my dream PC?
Edit:
Why I'm not getting an SSD --> according to next.ba a 120GB SSD is around 140BAM (70€). For 150BAM (75€) I can buy a 1TB HDD. That's why I'm not going to get an SSD until year 2020.
In multiple TWHL journals, I spoke about replacing my dead desktop computer. And I did it in July/August 2016 (I never had the time to write part 3 of the journal). Here are the specs of it:
Intel Core i7 6700k 4,0 Ghz
4 x 4 (16) Gb of DDR4
Gigabyte Gaming G1 GeForce GTX 1080
Western Digital Red 1 Tb HDD
Windows 10 Pro x64
It's an amazing build you could say that, I can play a lot of games and I'll last a lot of years before I'll be forced to change. However, there is one problem: "disk I/O usage".
Every time I start my computer and I open the task bar right away, Windows 10 always report a 100% disk usage. In other words, when it comes to install Steam (software/games) updates, start multiple applications at the same time or start a single light application (like Opera) or huge application (Unreal Engine 4), my HDD can't keep up just because it's a mechanical HDD. I have considered buying a SSD but I'm patient man (I can still endure the 4/5 minutes loading time in Unreal Engine 4), maybe I'll buy one once a get a salary and during sales.
Morale of the story: SSDs can make a huge difference, even in fast PCs.
WARNING ABOUT YOUR BUILD : Your RAM's speed DDR4-2400 doesn't match the one of the motherboard (DDR4-2133), you should use RAM that matches the speed of your motherboard (the RAM won't work or you will get serious speed loss).
I'd love to install XP on it, but then I'd lose some of my needed compatibility. Mistakes are made, what else can I tell you?
I'll still buy a HDD. Wait a minute. I don't even "play" games. I only test my maps on them and that's all I really do
But I'm not looking for speed, because the 1TB HDD is already fast enough for my needs, and it has lots of space. The SSD is more than fast enough for my needs, but contradictory, it has much less space.
When Half-Life 3 comes out, I'll buy myself the following hardware:
- An SSD
- A GTX 1070
- An Intel Core i7 processor
- And a 2TB HDD.
So, when will it happen? Either in the far future, or never.Urgent edit:
My laptop's HDD is a 120GB HDD.
Right now I have 6GB of free space on it.
And THAT is why I don't want a stupid 120 GB SSD. I would run out of space!
Edit: Maybe I shouldn't have written this.
Edit: ...
In fact, let me show you my work folders: