While I can't personally feel any difference in performance or system stability this was more an exercise in pruning unnecessary third party software and increasing long term stability while reducing potential failure points on both the hardware and software sides. My system runs way leaner now and provides less distractions.
Software I managed to remove:
– Corsair ICUE
– NZXT Cam
– Asus Armory Crate
– Logitech G-Hub
– Samsung Magician
The only system software I'm running on startup now is Audio Interface control software, Afterburner for undervolting my gpu, Nvidia APP for DLSS overrides and Fan Control for my custom fan curves.
I run Raphire's excellent Win11Debloat PowerShell script after each system update to prune all the Windows 11 bloat as well resulting in very, very little system overhead. No Copilot, Office, OneDrive or any other native apps. Only the software I choose myself.
Now I just need to change out some cables for longer ones so I can properly cable manage the remaining clutter.
Hoping to switch entirely to Linux in the coming year and completely remove reliance on Microsoft, which is why I initially started this whole thing.