does installing alot of games slow you computer down?

like i currently have world in conflict and portal and day of defeat installed.

i wanna install perhaps diablo and oblivion

does installing about 5 or 6 games slow don your pc's performance?

nah it doesn't slow your system down, it only cost a lot of hard-drive space...

running all those games at the same time on the other hand... that will definitely slow your system down. :D

sometimes if u dont fragment your hard drive often it can cause slow downs on gamesKh1ndjal

Yeah. If I were you, I'd defrag my hard drive after every new install. It's a good habit to get into and takes very little time.

[QUOTE="Kh1ndjal"]sometimes if u dont fragment your hard drive often it can cause slow downs on gamesiwokojance

Yeah. If I were you, I'd defrag my hard drive after every new install. It's a good habit to get into and takes very little time.

> "... and takes very little time."

Uh. No?

A lot of people have single 500 gig drives, and defragging that using the Windows tools can take forever, especially when all you want to do is play a game. The only reason I even bother doing it is because I bought a small Raptor (40GB, 10000RPM) specifically for game installations. I wouldn't recommend defragging after every install, just once in a while - maye overnight, or on the same day you do a backup (if you make backups, that is).

Your computer will die if there is like >10gb left. I don't really know why but if you get under about 10 gb it kills just about everything. Games don't run, or if they do it is really slow and music, internet, misc. takes ages aswell. However aslong as you have enough space (and it looks like you do) then you should be fine.solid_mario

This is because your system needs "swap space". A good analogy for your HD not having swap space is this: how do you move water between glasses if all your glasses are full?

it eats a lot of your internet but not much of your comuter....heinpold

I'm not sure how to respond to this.

Also: triple post woo.

talking of defragging, when i go to defrag the pc the estimated levels of usage before and after defragging are the same. so i dont bother. should i??

ive used up 66% of my hdd.

[QUOTE="heinpold"]it eats a lot of your internet but not much of your comuter....Ghardon

I'm not sure how to respond to this.

Also: triple post woo.

rofl

[QUOTE="iwokojance"]

[QUOTE="Kh1ndjal"]sometimes if u dont fragment your hard drive often it can cause slow downs on gamesGhardon

Yeah. If I were you, I'd defrag my hard drive after every new install. It's a good habit to get into and takes very little time.

> "... and takes very little time."

Uh. No?

A lot of people have single 500 gig drives, and defragging that using the Windows tools can take forever, especially when all you want to do is play a game. The only reason I even bother doing it is because I bought a small Raptor (40GB, 10000RPM) specifically for game installations. I wouldn't recommend defragging after every install, just once in a while - maye overnight, or on the same day you do a backup (if you make backups, that is).

It doesn't take that much time. :P Even with a big fat hard drive, it won't take long if you do it often. If you absolutely cannot wait a few minutes to defrag before playing a game, then yeah, have your computer work while you sleep. Otherwise, grab a cup of coffee or something and post comments in this forum while your computer streamlines.

It's not really crucial. It's just better to do it than not. Maintenance is a good thing.

talking of defragging, when i go to defrag the pc the estimated levels of usage before and after defragging are the same. so i dont bother. should i??

ive used up 66% of my hdd.

jpph

Absolutely!

Defragging doesn't free up space, it just consolidates data. This means that your system can access the information it needs more quickly. Like I mentioned before, I personally wouldn't recommend doing it every time you move a file, but as iwokojance said, it's good practice to do it once in a while.