Posted June 30, 2015 Okay so I recently built a computer and at first the games weren't running correctly, fixed that. However now I feel they can still run better and I checked out my task manager, could this be the issue? http://imgur.com/kFLLoG8 Thanks in advance for your help. Specs: Motherboard - Asus z97 mark s sabertooth limited edition (white armor)Processor - Intel Core i7 4790k Quad Core LGA 1150 4.0GHz CPU ProcessorRAM- Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer 8GB (2x 4GB) DDR3 1866MHz Desktop Memory O/B (4GB for now until this arrives)Storage - 1TB Western Digital Blue 7200rpmGraphic Card - Evga GTX 980 FTW editionPower Supply – Corsair CX-750m 750w Modular Bronze Power Supply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 30, 2015 Okay so I recently built a computer and at first the games weren't running correctly, fixed that. However now I feel they can still run better and I checked out my task manager, could this be the issue? http://imgur.com/kFLLoG8 Thanks in advance for your help. What are your specs? GAMING RIG: CPU: Ryzen 5 5800X3D MOBO: ASUS TUF Gaming X570 PLUS (Wi-Fi) RAM: 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws @ 3600MHz GPU: PowerColor Fighter RX 6700 XT STORAGE: 500GB Crucial MX500 M.2 (Boot Drive) / 500GB Crucial SATA / 1TB WD HDD CASE: Dimas Tech EasyBench V3.0 VR RIG: CPU: Ryzen 7 5700x MOBO: MSI B550 Gaming GEN3 RAM: 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws @ 3600MHz GPU: Zotac AMP! 2080 Super STORAGE: 250GB ADATA SSD / 500GB WD Blue SSD / 1TB WD Blue HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 30, 2015 Okay so I recently built a computer and at first the games weren't running correctly, fixed that. However now I feel they can still run better and I checked out my task manager, could this be the issue? http://imgur.com/kFLLoG8 Thanks in advance for your help. Problem old as windows 8 is. Getting SSD would solve this problem for sure. I haven't found a way how to solve this while using HHD. Laptop: Acer V3-772G CPU: i5 4200M GPU: GT 750M SSD: Crucial MX100 256GBDesktop: CPU: R7 1700x GPU: RTX 2080 SSD: Samsung 860 Evo 1TB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 30, 2015 Author What are your specs? Motherboard - Asus z97 mark s sabertooth limited edition (white armor) Processor - Intel Core i7 4790k Quad Core LGA 1150 4.0GHz CPU Processor RAM- Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer 8GB (2x 4GB) DDR3 1866MHz Desktop Memory O/B (4GB for now until this arrives) Storage - 1TB Western Digital Blue 7200rpm Graphic Card - Evga GTX 980 FTW edition Power Supply – Corsair CX-750m 750w Modular Bronze Power Supply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 30, 2015 Author Problem old as windows 8 is. Getting SSD would solve this problem for sure. I haven't found a way how to solve this while using HHD. Do you think this is the problem for my weird fps drops then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 30, 2015 Do you think this is the problem for my weird fps drops then? Not sure, possible. I used to have half second freezes. Is your windows copy is legal? Laptop: Acer V3-772G CPU: i5 4200M GPU: GT 750M SSD: Crucial MX100 256GBDesktop: CPU: R7 1700x GPU: RTX 2080 SSD: Samsung 860 Evo 1TB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 30, 2015 Do you think this is the problem for my weird fps drops then? What games http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/451339-help-me-find-him/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 30, 2015 Author Not sure, possible. I used to have half second freezes. Is your windows copy is legal? Yes legal, and yea its like half second fps drops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 30, 2015 Get rid of norton.Also, an SSD will help a ton Spoiler I7 4790K @4.5 Ghz 1.294V VALIDATION, MSI Z97 Gaming 7, 24GB DDR3 1600, Asus Strix 1070 8GB OC@ 2.2Ghz, Corsair graphite series 760T (Black), Cooler master V850, NH-D15 w/LNA ,1TB Samsung 850 Evo, 480GB Sandisk Ultra II SSD, 3TB Seagate Barracuda x 3, 1 TB WD Passport (Backup drive), 2 TB WD Passport (Backup Drive 2), Windows 10 Pro x64 (uhg), Logitech G900 Chaos (Main), Steelseries Rival (FADE) (Courtesy of Edzel Yago, Thanks Ed), Steelsieres Rival 300 Hyperbeast Special Edition, Coolermaster Quickfire TKL (MX Blue), Razer Blackwidow Tournament edition (Greens). Audio: Sennheiser HD598 SE, Edifier S1000DB, AudioEngine D1 DAC; Yamaha MG06X Mixer & AudioTechnica AT2020. Phones; Daily drivers: Nexus 6P 64GB/iPhone 6 (Music), Apple Watch, Apple AirPods. Laptop: 2015 Macbook Pro 13, 8GB of RAM, 2.7Ghz i5, 240GB Apple SSD. Spoiler Plex Server: i7 3770, Gigabyte Board, 16GB DDR3 1600, Asus Strix GTX 1050ti 4GB, 120GB SSD Boot Drive, 8 x 3TB Seagate Barracuda, Rosewill RSV-R4000 With 2 Rosewill Hot Swap 4x Backplane Bays, 1050 Watt Corsair HX Series PSU,Hyper T2, Windows 10 Pro I also do Youtube, check me out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 30, 2015 Author What games Most games that i've played WoW and arma 3 to name some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 30, 2015 Author Get rid of norton. Also, an SSD will help a ton Thanks for reminding me . It got installed automatically when I did my drivers. And yea I think im gonna get a dedicated SSD for windows like most people have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 30, 2015 Okay so I recently built a computer and at first the games weren't running correctly, fixed that. However now I feel they can still run better and I checked out my task manager, could this be the issue? http://imgur.com/kFLLoG8 Thanks in advance for your help. Specs: Motherboard - Asus z97 mark s sabertooth limited edition (white armor) Processor - Intel Core i7 4790k Quad Core LGA 1150 4.0GHz CPU Processor RAM- Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer 8GB (2x 4GB) DDR3 1866MHz Desktop Memory O/B (4GB for now until this arrives) Storage - 1TB Western Digital Blue 7200rpm Graphic Card - Evga GTX 980 FTW edition Power Supply – Corsair CX-750m 750w Modular Bronze Power Supply Does your disk usage stay that high all the time? It's not a race to the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 30, 2015 Most games that i've played WoW and arma 3 to name some. I had similar/same problem with Aion. I made a conclusion(I could be wrong) that HDD is not able to load some files fast enough, so it was freezing. Never fixed it on HDD, bought SSD and it was fine after that. Laptop: Acer V3-772G CPU: i5 4200M GPU: GT 750M SSD: Crucial MX100 256GBDesktop: CPU: R7 1700x GPU: RTX 2080 SSD: Samsung 860 Evo 1TB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 30, 2015 Author I had similar/same problem with Aion. I made a conclusion(I could be wrong) that HDD is not able to load some files fast enough, so it was freezing. Never fixed it on HDD, bought SSD and it was fine after that. So you recommend getting an SSD for windows and use the HDD for games. etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 30, 2015 Author Does your disk usage stay that high all the time? Yea I am just sitting idle watching it and it spikes out of nowhere when i'm not doing anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 30, 2015 Most games that i've played WoW and arma 3 to name some. Nothing plays Arma good. http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/451339-help-me-find-him/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 30, 2015 So you recommend getting an SSD for windows and use the HDD for games. etc? Yup. Put programs and most played games on SSD too. Laptop: Acer V3-772G CPU: i5 4200M GPU: GT 750M SSD: Crucial MX100 256GBDesktop: CPU: R7 1700x GPU: RTX 2080 SSD: Samsung 860 Evo 1TB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 30, 2015 Yea I am just sitting idle watching it and it spikes out of nowhere when i'm not doing anything. It shouldn't stay high all the time. When you're just browsing the internet your disk should also be mainly idle. Like others have said remove norton, it's completely rubbish. It's not a race to the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 30, 2015 Author Yup. Put programs and most played games on SSD too. Any SSD recommendations ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 30, 2015 Author It shouldn't stay high all the time. When you're just browsing the internet your disk should also be mainly idle. Like others have said remove norton, it's completely rubbish. Yea I got rid of norton forgot it got accidentally installed. It stays high then goes down then goes back high, just while browsing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 30, 2015 Any SSD recommendations ? 850EVO, BX100. Most common ones. Laptop: Acer V3-772G CPU: i5 4200M GPU: GT 750M SSD: Crucial MX100 256GBDesktop: CPU: R7 1700x GPU: RTX 2080 SSD: Samsung 860 Evo 1TB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 1, 2015 Try to fix the issue through AI Suite. My mobo was makin noise till i played with ai suite. You should be able to get it from the asus support page for your motherboard. I have the formula vii so im going to guess its similar. Try changing the CPU power phase to extreme. Its under the VRM Digi+ power control tab. Helps mine run better Case: Corsair 760T White PSU: Corsair AX1200i Motherboard: Asus Maximus VII Formula CPU: I7-4790k Cooler: Stock Cooler Ram: Corsair Vengeance 16GB 2400mhz GPU: Asus Strix GTX 970 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 1, 2015 Okay so I recently built a computer and at first the games weren't running correctly, fixed that. However now I feel they can still run better and I checked out my task manager, could this be the issue? http://imgur.com/kFLLoG8 Thanks in advance for your help. Specs: Motherboard - Asus z97 mark s sabertooth limited edition (white armor) Processor - Intel Core i7 4790k Quad Core LGA 1150 4.0GHz CPU Processor RAM- Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer 8GB (2x 4GB) DDR3 1866MHz Desktop Memory O/B (4GB for now until this arrives) Storage - 1TB Western Digital Blue 7200rpm Graphic Card - Evga GTX 980 FTW edition Power Supply – Corsair CX-750m 750w Modular Bronze Power Supply Hey savaGe_, I would suggest checking the drive for errors and if it's functioning properly. I would use WD Data Lifeguard Diagnostic tool: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=TyuOTH Also check your resource manager to see what exactly uses up your drive and possibly get rid of it. Do make sure you have all your latest OS and driver updates. Captain_WD. If this helped you, like and choose it as best answer - you might help someone else with the same issue. ^_^WDC Representative, http://www.wdc.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 1, 2015 Out of curiosity is this install completely fresh? Because if it is I have a feeling if its "system" thats hogging the HDD usage then it might be creating a system restore point for the first time. People using an SSD might not experience a slow down when Windows does this because obviously SSDs are really fast. However a HDD on the other hand might feel the impact. However I could be entirely wrong, what you could do is leave your PC idle for a couple hours to see if the disk usage goes down/away on its on, if it doesn't then its probably Windows and you might want to update to 8.1/10 Also have a quick look at this http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-performance/windows-8-keeps-slows-down-to-100-disk-usage-and/cd787f8d-e7b4-4872-aecb-6f0cd15ad942?auth=1 System Specs: CPU: Ryzen 7 5800X GPU: Radeon RX 7900 XT RAM: 32GB 3600MHz HDD: 1TB Sabrent NVMe - WD 1TB Black - WD 2TB Green - WD 4TB Blue MB: Gigabyte B550 Gaming X- RGB Disabled PSU: Corsair RM850x 80 Plus Gold Case: BeQuiet! Silent Base 801 Black Cooler: Noctua NH-DH15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 1, 2015 Author Hey savaGe_, I would suggest checking the drive for errors and if it's functioning properly. I would use WD Data Lifeguard Diagnostic tool: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=TyuOTH Also check your resource manager to see what exactly uses up your drive and possibly get rid of it. Do make sure you have all your latest OS and driver updates. Captain_WD. I did the extended test on my drive and it passed. Just updated everything. still high usage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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