I Optimized My $20 Laptop For Maximum Performance..

I Transformed My $20 Laptop with THIS.. This improved performance a lot!
Today I show you how I improved a $20 laptop that I bought from eBay with a new operating system.. Linux! to achieve the Highest FPS I've got so far in Minecraft! Learn how to upgrade your old / budget windows system for the best performance and get the most out of your budget gaming setup.
CachyOS: cachyos.org/
Laptop specs:
HP Probook 650 G1
Intel Core i7 4600M / Intel HD Graphics 4600
16GB DDR3 RAM
128GB SSD
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I do not own the music in this video
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Thanks for watching!
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[@zarrarheroplayz]

video title should be: Windows getting roasted for 14 minutes 19 second Edit: Tysm for the likes! :)

[@NotroDan]

Hahahaha

[@mctogo001]

Windows is not optimised and is full of sh!t

[@megaguy6748]

@@mctogo001 Fr

[@dexays.]

@@mctogo001 for gaming, superior than both other options

[@MVSGoBluishdevil]

Motto for WINDOWS: "Shut up, and touch some grass, you are such an old OS and you can't even beat Mr. Penguin, aka Linux"

[@cassiuscartland]

Correction: Microsoft always had the subscription service for ESUs since Windows 7. Not many needed it tho since most had already switched to 10. The issue now is that not near as many people has switch to windows 11 as people from 7-10.

[@sussteve226]

I remeber when ESU ended. Sad day, but at least with Windows 10 and 11 have OBS studio!

[@NotroDan]

Ah I see, really annoying they could of just kept supporting it, difference between Windows 11 and Windows 10 is not much at all

[@cassiuscartland]

@@NotroDan Fun fact: if you go into the registery on Windows 11, it litreally identifies itself as Windows 10.

[@sussteve226]

@@NotroDan They are the same but I use 11 so I get updates

[@srinivasvenkat8178]

i choose windown 10 when i look at windown 11 i like it but i have imponat files in my windon 10 and i dont know to take my file to windown 11

[@NoahGlorioso]

You forgot Tiny Core Linux. Its one of the lightest distros out there, so lightweight in fact it runs almost entirely in RAM and not regular storage

[@Extreme-PCIe-Cable]

Similar with TailsOS, except it can run straight from a 4GB USB

[@pinkcreeper100]

light doesn't necessarily mean performant

[@NoahGlorioso]

@@pinkcreeper100 no, but if it runs in ram itself, then I don't imagine it's doing too much in the background

[@CineverseSculpt]

​@@pinkcreeper100If the computer has nothing to deal with in the background, it would be performant,that's why most lightweight OS are usually great for performance.

[@mouseking7220]

1:50 They did a very similar thing with Windows 7 for large organizations.

[@windowsdefender7259]

i have it for free (for win7) and i have updates until 2026

[@ItsGamerBhai]

By watching all of your laptop videos I optimised my dell Inspiron for upto a smooth playable performance thanks 😊

[@extremjaws6189]

I've used Manjaro and EndeavorOS, but I've never heard of CachyOS. Thanks for showing off this distro, I'll have to try it out sometime! Also, having the F3 menu open will lower your frame rate, so you could use an FPS counter mod to see the performance without hindering it.

[@akatsukilevi]

On Linux, using MangoHUD with Minecraft seems to show a more stable FPS meter without dropping performance at all

[@ciriakk.]

​@@akatsukilevi there is even guides out there to show mangohud on prism launcher/multimc

[@extremjaws6189]

@@akatsukilevi Good point, I always forget about using MangoHUD for checking fps in OpenGL games, since the toggle key I have set for it in GOverlay only works under Vulkan for some reason. It does also give frametime, temperature, and cpu/gpu utilization information which is always a bonus.

[@OpenSourceGuyYT]

OHHHHH. I'm a GNU/Linux user and I really appreciate that.

[@JessicaFEREM]

Maybe try a Fedora Spin. If you look at fedora again, don't forget to install RPM Fusion and all the proprietary codecs and firmwares from them too, that will make performance way better and actually make it usable on the daily. Maybe try the Cinnamon or XFCE variant. Linux Mint is also great for low end laptops.

[@IIDreamy]

I love every optimize videos for ever Nice vid notro You're the GOAT

[@charlesvinicius9723]

brazil?kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[@NotroDan]

Thank you!!

[@IIDreamy]

@@charlesvinicius9723 what?

[@CallmePhoneix]

No it's khorvie but Dan you are still very good

[@alirezasharifi90]

dude I LOVE your content you earned a sub keep it up🔥

[@erotech1]

AmogOS is a very lightweight Linux Distro.

[@NoSk_]

''Chad AmogOS vs bloated mainstream distro'' - TechHut

[@yzi]

🗿

[@NotroDan]

Sounds sus

[@Hero_NB]

@@NotroDanamong us linux

[@NoSk_]

@@NotroDan u should try it, u will get 10000 fps on amogus

[@leazhito2826]

it's time for the ultimate mod after Linux: removing that wireless card and using an external GPU with a cheap AliExpress adapter. Good series, keep it up!

[@DJEevee257]

i'm probably gonna' use cachy for one of my old laptops, this is so cool

[@davidddo]

You should really make a fedora video, it's very user friendly in my opinion and has performance close to arch (at least for me and my nvidia card)

[@Azemed]

gnome is intensive tho i think he shouldve used xfce with it to get more performence

[@Luciletunn]

your videos are a perfect example of how to blend education with fun!

[@TheRealFrogMC]

I bet that mic stand cost more then the laptop🤣

[@system128]

This video is incredibly based, oml. Props to you!

[@gingen-sr3tr]

the king is back

[@Dogxe_]

2 minutes ago? Never been this early before lmaoo, great vid btw.

[@Through_the_door]

Apparently this 20 dollars laptop runs better than my laptop

[@zxd3]

wathcing the video now!!

[@kcattz]

U could use a desktop gpu with laptop by connecting the pcie slot for the gpu to the wifi card slot with a pcie riser to mini pcie slot

[@NotroDan]

I was working on doing a video on that, but it failed because there isn't enough clearance for the cable connecting to the Mini PCIe it just sticks out too much and wont screw down :/ That's why its been a while since I uploaded so I had to do this video instead

[@GWFO]

Every time I hear things like this about windows it makes me laugh and be so happy that I don't have regrets since I switched to Linux 2 years back

[@AhmedMahfoudhi-qq5hz]

LETS GO NOTRODAN COOKED ANOTHER BANGER VIDEO

[@skylersdream]

i am using zorin os, i find it pretty good seeming as i didnt need to do any setup to get the games running. i am on a pretty good desktop, but i find it performs way better now.

[@Tawafaep]

At this point bro is obsessed with the 20$ laptop😊

[@YannMetalhead]

Good video! I use Arch btw.

[@CinematicCrafting]

😂🙏😭

[@ahuvagottdiener6605]

You should do more linux videos

[@abnormalcode]

I use ubuntu but i think this is applicable for other distros if u go to settings assesblity u can disable animations and improve performance

[@gaaz-f3691]

Ads in start menu = add blocker programs coming

[@ch3rry75]

=> overall system lag

[@user-nj8mv4oy6i]

If your actually looking for performance use temple os

[@Itsusninja]

Yoo big fan bro big fan

[@Vexisu]

You should try going with i7-4800MQ and do 50mV undervolting with intel-undervolt. I use it in Probook 640 G1

[@-envixty]

If you wanted the least bloated system, I would say that instead of using a de like XFCE, KDE, GNOME, LXQT. Instead use a standalone wm like OpenBox, AwesomeWM, Qtile, etc

[@stefan2008official]

You could configure mouse settings with Gnome Tweaks and Settings and it's a recommended for GNOME users, btw i am using Fedora Workstation 40 with 128GB of SSD, 4GB of RAM, Intel Celeron N4020 1.10Ghz GPU and Intel UHD Graphics 620 GPU and I don't have any FPS drop. Staying on 240 FPS maximum with all disabled options

[@thuvuvan2304]

2:09 ah yes i dont even have the copilot on my computer despite having the latest version of windows 11

[@Viesta]

Try out the new snapshot with this build... I heard it got some serious optimizations

[@ykcosa]

that is way better than the pc that I'm using rn

[@JiddyNeutron]

Correction: You should have invested in Swills. It can optimize any laptop with any specs. Windows 10 is infact better for gaming than other Windows versions, although Windows 7 has less bloatware.

[@samanzakeri2403]

linux is known for its stability he says. the sixty nine thousand and eighty five different warnings and errors in my terminal would beg to differ.

[@arikulislam3877]

On same laptop same settings on Ubuntu latest lts I got 70 fps average and on windows 11 tiny I got only 30

[@_defined]

Use Openbox Desktop Environment instead of GNOME Ubuntu, it will make your FPS faster.

[@lovro_ribic]

I think fedore doesnt have anything special to offer for a new linux user. In your case you want a beginner friendly distribution. Linux mint has been the best for that for a long time now. You have 3 versions with mint but you should mainly look at two. The cinnamon is their main version and its the best looking with the best features (uses about 400-600mb of ram idk exactly) and there is also the xfce version of mint which is missing some features and in my opinion looks too outdated. But it does use a lot less ram (200-400mb something like that). The reason mint is very good for noobs is because everything has a nice gui app. The app store in mint has flatpaks by default so you can use the gui app. Also its layout is similar to windows because its ment for new users.

[@309electronics5]

Yep mint is awesome! I used it and still use it on my lower end computer with an i3 5th gen which runs better then windows 10 and has minimal bloat and does not end support soon. Also no key is needed. The only thing i did was compile a new kernel to add some drivers and modules which was easy to do with a great tutorial online

[@mikecapone4997]

you stare into my soul

[@NotroDan]

Hahah still getting used to my new camera

[@RetroReviewYT]

I managed to get the latest version of Minecraft Java edition to run on a Q9650 based system with 8 gigs of DDR3 and a GT1030 GDDR5 at 75 FPS by just setting it to run with the semi blocking renderer. The Threaded renderer TANKS performance!

[@RetroReviewYT]

This is all under Windows 10 as well by the way.

[@asstronaut420]

Dan I think you should use sodium in your optimized videos because after I've used sodium my fps went from 20 to 100 njk

[@user-ks1oh2wx6o]

He already is you can see it when h opens up his mods

[@asstronaut420]

Oh I didn't see

[@evelynpaul4356]

Try optimising a dell latitude e6520 pls

[@Pumpkin8_]

Use Dedicated Gpu In your laptop with external psu and external pcie slot you will get so much more performance

[@coralthecat912]

that laptop would not have thunderbolt or usb c and running a egpu from usb 2.0 would be horrible

[@3neon_]

ever heard about bottleneck?

[@yippy7951]

​@@coralthecat912 He could use the pcie x1 from the wifi card slot

[@mr.pigeon0]

if you want the absolutely most optimized distro of linux make you own distro based off of debian or install very light window managers and desktops

[@309electronics5]

Or if you are a real nerd make your own distro from scratch using lfs or buildroot and compiling all your functions

[@crim-n19]

I'll definitely try Linux on my old laptop after watching this vid

[@MohammodAliBhuiyan]

because you mad brother your laptop can't run linux

[@Azemed]

gl trying also it will take 1 week to get used to commands so dont give up once you know the commands (10-20 main ones) you can use it as a daily driver

[@Ryl1ea]

2:00 No, ESU has been around since Windows 7, the reason it came up on headlines is because not many switched to 11 as much as from 7 to 10

[@NotroDan]

Yeah makes more sense now, really silly to kill Windows 10 support imo

[@Ando2]

Hey you should do a Minecraft on a £100 mini pc 🔥

[@erikkv2634]

Can you try running tiny 10 or 11?

[@Frosty-dr8bs]

Btw you didn’t break the record, someone set it at ~21500fps long before you, on windows too

[@Toll99725]

dang! if minecraft works soo good on cachy, I might use it as my main OS starting this year! you were good Mint, but I found something better for my laptop

[@NotroDan]

Definitely try it! for an Arch based distro its quite easy to use

[@olekaleksander]

If I were you I'd use Fedora. It is one of the most stable distros and its performance is similar to this

[@Toll99725]

@@NotroDan so update, my Desktop PC and Laptop dont like CachyOS for some reason :(. I am getting a device descriptor error -110, and that with 3 USB sticks, two of which run on ventoy. it also somehow caused one of those USB sticks to break 0_0. thing is, it worked fine on my VM

[@note-1532]

i do dual boot windows 11 and arch linux... in windows 11 it's was such a crap that made my laptop overheat and laggy, but in arch lnux my laptop peform 50% times better and more coolder than windows (im using xanmod kernel)

[@lime2202k]

hey when i watched your video i am seeing that the computer is recording to with good fps so which screen recorder are you using to get good resolution and fps plss

[@Yousef_Ahmed2011]

That’s my laptop I swear😩😩

[@RadGamerPro]

BRO. this is no longer a low end 20$ LAPTOP. U ACTUALLY UPGRADED ITS cpu motherboard and ram

[@user-uq8lz9oq4i]

Only thing missing now is better Java. I would suggest you get graalvm Java, which is incredibly fast. There's also Adoptium as another option. These Java versions completely blows normal Java out the water. And that's why I do recommend you give them a try

[@ETORERIGO]

I use adoptium on windows, its like magic

[@GIRGHGH]

How do you get MC to run a different version of Java? I thought they made it pretty lock and key with what Java version you can use with what MC version.

[@user-uq8lz9oq4i]

@@GIRGHGH I use the Modrinth launcher, which lets me very easily change it with just a click of a button. But you can also still change it on the default launcher if you want. In the edit installation option it lets you chose a Java executable path. Just input the path for where you have your Java executable installed. Hope that helps!

[@mecyanned]

Windows 10 IoT Enterprice LTSC 2021 has updates until 2032 + ESU bypass = 2035. About the same as win11

[@Jellyfish_edits]

still waiting for you to run minecraft on a potato...

[@NotroDan]

Every video is one step closer!

[@Skittleology]

"For the first time, they will be actually charging for updates". This is literally the 3rd time they done this, first with Windows 7, then with Windows 8.1, and now Windows 10.

[@OkArrie]

Linux baggy in games for me. It's the display mode or whatever, but when I change it, it just makes the Computer artifact

[@DeraPlays]

i swear the only reason im still on win11 is because linux dosnt support every software i use, and i hate having to use alternative options

[@NemanjaPro0440Official]

Can you make a video about optimizing Android for better performance ?

[@philipkenyon3783]

The Linux version u used looks like SteamOS for the steam deck

[@TrashPC_lol]

dude, the easiest way to install proper arch is in the arch installer type archinstall and select what you want, then BOOM

[@3neon_]

just use endeavourOS it just changes the installation to linux live instead of terminal thing

[@_GreenyTL1]

Notro Dan!, can you please make a video how to install CachyOs tutorial please😭🙏🙏

[@Azemed]

easier than installing windows just install iso flash it to usb and install it

[@KOSMOS1701A]

I have endeavorOS (Arch with a KDE interface) running on an old dell laptop with a 6th gen i5 and 16 gb of ram, its pretty good, but the igpu sucks for gaming.

[@user-KyleGeil]

yall are getting it wrong the best DE is a TWM for example hyprland

[@user-KyleGeil]

AND PLEASE YOUSE MULTIMC!!!

[@PolyVectors]

hyprland and dwm on top

[@user-KyleGeil]

@@PolyVectors i use hyprland with arch btw

[@NotPhalluc]

You should do a video on a guy named fr33thys new optimization pack

[@Elikiller105]

i reccomended him to try puppy :D

[@rxmper]

yo bro can u make a vid on how to record in good fps with good quality on obs whilke get over 60 fps in game

[@samarthnayak4455]

can u DO a video for a chromebook

[@atti5370]

there is not much you can do, you can run minecraft java with pojav launcher

[@ravenger2445]

The simple answer is this: It's difficult to even launch the true version of Minecraft Java on a Chromebook, let alone mod it. It's just that Chrome OS is purely designed for web browsing.

[@NotroDan]

I have tried to play Minecraft on a Chromebook: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6KvdaGAd9qlgbssi=IFgtJYWrnQ956o9h If your Chromebook supports Android apps then Pojav launcher is your best bet

[@Alt.account-jw4yn]

I was able to get minecraft on a chromebook without povjava i used the linux subsystem and launched it like that​@@atti5370

[@TopBlokeAlfred]

can you give us a list of the performance mods you used?

[@shifter434]

i think he used the Remarkably Optimized Modpack, just search it up on yt, its literally the same and i use it also

[@user-kk1vt7qs1p]

you could've used archinstall for arch

[@maheshwarrathakrishnan1249]

Dude why does it feel like he has a million 20$ laptops that he optimizes like every video 😂😭

[@huzaifazafar6469]

Bros Addicted To $20 Tag

[@eua4808]

Thx for a add

[@im-tezzy]

The Microsoft said in the windows 10 will be continue for the update the part is you need to pay the update

[@Zypher_Music]

Can you make a NAS server out of this laptop? I got an old laptop with windows that I think I can use to host a Minecraft server.

[@NotroDan]

Yeah great use for old laptops too, I have a NAS already but back in the day I used to host my own server off my laptop for my friends to play from school

[@coralthecat912]

you would not want to run a minecraft server from a dedicated nas, id recommend using something like docker to work with bolth use cases, although you may run into hardware limitations

[@MinecraftAndRetroPCs]

What are the mods your using? I have an i3 intel cpu

[@f9gamesf9]

When will notro client be released?

[@OpenSourceGuyYT]

Yea. There can be some compatibility issues with drivers. But they are just happening on some specific OLDER LAPTOPS. Also, if you have a problem with drivers, you can ask to the community everytime.

[@PIECEOUT592]

Well lol can you help if you know Linux? I got a pretty good laptop but I wanna switch to Linux. The problem is I hear nivida graphics cards don't really like linux

[@mskiptr]

@@PIECEOUT592 Which card do you have? There's a chance it's compatible with NVK, so it's just gonna work out-of-the-box this year

[@OpenSourceGuyYT]

@@PIECEOUT592 yup

[@OpenSourceGuyYT]

@@PIECEOUT592 do you have a discord account?

[@PIECEOUT592]

@@OpenSourceGuyYT yes i do

[@davidddo]

thanks for talking about how bad windows is but in windows 11 24h2, you will need to reinstall your whole system due to disk encryption by default. So if you're on windows 10 and have important files, you either need to pay a subscription or lose your files or lose security updates

[@_defined]

windows 11 24h2 is now basically iPadOS due to design and restrictions💀

[@NotroDan]

Woah! that's even worse

[@Koppany69]

notro is a true game protagonist: -antagonist: "You have two options, a: use win11, b: use win10" -Notro: I picked c, aint that a ××××××××

[@sussteve226]

@8:28 Fun fact: Prisim Luancher is actaully a reskined version of MultiMC

[@ItsAlce]

Except some part of MultiMC is broken and they didn't fix it but made a completely new launcher

[@delleron1106]

The guy who overclocked an gpu on a laptop and got 1300fps on i7 720qm and a gt425 1600x900 i had a cauple blue screens and i did it on the iso version of atlas os

[@delleron1106]

One thing dont use old versions of atlas os its not secure

[@user-lf9wd4ip7k]

dude i use ubuntu but im stuck in 18.04 lts.still when i open app sofftware its says system is up to date

[@MindCaged]

I've been using windows for near 20 years and am honestly most likely considered a power-user/expert, so Linux is extremely frustrating for me because the majority of my experience is basically useless, the basic user experience is pretty much the same but most of the underlying stuff is different enough to cause me no ends of troubles/complications. If something goes wrong I have pretty much no idea how to fix it without scouring the internet, and even then sometimes the solutions I find don't seem to work maybe because I type it wrong or just don't understand something critical, and worse sometimes things will fail silently, so you type the commands don't get /any/ error messages, but then find out the command still didn't work because you didn't do something critical to allow it to work. However, I've also felt the conclusion that windows 11 is a dumpster fire cash grab even more than 10 that seems increasingly like the design decisions are about squeezing more money out of the users, which makes me start to wonder if it's just regular greed or actually desperation to keep the company in the black. I suppose by all means if you're still relatively new to computers and have enough free time and energy and enthusiasm to learn Linux, by all means go for it, it seems like it might be worth wild once you /finally/ figure it out, however I honestly don't know if I have it in me to spend what little free time and energy I have relearning how to be an expert from scratch. Or to just cludge along as a novice again for possibly months/years until I finally pickup enough experience/knowledge to be comfortable again.

[@archlinux573]

Отличная новость, Нотродан! Спасибо тебе за видео!

[@NotroDan]

Arch btw

[@archlinux573]

@@NotroDan А будет там тесты многих игр начиная со сталкера ?

[@pjcpspn670]

Nice

[@goldenmikytlgp3484]

I would never need 1000 fps for minecraft but if Cashion (I think that’s the name of the Linux used?) is THAT good, then perhaps it is the best option for me

[@kyokazuto]

cachy os

[@Asarchi]

of course it has to have a minscraft 9999 fps thumbnail

[@deadpoolgames1]

1:53-2:26 i wish everyone switch to linux cuz of that bs btw i like how how he cant say arch linux with straight face lol😂

[@HeI0x]

Still better than my pc.

[@igotbars510]

how does the performance of this os compare to windows x lite 10 i wanna squeeze out all of performance of my little optiplex

[@Azemed]

on minecraft you will get around double the fps but on other windows games like gta v you will get around 0 to 20% performance gain (due it being windows games and not optimized for linux)

[@romulo2714]

@@Azemed There are extremely rare occasions where your performance will dip because most Linux programs for running Windows games on it turn Direct X into Vulkan, which requires shader pre-caching.

[@SeaM4ngo]

can you make a video where you compare Linux and ghost spectre on that laptop and

[@Rusti15]

tbh, this laptop better than my lenovo laptop which costs 230$

[@rhyeaaeryh3602]

For the best fps use so/simple optimized for the best fps due to sodium now getting better fps then optifine