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Secure Boot

Software Tool · Windows, macOS & other OS · 6 mentions · 1 subreddit · discussed in r/buildapc

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Pros

  • Shut downs for me were in different games BUT, I turned on Secure boot in BIOS and it fixed it.

Cons

  • disabling secure boot dropped my input lag by 3ms (mouse to screen), games feel snappier now tbh
  • When I installed Valorant it told me to turn on Secure Boot in BIOS. I turned it on and a through a few days my PC was quite a bit slower and games were crashing every few rounds. Then I turned SB back off, and lo and behold, that was th...
  • Just don't play Valorant or any other game that needs Secure Boot. Kernel level anti-cheat shouldn't even exist anyway! Just don't play those games.
  • Secure Boot itself should not effect your system performance, as others suggested it might be because Valorant's anti-cheat is refusing to run with it off and THAT might be what was causing the lowered performance.
  • had it turned off every since i stopped dual booting. did resolve alot of system slowdown.

Sentiment

1 positive (17%) · 0 mixed (0%) · 5 negative (83%)

Trust + time weighted score: -72% · raw score -67%

What redditors said (6 of 6)

disabling secure boot dropped my input lag by 3ms (mouse to screen), games feel snappier now tbh
negative · u/c****8 · r/buildapc · comment · Feb 5, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
When I installed Valorant it told me to turn on Secure Boot in BIOS. I turned it on and a through a few days my PC was quite a bit slower and games were crashing every few rounds. Then I turned SB back off, and lo and behold, that was the problem.
negative · u/A****1 · r/buildapc · Feb 5, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Just don't play Valorant or any other game that needs Secure Boot. Kernel level anti-cheat shouldn't even exist anyway! Just don't play those games.
negative · u/g****f · r/buildapc · comment · Feb 5, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Secure Boot itself should not effect your system performance, as others suggested it might be because Valorant's anti-cheat is refusing to run with it off and THAT might be what was causing the lowered performance.
negative · u/C****a · r/buildapc · comment · Feb 5, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Shut downs for me were in different games BUT, I turned on Secure boot in BIOS and it fixed it.
positive · u/A****r · r/buildapc · comment · Mar 7, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
had it turned off every since i stopped dual booting. did resolve alot of system slowdown.
negative · u/R****6 · r/buildapc · comment · Feb 5, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗

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