Noticable Slowness on Opening and Running Program
Hello,
Starting from about 6 months ago, there is a sudden noticeable lag when I am trying to open heavy programs and running games. However, the computer’s boot speed is not affected.
My computer is about 4.5 years old. Here are the specs:
Intel Xeon E5 2660 V4 2.0 ghz 14 cores
G Skill Ripjaws 4 series 64 gb (8x8) DDR4 2400
ASRock X99 Extreme4 LGA 2011-v3
2x GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming
850 Watt EVGA Gold PSU
Crucial 1tb SSD (OS installation & Sketchup)
WD black 1tb HDD (games)
I ran the same Sketchup files and games on my laptop (Asus Zephyrus M gm501) but there are no issues. Sketchup File opens almost instantly and there are no fps drops on the games.
I suspect that one of these might have caused it:
- Slow CPU clock speed - Hence needing an upgrade
- Dying HDD (no issues found when I ran block check) - Solution is to upgrade to 1tb SSD
- Dying RAM (no issues found when I ran RAM test)
- Registry errors
At this point I am thinking on reinstalling windows but that is too much of a hustle. Any solutions?
Thanks,
Marvin
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Hi Marvin
Had you tried checking if there is a BIOS update for your mainboard?
what software did you check for your WD?
Had you test with another sata cables or shift to another port to check?
or try removing the WD HDD and observe ...
由 Augustine 完成的
Hello Augustine,
I am not touching BIOS update since the risk it poses.
I used windows’ chkdsk and wmic, and WD Data Lifeguard.
I am going to see if the port sata cable shift works.
However, can you explain further whats the purpose of removing the HDD?
Thanks,
Marvin
由 marvin05l 完成的
have you checked the simple things like programmes running in the background or sending/receiving notifications etc that is slowing your games? we had this and the culprit was a security programme gone rogue.
由 pollytintop 完成的