I unchecked auto brightness and set it where I can see my screen well I'm in the daylight. Autosync is also turned off, I just put the Icon sync in my toggle settings so when ever I want it to sync really quick, I just click it. Haptic feedback if off, not needed in my opinion. Every time your phone vibrates, it affects your battery. Screen timeout is set to 30 seconds. Location and GPS is also off until I need it. And I use the long-press to kill app a lot when ever I am done using something. TOGGLE SETTINGS ARE AWESOME ON THIS ROM!
My phones performance is great with these settings. If you think differently, you can always set your Max and Min a little higher until you reach the performance you are looking for.
Update: I also use LBE Privacy guard. I suggest everyone looks into it, another must have app in my book.
ROM toolbox is another great app which lets you choose which apps you want to run on start-up. Comes with a bunch of needed perks for Root users including Rom Manager, App manager, Root browser, ad blocker, terminal emulator, CPU control, kernel tweaks, Auto memory manager, sd boost, and interface customizations.
And finally, the best for last, Titanium backup which lets you move your apps to the memory card and clear some space on your phones memory, and the obvious backups. Has never let me down.
Please note I am not using Anthrax at the moment as my signature suggests.
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