Windows 10: Which Speeds Up Windows 10? A Custom Paging File or No Paging File

Some people say that using no paging file speeds up Windows 10, and some people say that using the custom paging file speeds up Windows 10. This conflict drives me furious, so I think that it is up to you viewers to decide which method speeds up Windows 10.

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Page File

Set minimum and maximum to a constant number as suggested by others, that will help reduce fragmentation on the drive coz of different page file sizing.

 

Paging File

Go to the page file settings and select custom size. Make the initial size the same as the maximum size. Then your page file will never become fragmented in the first place.

 

Page file size?

Certain programs require a page file to function. For example, the original Company of Heroes requires a page file larger than 768MB (I remember another game requiring a 1GB page file, but I don't recall its name). If you don't have any such programs, you can get by without a page file. Otherwise a 2GB page file should suit your needs. If you want a page file while preserving access speed and SSD life, you can pull shenanigans by putting a page file on a RAM disk.