Upgrade your setup for Free! 10 tips and tricks to improve your Setup!

in this video I'm going to show you 10 tips and tricks on how you can improve your setup's Aesthetics upgrade your PC's performance and add a bit of functionality as well all without having to spend even a penny that's right everything in this video is absolutely free [Music] if you don't have a dedicated spot in your setup to charge your devices then you're gonna love today's sponsor shark geek shark geek has a wide variety of portable chargers with an Exquisite appearance like the Retro 67w which resembles the original Macintosh PC but check this out once you plug it in you get this Matrix effect on the display which is pretty freaking cool the charger has multiple USBC ports each with a dynamic power distribution to handle the power outputs for up to three devices at the same time up to 67 Watts but if you require more power get a lot of this guy the Storm 2 a cyberpunk themed transparent power bank with a massive 25 600 milliamp hour capacity with 100 watt PD fast charging protocol 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side by side in vertical mode now what this does is it eliminates the bezel between your monitors for a more seamless look you always want to face the bezel on the opposite direction of the connecting monitor another benefit to this is that you have easy access to the menu buttons since they are now facing the outside if the bezel is towards the monitor you are blocking access to the joystick menu while we are focused on the monitors it's important to keep a clean desktop so that you can find your applications a lot easier if you have a ton of games installed on your PC I recommend using ogl also known as one game launcher this will consolidate all of your games on one app freeing up your taskbar space and it will keep your desktop looking clean all GL works with pretty much all the game launchers and it's compatible with apps as well in the settings you can switch between light and dark mode you can also customize the width and the height of each launcher which is very useful if you have a ton of games that you want to fit on one page you can even create custom launch pads for games that are Standalone and don't have a specific launcher is removing the task bar on all your extra monitors this will simply clean up your desktop as the taskbar will only show up on your primary display to configure this right click on your desktop and click on display settings then click on the display that you use the most and select the option that says make this my main display by the way real quickly while you're still here click on the advanced display option and make sure that your refresh rate is set to the highest when you buy a brand new monitor the refresh rate is usually set to 60 hertz right out of the box you have to actually go into the settings and change the refresh rate yourself anyways go ahead and close the window and then right click on your taskbar and go into the taskbar settings you can also search for this by hitting the Windows key click the arrow on the taskbar behaviors and make sure to uncheck the option where it says show my taskbar on all the displays as you can see the taskbar disappears on all of your extra monitors and you have a much cleaner desktop this next stop is actually one of my favorites in this video and I'm sure a lot of you guys use it too translucent TV is another free app that has a very basic function that makes a noticeable impact translucent TB makes your taskbar translucent so it gets rid of the taskbar and only shows the icons for a cleaner and minimal look you also get to see more of the wallpaper this way which I think is pretty cool in addition to that you also have the option of changing the color of the taskbar by going into the accent color settings so if your setup has a specific color scheme you can customize a taskbar to match that color alternatively you can install rounded TB if you want to give your taskbar rounded edges instead I don't know about you guys but I like my taskbar the way I like my women curvy with rounded TB you can not only adjust the size of the taskbar but also how curvy you want the edges [Music] however if you guys want to take your taskbar customization to another level I highly recommend installing taskbar x with this you're able to do a lot of things like modify a taskbar and get rid of the corner section to give your desktop a much cleaner look to do this you have to visit the link below and download taskbar XI if you're using Windows 11 if you're using Windows 10 download taskbar X I'll have the links to all of these down below if you guys are interested so once you're at the GitHub website click on the release link on the right side and download the latest version then click the file and install it once you open it up make sure to click on the following options ignore Max no tray and hide trade and then hit apply as you can see now we have just the middle taskbar visible without anything in the corners which in my opinion looks the cleanest rain meter is another very popular free app that allows you to fully customize your desktop I mean there are endless amount of skins that you can download that will match your preference and your setup's theme however the skin I'm using with my setup is called drop top four and with this I'm able to bring back some of the shortcuts that we lost like the date and time along with a few other useful features so after downloading and installing rainmeter visit the link below for the drop top skin and go ahead and click the release note link and download the latest version since you have rain meter already installed all you have to do is double click the file and just hit install afterwards just follow the prompts on screen to continue the installation on the second page you can set a custom home button and the size of the drop down bar on the third page you can set a theme and personally I like going with a transparent theme so the bar disappears in the background but this is entirely up to you after you finish up the setup process the drop down bar will appear in just a few seconds now without boring you guys to death going over all the really cool things you can do here I'll just go over a few of the important things that I use the taskbar that we removed from the bottom right corner is now moved to the top right you have access to all the background apps the recent downloads internet and weather this is also where you'll find your audio settings date and time and the calendar on the left side is where you have access to all of your apps and quick access to your game Library which is very useful if you don't want to install the one game launcher that we talked about earlier in the video you can also categorize your game so it's easier to find if you have a massive game Library foreign if your PC is located a bit far from you and you want a more convenient way of powering it on then here's a simple way of doing it without spending money you can configure your PC so that it wakes up by pressing a key on your keyboard now to do this you have to Simply put your PC to sleep instead of powering it off the PC remains in low power State meaning its current state is kept in memory but other parts are shut down so it doesn't use power when you're ready to get back to work just simply hit a key on your keyboard and you're back where you left off now this feature is available on default for most systems but if it's not enabled in yours then you have to change a few settings in Windows so that you can use it just simply hit the start button and then type in device manager click on the Arrow next to the keyboard category and then find and right click on the keyboard you're using with your PC and then click on properties head on over to the power management Tab and make sure that this option is checked so that your keyboard is able to wake up the PC now if you want to completely power off your PC and turn on with a press of a key a remote switch is the only option here there are a few options out there but the one I use with my wife's setup is a button switch from Amazon that costs nine dollars I actually mentioned this in the video itself while I was building my wife per setup but the cool thing about this switch is that the cable is long enough to where you can install this anywhere you want for convenient access this is perfect for anyone that has a PC in another room or if their PC is far away from them like a wall mounted PC for example I'll leave a link to this below for anyone interested in picking one up for their PC you can also improve your setup by making sure your PC doesn't thermal throttle while you're gaming or using it for productivity such as editing a video 3D modeling Etc the best way to keep the temps down in your PC is by having direct access to the fan settings without having to go into the BIOS fan control is a free app that gives you that access but it's much more than just a fan app through here you can control all the fans that are connected to your motherboard's fan headers whether that is a pump if you're doing a water cool build or a standalone case fans but what's cool about this app is that you can set custom fan curves for example I can add a graph fan curve option and set the temperature sensor to my graphics card then I can set the front case fans to the center of my GPU so while I'm gaming and the GPU temperature rises the fan speed of the front fans will now rise as well to keep the card cool you can also do the same thing for your CPU and I just love how intuitive this app is you can also create multiple profiles so they don't overlap with the task you're doing so you can have one separate just for gaming you can have another one separate for streaming editing videos Etc to my knowledge this is the only free software that gives you this level of customization for your fans without having to go into the BIOS and lastly let's give your PC a little bit of performance boost because after all your PC is what powers your entire setup there are a lot of options that you can disable that will drastically speed up your PC and in most cases give you extra FPS in games I actually tested this myself by running a benchmark in cyberpunk 2077 so check this out before all the changes I got 83.42 FPS and 1440p ultra settings after the changes I got a 14.34 FPS increase just by changing a few settings in Windows so the first thing I recommend is to disable any apps that you don't want your PC to load when you boot up your system this will not only get you to the desktop faster but it will reduce the amount of resources used in the background right click on your taskbar and go into your task manager click on the start apps tab on the left and disable all the apps that you don't need when your PC boots up by right-clicking and selecting disable next we're going to disable all the services that we don't use to free up additional resources hit the Windows key on your keyboard once again and type in Ms config to bring up the system configuration click on the services Tab and make sure to check the option below that says hide all Microsoft Services because we do need those on then simply just go down the list and uncheck the services that you don't need or use and then once you're done just hit apply and OK if you haven't already change the power plan right now hit the Windows key and type in power plan make sure that high performance is selected and in some cases you might see ultimate performance if you do see that make sure that's selected instead Xbox game bar is also another app that's reported to slow down your system and it's a good idea to disable it especially if you don't use any of its features after hitting the Windows button search for Game Bar controller settings and make sure that it's disabled and lastly when you're gaming I highly recommend enabling gaming mode this will prevent apps from using resources in the background like Windows updates driver installs and more with these changes I was able to get 14 more FPS in cyberpunk which is wild I know that most of these frames came from switching the power plan because the GPU is dry and more power technically but the other settings did contribute as well just not as much as switching the power plan guys was there any tips and tricks that I missed in this video if so let me know in the comment section and I'll make sure to include it in part two if this video was at all helpful to you guys consider tossing a like before you head out also consider subscribing for more awesome setup content come me away thanks so much for watching and I'll see you very soon in the next one foreign

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Length: 12min 56sec (776 seconds)

Published: Tue Jul 11 2023