Upgraded to SSD and got a feeling your PC is still too slow OR Optimizing Dell Precision T3610 for Performance

Change the SATA controller mode in the BIOS to AHCI mode.

You can switch modes without affecting windows:

1) Switch to boot in safe mode using msconfig (boot options)
2) Restart
3) Enter BIOS, switch mode
4) Enter Safe Mode, login
5) Enter msconfig and switch back to regular boot
6) Restart

Voila! It is 50% faster now!!

Switch from Legacy to True UEFI BIOS

You can switch this easily in the BIOS and not have to reinstall your OS if you keep the legacy ROM option.

However, it is better to go to pure UEFI mode for storage controller as well.

To be able to do this, before you switch over completely, use Rufus to generate a UEFI only Windows Install USB drive.

On newer motherboards, the USB drive with UEFI/ Legacy option will work.

For this Dell, for some reason, it will only recognize the UEFI only mode USB drive.

Then install the OS and speed is good.

If using GTX 960 or larger Video card

 Use the supplied adapter to connect two 12V rails to the video card.
This will barely work as the card seems to pull more than 18 amps from the PSU if going full burst. And this is with the 680W PSU which is the max this machine supports (as per Dell).

- Toggle the GPU switch on the top end right next to where you connected the power to the card to move towards the end and not be in the front position. This lets the fans run more and without this the card over heats.

- Use EVGA precision to set aggrressive fan control, temperature target to 65 degrees, unlink from power target and set power target to 80%. If the card pulls less power than, it works fine.

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