BF4 loading slow with new build

[grenade252]

I just built a new computer, everything is good but BF4 loads really slow. I have a MSI R9 290x, I5-4690, 1tb 7200rpm Seagate HDD, Asrock H97 Killer Mobo, 8gb Gskill ram.

 

It's taking up to 2 minutes to load a match. My friend recently built a computer with a FX-8350, R9 290, 16 gb ram and gets in way before I do. Another friend has an old FX build with I believe 8gb ram and gets in quickly. 

 

Any ideas of what I need to do? It seems a lot of people get slow loading but the only response is "get an SSD". But if my faster CPU is loading slower than my friends CPU with no SSD, what could be the problem? I feel like I'm missing an update or something since I just build this but not sure what.

[Jerakl]

Believe me, not loading on an SSD is most likely your problem. I had this exact same issue when I had my BF4 loaded on my RAID Array. Took ~2 minutes to load a map up. I put it on my SSD and now is ~45 seconds max.

[failblox]

What's the specific model of the Seagate HDD in your build?

[grenade252]

What's the specific model of the Seagate HDD in your build?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840

[failblox]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840

Yeah it's probably just taking so long to load cause you don't have an SSD. The hard drive you have is pretty average so load times will take much longer on it. Personally I have a WD Black for most of my games and while it may not be as fast as an SSD, it's faster than something like a WD Blue or Green.

[grenade252]

Yeah it's probably just taking so long to load cause you don't have an SSD. The hard drive you have is pretty average so load times will take much longer on it. Personally I have a WD Black for most of my games and while it may not be as fast as an SSD, it's faster than something like a WD Blue or Green.

Guess I'll have to spend some more money on my computer then. My old computer was incredibly slow, so I want this one as fast as possible. Would installing things like Google Chrome on an SSD run faster too, like the time it takes to load a video or something? Windows boots really fast so I would probably leave that on the HDD, unless booted performance would be faster.

 

In game performance is great with this new build. I can finally play league on ultra with 60 fps, BF4 stays above 100 fps for the most part, with 130fps or better in many areas.

[PerfectTemplar]

Believe me, not loading on an SSD is most likely your problem. I had this exact same issue when I had my BF4 loaded on my RAID Array. Took ~2 minutes to load a map up. I put it on my SSD and now is ~45 seconds max.

^ This, Battlefield games since 3 load extremely slow on HDDs.

[failblox]

Guess I'll have to spend some more money on my computer then. My old computer was incredibly slow, so I want this one as fast as possible. Would installing things like Google Chrome on an SSD run faster too, like the time it takes to load a video or something? Windows boots really fast so I would probably leave that on the HDD, unless booted performance would be faster.

 

In game performance is great with this new build. I can finally play league on ultra with 60 fps, BF4 stays above 100 fps for the most part, with 130fps or better in many areas.

NO NO NO. Booting is not fast on a hard drive. That said, I'm assuming you've never used an SSD before. Once you use one there's no going back (seriously). You want to install the OS on your SSD (if you get one) because it will decrease booting times dramatically. Google Chrome might open a second or two faster, depending on how many tabs you have open, but videos don't benefit from the speed of an SSD. There's no difference watching a video on a hard drive compared to watching one on an SSD.

 

Hope I helped clarify some things