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SSD on old computer

donboki
By donboki
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Hey guys So basically im fixing my friends old computer its about 7 years old and I bought the same cpu and bought him an ssd for a upgrade but every time i install windows on it it seems to be very slow and laggy and missing alot of thing s I have installed the motherboard cd but i think the ssd is too fast for the actual computer, and needs a HDD instead Help?

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What are the specs?

Novus Anima

CPU - 4670K @ 4.2 GHz | Motherboard - ASUS Z97-PRO | CPU Cooler - Corsair H105 

RAM - Corsair Vengeance (4x4GB) | GPU - EVGA GTX 1060 SSC  

Storage - Samsung M.2 64GB SSD, PNY 240GB SSD , WD 1TB Caviar Blue, WD 500GB HDD

PSU - EVGA 650W G2 | Peripherals - Logitech G710, Logitech G602 

 

Laptops

MacBook Pro Mid-2011 

Surface Pro 3

 

 

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make sure you have ACHI enabled in BIOS and not IDE

 

https://www.maketecheasier.com/12-things-you-must-do-when-running-a-solid-state-drive-in-windows-7/

CPU: Intel i7 5820K @ 4.20 GHz | Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS | RAM: Corsair LPX 16GB DDR4 @ 2666MHz | GPU: Sapphire R9 Fury (x2 CrossFire)
Storage: Samsung 950Pro 512GB // OCZ Vector150 240GB // Seagate 1TB | PSU: Seasonic 1050 Snow Silent | Case: NZXT H440 | Cooling: Nepton 240M
FireStrike // Extreme // Ultra // 8K // 16K

 

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