Slow PC again...

[grimmjow660]

Hi.
My pc performce is slow once again, I even reinstalled Windows to see if it would fix the problem and it hasn't. All games are super laggy, I even have a gtx 770, i7 4790k, on an Asus z97 AR and 8 gigs of Ram at 1600.
I've tried different DIMM slots, turned windows aero off and nothing works. But I get the message that windows is slow and wants me to turn aero off.
What could this problem possibly be?

[Firearm2112]

Most likely thermal throttling and dust build up. Unplug your computer, take out the GPU, take the fans off, blow out dust and replace the thermal compound. After that do the same to the CPU compound and fan

[grimmjow660]

Most likely thermal throttling and dust build up. Unplug your computer, take out the GPU, take the fans off, blow out dust and replace the thermal compound. After that do the same to the CPU compound and fan

Are you sure that's it? because my case hardly has any dust in it, and it was only built last month.

[grimmjow660]

Plus with Intel Extreme Tuning Utiliy, it says thermal throttling is 0%

[Firearm2112]

Are you sure that's it? because my case hardly has any dust in it, and it was only built last month.

When u reinstalled windows did you format the drive? Also is it installed on a SSD or a HDD

[grimmjow660]

When u reinstalled windows did you format the drive? Also is it installed on a SSD or a HDD

Yes the Drive was formatted and it's on a HDD

[Firearm2112]

Yes the Drive was formatted and it's on a HDD

Do you have anything installed besides some games?

[hmminteresting]

check the health of your ram? could be the problem

[nj4ck]

Are you sure that's it? because my case hardly has any dust in it, and it was only built last month.

run MSI afterburner and keep an eye on the harware monitor. You can expand it to show all the system temperatures and clock speeds. If you notice any clock speeds dropping dramatically, you're having throttling issues. Also check your CPU and RAM usage in the task manager during gaming and monitor the processes running in the background. See if there'S anything eating up recources.

[Firearm2112]

I want you to run some stress tests; First get CPUID's HWMonitor software

 

Then run a CPU stress test with Prime95

 

Use MemTest to test your RAM MemTest86+

 

Then use FurMark to test your GPU.

 

Whichever component fails during theses tests is the culprit

[XzzDSA]

Check your drivers...........

[harrynowl]

GPU drivers?

[grimmjow660]

Drivers are updated. 
And is there a different way to use memtest?
I don't have any blank cds or usb drives.

[grimmjow660]

Why does Windows detect my 8gigs of Ram as mb?

[Timopomer]

Why does Windows detect my 8gigs of Ram as mb?

perfectly normal. im trying to look what it could be.. in cpuz what is your voltage&clock speed?

[Vrbas]

Get a SSD. The HDD will always be the slowest component in your system. So if that is too slow for you then you need to upgrade to a ssd.

Windows aero is one of the reasons why I'm glad I switched to windows 8.

[-rascal-]

Why does Windows detect my 8gigs of Ram as mb?

 

Uhh....

1024 MB = 1 GB??

8192 MB = 8 GB??

 

 

Regarding to your issue, check if your HDD is okay (i.e. bad sectors).

Use CrystalDiskInfo: http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html

[grimmjow660]

What's weird is, if I restart my system by hitting reset from the start menu is that it works perfectly fije, everything is fast and normal. But from a cold boot it's slow until I hit restart.