PC becoming quite slow for no reason...

[Coulous]

Hi !

I have a bit of a problem, because recently, my desktop started acting quite slow. I first thought it was because I was running out of space on my SSD, but after I made up some space the issue is still here. It's not slow at all right at the start, but it seems like the longer it's turned on, the slower it will become... This is quite annoying because when I'm working on projects, having the file explorer loading every folder I open and having to wait every file I drop into Premiere is really bad. I was wondering what could be the cause of that ? When I open Task Manager, I don't see any sign of anything being saturated, so I'm lost...
Thanks for your time !

PS : the specs are a Ryzen 5 1600, GTX1060 6GB, 16GB of RAM and a Samsung 500 EVO as C drive.

[SupaKomputa]

Classic Windows problem. Maybe the HDD is on standby mode when you load them, solution is to increase the idle time.

Or maybe you have a worm / virus that scanned every folder you opened.

It's a wild guess.

[Coulous]

How to increase the idle time ? 

About a worm or a virus, various scans did not find anything, so I dont know.

[Las0r]

Hi!

These are some things you could check if you have done:
 

• Updated to the latest drivers, Bios, Graphics etc.
• See if any process is taking up unusual amounts of Ram / CPU
• Update to the latest version of Windows (1903) it recently got upgraded with a new update in October, might have missed it.
• Generally check for any updates regarding Windows ^

This link https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-other_settings/how-do-i-increase-idle-time-in-windows-10/d8d0f8b9-69b1-4fbf-9e16-59504cd5f89b

Provides an answer on how to increase the idle time.

 

Good luck, hear back if nothing worked!

[Jplayz07]

Be sure to check that your PCś vents and fans are not blocked by a wall or by dust, ckeck the BIOS if you overclocked something, try clocking it back to normal speed, or update your drivers or Windows

[Jplayz07]

Also, your SSD might be near the end of it´s life. How old is it?

 

[Coulous]

Thanks for the answers, I'll be sure to check all that ! 

Nothing is overclocked, about anything using unusual amounts of RAM or CPU, I mean, apart from the browser not really ! 
Fans are not blocked, and the SSD is not that old, it's from 2017 and according to CrystalDiskInfo it's at "Correct" state.
I will verify if I have any updates to do !