You what really pisses me off, when certain people in the Linux community talk about "optimization" and "bloat".

No you're not gonna notice the twenty extra megabytes in ram usage by using another init system, no you're gonna notice the 3% improvement for certain games that custom kernel might theoretically bring, no by using hyprland you're not even saving that much resources, none of that really makes a difference.

Tbh you could probably gain more performance by setting the ram speeds higher in the bios, experimenting with overclocking (if theres enough thermal headroom), or upgrading some component (like an older ssd or ram). Or alternatively changing settings in the games you play. Or even a step further (this idea will shock some people), maybe don't focus on numbers and just enjoy what you have. If its good enough than its good enough, if its not than tweaking it won't make it good enough.