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I am getting a new laptop, an I7-4700 with 16GB ram, a 128GB SSD, an NVIDIA 770, and a second 1TB 7200rpm HD. This is primarily a gaming laptop.

I've read several optimization guides, but varying opinions and the age of some of the articles makes me unsure of a couple of things.

Windows 8 will be installed on the SSD, but should I also install the games that I frequently play on that drive as well? I plan to, just want to know if there's a good reason not to.

Also, should I disable page filing, lower it to 512MB, or just leave it at the default? Or should it be moved to my other drive? I've read several conflicting guides on what to do here, so please help clarify what the current state of this issue is.

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I have my pagefile set to 1024MB min and max. No performance difference I've seen. I5-3570k and 16GB RAM.
Also, turn hibernation off. That reserves space equal to your RAM size (16GB).

Installing games on it completely depends on the game size.
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I have my pagefile set to 1024MB min and max. No performance difference I've seen. I5-3570k and 16GB RAM.
Also, turn hibernation off. That reserves space equal to your RAM size (16GB).

Installing games on it completely depends on the game size.
 
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I plan on installing World of Warcraft and Diablo 3, currently 25GB and 15GB. Other games may follow, I'm sure I don't want to fill the drive up, so how much space on a 128GB SSD should I leave empty?

Thanks for your answer on the pagefile size and turning off hibernation, I will probably follow that.
 
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Don't go above 90GB or so used space. You need to leave about 10-15% free. A "128GB" drive is actually 119GB.

Remember though....games don't benefit a whole lot being on the SSD. Level loading is faster, but framerate will not change.
 
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Hi,

Just a follow up question that I thought of. Why set it to 1024-1024MB min/max? Why not set it to 0-1024MB min/max?

In other words, why couldn't the minimum be zero?
 
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If you make the size variable, the file system has to expand/contract the file, seek for new space, and deal with fragmentation.
However, if you set min/max equal the file will be created all at once and be contiguous. It will have known size/location always, thus no file system overhead.
 
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