If you like gaming .on my rigs Win 11 takes from 2.9GB -3.7GB depending on the CPU and GPU

I just installed 25H2 a couple days ago and so far I'm loving it. I couldn't say the same for 24H2 even though I was on it for a little while.

25H2 seems more responsive to me than 24H2. So basically my answer is yeah, do it. I know I may have spat on Windows 11 at time (mainly because of the TPM/Secure boot) but that stuff aside I think it's a nice move forward from 10. 25H2 seems to have truly ironed out the issues from 24H2 from what I can tell.

Originally posted by smallcat:

If you like gaming .on my rigs Win 11 takes from 2.9GB -3.7GB depending on the CPU and GPU

takes less than wins 10? win 10 eats around 5 gb ram on idle

my Win 11 are debloated .

Originally posted by full of aura:

Originally posted by smallcat:

If you like gaming .on my rigs Win 11 takes from 2.9GB -3.7GB depending on the CPU and GPU

takes less than wins 10? win 10 eats around 5 gb ram on idle

Mine's taking 7.8 GB ram with browser Steam and Explorer open. I think Windows 10 was the same for me on ram.

Currently running the latest update on 25H2 and so far I cannot really complain about it
Everything seems to work just fine on my main systems

11 does use a bit more RAM than 10 on average that's given but it's not really relevant as both OSes pretty much will reallocate the reserved memory back to you once it's actually needed.

Originally posted by smallcat:

my Win 11 are debloated .

does the blue screen occur after debloating?

Will the datas be lost? Like what is about all the steam games that I have installed? I don't want to redownload games again

Originally posted by full of aura:

Originally posted by smallcat:

If you like gaming .on my rigs Win 11 takes from 2.9GB -3.7GB depending on the CPU and GPU

takes less than wins 10? win 10 eats around 5 gb ram on idle

That's sound like a case of too much background crap installed by the user. With 16-32 GB of RAM installed Win110 should be around 3GB idle and around 4 - 4.5GB with Steam running and all. I don't see any differences with RAM usage in this regard compared to Win10.

Dont worry . all games will be playable with 99.99% certainty . No blue screens at all . I use legit Windows s . No Tiny 11 or this kind

Download Win11 25H2 ISO

Make your Win11 USB with Rufus

Disable WIFI in BIOS if you have it onboard and/or disconnect ethernet cable from WLAN prior to install.

Enable TPM and SecureBoot in BIOS

Save and Exit BIOS. Then re-enter BIOS and double click your USB drive to boot from Win11 USB install media as a one time boot.

Do a clean install, not upgrade.

Select English (World) during install / setup. This is important. As this will install Win11 under the privacy laws setup by UK/EU. Thus providing proper options later to uninstall things like Edge, OneDrive and Copilot.

During install click, I don't have a Product Key, and select the same Edition as your legit key, such as your existing Win10 key

Do not connect to Online yet.

Setup Local User Account.

Once at the OS Desktop, reboot and enter the BIOS. Enable WIFI if available on your Motherboard. If all you used was Wired LAN then simply connect your Ethernet cable back again.

Once back in Windows OS and ensure it connects Online. Then go to Network and change it from Public to Private. As this dictates the Firewall Rules that get applied during OS usage.

Go to Activation and enter your old Win10 key or your new Win11 key if you purchased one, such as from Win11 retail or oem system builder in order to activate your OS.

Then proceed with Windows Updates to get started and get the OS as up to date as possible.

When all done, reboot and start installing all the latest Drivers; chipset, gpus, Audio, LAN, WIFI, BT, etc. Your chipset driver package should include drivers for SATA AHCI and NVME

Originally posted by full of aura:

Originally posted by smallcat:

If you like gaming .on my rigs Win 11 takes from 2.9GB -3.7GB depending on the CPU and GPU

takes less than wins 10? win 10 eats around 5 gb ram on idle

Windows 10 and 11 will adjust how much RAM it will use depending on how much you actually have.

It pre loads stuff into the RAM for quicker access. But if you have far less it will use less. But it'll be a worse experience.

Originally posted by full of aura:

What is the current state of WIns 11 now?

Been on win11 for over a year or so by now. Not a single issue.
Start menu is honestly the only thing that I find to be worse than the previous version. Where Win10 has the best start menu.

But other than that it just works. When you first install it, just go into Privacy and Security and turn off some stuff if you don't need them. Just under the "Windows Permissions".

You can also uninstall most apps you see in the start menu if you don't want them. Just Right click -> Uninstall.

You can change the start menu to the left in the Taskbar settings and you can also configure the start menu a bit. To make it stop showing recommendations.


So going from 10 to 11 is not going to be a big change. Everything is going to feel pretty much the same after a few days.

Ultimate Windows Tweaker 11 helps

yes win11 pro is decent. i use it for games email and web browse. nothing to hide