Windows 10/11 optimization guide for gaming

First thing to try is right click on the desktop, click View and then Show Desktop icons.

I'm not a big fan of stopping windows services ,I think games should go smooth with default windows services enabled. Anyway I have Killer WiFI and Killer Suite cand stop any service you want in gaming…but I never used it.

Instead I fine tuned my system to have lower temps , lower power comsumption , smooth experince in gaming , even if I will loose abit of FPS.

1. Undervolt GTX 4060 with MSI Afterburner…. 2250 MHz but at 0.825V , TGP of graphics card goes around 70W instread of 115W default
2. I have I7 13700H , disabled that 8 E-cores in BIOS and go with only 6P/12 threads .In fact I have more FPS in games with E-cores diabled.
3. Manually set CPU PL1/PL2 to 65/85 W instead of 100/115W in Performance mode . I have all cores boost 4.5 Ghz no matter how I stress the CPU and for how long ,at around 80W power.

In games my temps are under 70 degrees for both CPU and GPU in Performance mode, but fans are a bit louder.

System is Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51 (I7 13700H + RTX 4060 + 16 Gb DDR5 4800 Mhz)

The guide was helpful for me for the most part.

However, I own a Predator Helios Neo 16 PHN16-71 (2023 Model) and it's temps are normal only in the turbo mode while playing games which force the fans to be very loud.

The laptop is 11+ months old now and I have not repasted or cleaned it since purchase.

I suspect there is some issue with the new predator sense app which throttles fan speed a lot in the performance mode. Do you have any input on this.

BTW it's a pretty great post and I followed most of the steps except few in between so thanks for your efforts.

Hey @GAMING6698, sorry for going offline for so long now but it seems like I need your help now. I opened up my laptop today to clean it since it's absolutely filthy but could not manage to remove the heatsink and the fans. I can't figure out the position of the fan connectors even from the manuals and there is a weird screw connected with the heatsink just above the SSD which I probably might have stripped somehow. Do you need a picture of the internals?

It's a Predator Helios Neo 16 PHN16-71-553K (2023 Model) which has the model code: NHQLTSI0013.

That's the problem, there is only 1 teardown video on YT and that too is not for the removal of fans or heatsink. I can't figure out the fan position of the fan connectors and whether I have to remove the fan or the heatsink first. Below is a picture of the internals of my laptop.

Step 4 is a leftover tip from the days where not every integrated GPU was powerful enough to handle Windows Aero and this led to a visual slowdown of the desktop. With today's performance, the only thing you're doing by disabling visual effects is disabling the eye-candy with no noticeable effect on performance because you're going to be running games on full screen mode anyway for maximum performance, and this disables the desktop compositor anyway which is responsible for these visual effects.