Terrible performance - 5700 xt

[woodlandgamer]

I recently upgraded my pc. And i am currently having terrible performance. Roughly 23 fps in rainbow six siege. HDD is always at 100% utilization. I know hardrives can be a bit slow but to the point where your game runs slower?

Build

Case: bequite! 500DX

Motherboard: H310M pro vdh plus 

CPU: I5 - 9400f

GPU: Gigabyte 5700 XT

PSU: 650xt EVGA

Ram: 2x4gb ballistic DDR4 2666

Hdd: 2tb drive I took from a external drive I took from a one touch Seagate

OS: Windows 11

[JeffreyLF]

Replace the external drive. That is the root cause and cannot be fixed if it's a regular HDD as its likely a 5400rpm 2.5in one.

[Donut417]

18 minutes ago, woodlandgamer said:

I know hardrives can be a bit slow but to the point where your game runs slower?

Depending on the speed of the hard disk, yes. A standard Desktop hard disk is generally 7200 RPM. But some drives can be slower. Laptop hard disks Ive seen at 4200 RPM. So if it was a 2.5 " hard disk then it could be a slower one. Im surprised Windows runs on it. I recall running Windows 10 on a SSHD and it made me want to gouge out my eyes. I hightly suggest getting an SSD, it will seem like a whole new machine after you do.

 

SATA SSD's are cheap, I think I got my 2TB crucial drive for like under $100 USD on sale.

[woodlandgamer]

On 6/22/2024 at 9:29 PM, Donut417 said:

Depending on the speed of the hard disk, yes. A standard Desktop hard disk is generally 7200 RPM. But some drives can be slower. Laptop hard disks Ive seen at 4200 RPM. So if it was a 2.5 " hard disk then it could be a slower one. Im surprised Windows runs on it. I recall running Windows 10 on a SSHD and it made me want to gouge out my eyes. I hightly suggest getting an SSD, it will seem like a whole new machine after you do.

 

SATA SSD's are cheap, I think I got my 2TB crucial drive for like under $100 USD on sale.

Sorry for the late reply, I found that this was indeed the problem. Currently I am looking at ssd's and in the meantime I am able to get the full performance of my 5700xt through the use of linux. it seems that the windows bloatware was too much for the dinky little drive. Do you have a cheap ssd that you would recommend. I know some ssd's like the ones from adata have a tendency to fail.