PC WORKING SLOW

[Papafraggile]

hello guys,

I have done multiple fresh reinstalls of windows on my PC and it still works very slow like WAY SLOW!! and hangs alot

i was wonder what could be the problem my CPU,HDD etc.....

should i upgrade to a SSD AND A NEW HDD?

THIS RIG IS FROM 2012 AND NOTHING HAS BEEN CHANGED SINCE 2012 EXCEPT THE GPU

MY RIG-

I72600K 

DH67BL

1X 4GB CORSAIR VENGEANCE DDR3 1600MHZ(HAD ANOTHER 4GB RAM STICK IT DIED RECENTLY)

GTX750TI

1TB HDD WD BLUE

 

THANK YOU

[Fasauceome]

4 minutes ago, Papafraggile said:

HAD ANOTHER 4GB RAM STICK IT DIED RECENTLY

you mean 10 minutes ago, in your other thread?

[Papafraggile]

lol yes

 

 

[NelizMastr]

Well, Windows on a HDD will always be slow compared to even the cheapest Chinese SSDs, also, 4GB RAM is only barely enough to even run word and two browser tabs these days.

 

Check your HDD's SMART status (health) by running Crystal Disk Info as well to make sure it's still healthy.

[Papafraggile]

i used WD DATA LIFEGUARD tool from western digital and it passes the SMART test

i had 8gigs before but i sadly lost my other ram stick

[NunoLava1998]

Get an SSD. 

[Brooksie359]

Yeah I would honestly expect windows 10 to run slow on 4gb of ram. Your are probably page filing like crazy. 

[SpookyCitrus]

11 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

Yeah I would honestly expect windows 10 to run slow on 4gb of ram. Your are probably page filing like crazy. 

From my experience, Windows 10 is about 1.9GB of Ram usage on it's own not to mention other apps and trying to game.

 

@PapafraggileI would suggest picking up an 8GB or 16GB kit mainly because the prices for DDR3 are pretty good since it's being phased out, and also a cheap SSD would do you wonders computers I do SSD upgrades on are night and day, And you can still use your old drive as a storage or game drive. It's looking like for an SSD and 16GB of ram it would be just over $100 a little more if you want to go for 1866mhz ram.

 

16GB of 1600mhz DDR3 Ram:

https://www.amazon.com/Patriot-1600MHz-Desktop-Memory-Heatsink/dp/B008LTJJJ0/ref=sr_1_9?keywords=ddr3+ram&qid=1553790068&s=gateway&sr=8-9

 

240GB SSD:

https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-240GB-Solid-SA400S37-240G/dp/B01N5IB20Q/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=240GB+ssd&qid=1553790182&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1

[Papafraggile]

i use windows 7 64bit

i had another 4gb ram stick before it died it still worked like crazy slow