Managing Virtual Memory Pagefile in Windows 7

I have a Z77/i7-3770/32GB system running Win 7 Ult 64 bit. I have never observed the swap file being used. Do I need one or can I disable it

I've recently reinstalled my win 7 64bit OS on a new SSD and I'm trying to balance performance vs maintaining the longevtivity of my SSD.

8GB of RAM, has a recommended swapfile size of 12GB, and the hibernate file is 8GB... That's like 20GB of free space eaten up.

No, Windows has a swap file (page file/virtual memory) that it uses. As hard drives are actually slow compared to ram, the holy grail is to run without one.

The Commit numbers in Windows 7 Windows Task Manager include both the physical and the swap memory, and count the virtual memory that has been allocated.

To change the size of your paging file, go to Control Panel -> System and Security -> System -> Advanced system settings (on the left) -> tab ...

The recommended minimum page file size should be 1.5X the current amount of RAM, and the maximum size should be 3X the minimum (see custom size ...

If you wish to create a custom paging file, then untick Automatically manage paging file size for all drives and click on Custom size:. Using ...

If you want to move the page file to another drive, first select the original drive and then activate the No Paging File option to remove the ...

Windows 7 - Adjust the Virtual Memory Pagefile Setting And Increase Performance. Do you want to make sure that you are getting maximum ...