rtcvb32: I remember dealing with like 100Mb ram and having to turn off all the useless services for the system to actually run decently.
BlueMooner: I remember an old xp site explaining what each process did and how to disable/turn off all the useless clutter microsoft made default.
blotunga: Or even better, install a SSD :)
BlueMooner: I've heard they don't last as long as HDD, so HDDs are still desirable for poorer gamers.
Assuming you're not getting some duds like a series which OCZ had that just died suddenly, you'd have to write 10GB/day on a 512GB SSD for about 50 years to wear it out.