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    Treithop reacted to Electronics Wizardy in Is my storage HDD dying?   
    Yea that drive isn't doing well, id probably replace it asap
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    Treithop reacted to Kilrah in Is my storage HDD dying?   
    Disable page file on it, and time to copy data off in order of importance ASAP.
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    Treithop reacted to Electronics Wizardy in Is my storage HDD dying?   
    Did put put the page file on yoru hdd? Don't do that you wnat the page file on the ssd
     
    Can you show crystal disk info, but there seems to be pending sectors, and reallocated sectors, and that means the drive is probably near its end.
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    Treithop reacted to Kilrah in Is my storage HDD dying?   
    Sounds like it, check health with crystaldiskinfo.
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    Treithop reacted to Boomy Beatle in Is my storage HDD dying?   
    How old is the HDD?
    Also this.
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    Treithop reacted to Results45 in Intel and AMD don’t want you to know this… (but your old computer is still fine)   
    Short answer: if either you need that level of reliability and performance or if you can afford to fork-out $600-$850.
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    Treithop reacted to HenrySalayne in Intel and AMD don’t want you to know this… (but your old computer is still fine)   
    There are some things you could upgrade and still use with a new mainboard: graphics card, storage or a new PSU. Or peripherals like a monitor, mouse or keyboard. I wouldn't consider these a bad investment even if your mainboard dies the very next day.
    On the other hand, CPU, RAM or the mainboard are tightly bound together. There is a rule of thumb that the perfomance has to increase by 30% to be clearly noticeable. If you are running into some serious bottlenecks, it might be different, but upgrading to a new CPU which is only 15% faster, is - generally speaking - a waste of money.
     
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    Treithop got a reaction from Results45 in Intel and AMD don’t want you to know this… (but your old computer is still fine)   
    The biggest problem imho usually is the motherboard - firstly, you don't really have that much choice in upgrades for your CPU, unless you go shopping for a used one that was top of line with that chipset, but that has its own risks and actually may not be that cheap at all. Its even worse and less upgrade possibilities if you bought your PC on an outgoing socket. 
    I'm running a bit older system myself - x79 motherboard with i7 4820k. I could theoretically upgrade to 4930k or 4960x and that's about it... Even the more beefy 4960x is not that big of a jump and you can only get used ones which are 200+ atm. But more importantly - components do fail, sooo if there is a problem with your motherboard - good luck... Sure, you can get refurbished or used ones on ebay (not cheap either really), but at this point you are starting to test your luck with used components on ebay which can be either a good thing, or an expensive mistake.
    The big question is - how much is it worth to put in an older system (both upgrades and failed components) before actually buying a modern system?
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