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I like VS Code because of the live share extension where I can work on code with friends. I'm sure both have their advantages and disadvantages but in the end it comes down to preference.

Also, single-quotes are the same as double-quotes. I prefer single quotes so I don't have to press the SHIFT key. However, you will eventually want to do something like this. print('don't') That will give you a SyntaxError so you have two options #use double quotes print("don't") #or put a backslash to create an Escape Sequence print('don\'t') When you use that backslash it makes it use the actual character instead of what it means in the language. More about that here. https://docs.python.org/2.0/ref/strings.html I know this is not something that is necessary for a beginner however single quotes is something in python that is different than other languages.

After you install python also install VS Code and download the python extension within it. It is much better than using IDLE.

Ok. Your fine then. I sort of figured that since she has a Linux computer.

The only reason I say that is because it is not your computer and you don't know what websites were visited on it.

So take out the graphics card and see if that fixes it.

Try a different SATA port.

Try checking the 24 pin with a multimeter. If that all looks good, it is probably the motherboard that is bad.

My bad, I was not being clear. I was saying since we agreed that the SATA would not bottleneck I was saying they are both AHCI and not NVMe so they are the same protocol so they are basically going to be the same speed.

I was thinking similarly, Is there a short somewhere? Probably not no standoffs because then the power lines from the psu would short and trip something/blow up something, but it could be a short somewhere.

That's what I figured since they are both AHCI.

Try running a full system scan with your anti-virus. It can't hurt and there could be something that it finds that's slowing things down.

I am adding another 500 GB SSD to my PC and unfortunately, my motherboard does not support NVMe. It does not have an M.2 slot but it does have an available PCIe 3.0 slot. I am looking at the two different drives. WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB PC SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s 2.5"/7mm Solid State Drive - WDS500G2B0A WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB PC SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s M.2 2280 Solid State Drive - WDS500G2B0B Obviously, with the M.2 I would need an adapter like SYBA SI-PEX40110 M.2 PCI-e To PCI-e 3.0 x4 Card or StarTech.com PEX4M2E1 M.2 Adapter - x4 PCIe 3.0 NVMe - Low Profile and Full Profile - SSD PCIE M.2 Adapter - M2 SSD - PCI Express SSD Both drives are listed as 560 MBps Read / 530 MBps Write and with SATA III being 750 MBps max it should not be a bottleneck. However, I do know that M.2 has some advantages like being connected to the motherboard and therefore reducing latency. What are the advantages of the M.2 and is it worth it? Also, does anyone have any experience with PCIe to M.2 adapters? You can look up all products mentioned on Newegg.

So it is the Hard Drive definitely. It's time for an upgrade.

Is it a SATA II HDD?