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Hey I think my HDD might be dying but I don't know how to check for sure, I am currently defragging it but IDK if it will help.

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Try some simple file transfers (both artificial and real) and see if the speeds are consistent on both read and write as well as the speed as a whole. Also if you don't mind me asking what kind of hard drive is it?

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Which model and brand of hard drive is?, how old it is?

I think it is about 2 years old now :P It's very possible I'm wrong though. It is a WD black 1TB

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  • Motherboard: MSI X470 Gaming Pro
  • RAM: 32 GB HyperX Fury DDR4 2400
  • GPU: MSI 5700XT MECH
  • Case: Fractal Define R5
  • Storage: 1TB WD Black 7200 RPM HDD, 2TB WD Black 7200 RPM HDD, 4TB WD Black 7200 RPM HDD, Samsung Evo 960 1TB SSD
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I think it is about 2 years old now :P It's very possible I'm wrong though. It is a WD black 1TB

When the stuttering happens, what's the behavior of the hard drive activity led?, does it match with the stuttering?, and what are you doing when that happens?

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When the stuttering happens, what's the behavior of the hard drive activity led?, does it match with the stuttering?, and what are you doing when that happens?

It's mostly when I am downloading something... I was dropping frames watching a video earlier and my network and CPU were fine sooo

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  • Motherboard: MSI X470 Gaming Pro
  • RAM: 32 GB HyperX Fury DDR4 2400
  • GPU: MSI 5700XT MECH
  • Case: Fractal Define R5
  • Storage: 1TB WD Black 7200 RPM HDD, 2TB WD Black 7200 RPM HDD, 4TB WD Black 7200 RPM HDD, Samsung Evo 960 1TB SSD
  • PSU: Corsair CX750M
  • Display(s): HP 24W
  • Cooling: 1 120mm Corsair fan, Noctua NH-U14S
  • Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow 2016
  • Mouse: Razer Deathadder Basilisk.
  • Sound: Razer 7.1 Kraken Chroma V2, LG SJ4Y 300W soundbar
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It's mostly when I am downloading something... I was dropping frames watching a video earlier and my network and CPU were fine sooo

That shouldn't happen, unless your download speed is of a few hundreds of MB/s, something else must be using too much your hard drive.

Did you changed anything software related before that happened?

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That shouldn't happen, unless your download speed is of a few hundreds of MB/s, something else must be using too much your hard drive.

Did you changed anything software related before that happened?

Nope :P

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  • Motherboard: MSI X470 Gaming Pro
  • RAM: 32 GB HyperX Fury DDR4 2400
  • GPU: MSI 5700XT MECH
  • Case: Fractal Define R5
  • Storage: 1TB WD Black 7200 RPM HDD, 2TB WD Black 7200 RPM HDD, 4TB WD Black 7200 RPM HDD, Samsung Evo 960 1TB SSD
  • PSU: Corsair CX750M
  • Display(s): HP 24W
  • Cooling: 1 120mm Corsair fan, Noctua NH-U14S
  • Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow 2016
  • Mouse: Razer Deathadder Basilisk.
  • Sound: Razer 7.1 Kraken Chroma V2, LG SJ4Y 300W soundbar
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download crystaldiskinfo

 

it will show the SMART status of the HDD

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What's your HDD usage look like in Task Manager? If it's pinned to 100% ( I find the System process does this a lot), stuttering is not uncommon. 

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What's your HDD usage look like in Task Manager? If it's pinned to 100% ( I find the System process does this a lot), stuttering is not uncommon. 

Not 100% man it's like 15

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  • Motherboard: MSI X470 Gaming Pro
  • RAM: 32 GB HyperX Fury DDR4 2400
  • GPU: MSI 5700XT MECH
  • Case: Fractal Define R5
  • Storage: 1TB WD Black 7200 RPM HDD, 2TB WD Black 7200 RPM HDD, 4TB WD Black 7200 RPM HDD, Samsung Evo 960 1TB SSD
  • PSU: Corsair CX750M
  • Display(s): HP 24W
  • Cooling: 1 120mm Corsair fan, Noctua NH-U14S
  • Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow 2016
  • Mouse: Razer Deathadder Basilisk.
  • Sound: Razer 7.1 Kraken Chroma V2, LG SJ4Y 300W soundbar
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Okay so I checked event viewer and it keeps giving DistributedCOM errors it says "The server (Some Key) did not register with DCOM within the required timeout." I get them roughly every 4 minutes... Also my last post was my 69th  B)

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  • Motherboard: MSI X470 Gaming Pro
  • RAM: 32 GB HyperX Fury DDR4 2400
  • GPU: MSI 5700XT MECH
  • Case: Fractal Define R5
  • Storage: 1TB WD Black 7200 RPM HDD, 2TB WD Black 7200 RPM HDD, 4TB WD Black 7200 RPM HDD, Samsung Evo 960 1TB SSD
  • PSU: Corsair CX750M
  • Display(s): HP 24W
  • Cooling: 1 120mm Corsair fan, Noctua NH-U14S
  • Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow 2016
  • Mouse: Razer Deathadder Basilisk.
  • Sound: Razer 7.1 Kraken Chroma V2, LG SJ4Y 300W soundbar
  • Operating System: Windows 10 Professional 64 bit
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I KEEP DROPPING SHIT TONS OF FRAMES ON YOUTUBE. IT IS SO ANNOYING

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  • Motherboard: MSI X470 Gaming Pro
  • RAM: 32 GB HyperX Fury DDR4 2400
  • GPU: MSI 5700XT MECH
  • Case: Fractal Define R5
  • Storage: 1TB WD Black 7200 RPM HDD, 2TB WD Black 7200 RPM HDD, 4TB WD Black 7200 RPM HDD, Samsung Evo 960 1TB SSD
  • PSU: Corsair CX750M
  • Display(s): HP 24W
  • Cooling: 1 120mm Corsair fan, Noctua NH-U14S
  • Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow 2016
  • Mouse: Razer Deathadder Basilisk.
  • Sound: Razer 7.1 Kraken Chroma V2, LG SJ4Y 300W soundbar
  • Operating System: Windows 10 Professional 64 bit
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download crystaldiskinfo

 

it will show the SMART status of the HDD

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