Pc running slow

[Hamface55]

Hello,

 

I recently got a new gpu (gtx 1060) and cpu. (fx-8350) Ever since I installed them my pc has been running very slow. It takes 30 seconds to open up chrome! I am not sure why. I have x2 1tb 7200RPM hardrives, GTX 1060, FX-8350, 8gb ddr3.

I have even cleaned out my pc. My main hardrive has 681gb free and my second has 443gb free. Not sure what is the problem. Could I get some help?

 

Thanks,

Dylan

 

[Aidanlockett1]

Just now, Hamface55 said:

Hello,

 

I recently got a new gpu (gtx 1060) and cpu. (fx-8350) Ever since I installed them my pc has been running very slow. It takes 30 seconds to open up chrome! I am not sure why. I have x2 1tb 7200RPM hardrives, GTX 1060, FX-8350, 8gb ddr3.

I have even cleaned out my pc. My main hardrive has 681gb free and my second has 443gb free. Not sure what is the problem. Could I get some help?

 

Thanks,

Dylan

 

its your hard drive. if they are old thats probably why. also make sure you have minimal background processes. please buy an ssd, i have a nearly identical system and an ssd is a great addition

[Hamface55]

Just now, Aidanlockett1 said:

its your hard drive. if they are old thats probably why. also make sure you have minimal background processes. please buy an ssd, i have a nearly identical system and an ssd is a great addition

How big of a ssd would you recommend?

[Aidanlockett1]

Just now, Hamface55 said:

How big of a ssd would you recommend?

are you playing a lot of big games?

[Hamface55]

Not really. I really only play rainbow six siege, csgo, pubg and battlefield 4 at the moment

[Aidanlockett1]

Just now, Hamface55 said:

Not really. I really only play rainbow six siege, csgo, pubg and battlefield 4 at the moment

if your only gonna use google chrome on ur ssd a 120gb is fine/with a few games 250 is great for games and 275+ is really good. keep ur big games on the hdds if u get a 120 i have a 120 and i only play csgo on it and its fast as fuck boy

[Hamface55]

Just now, Aidanlockett1 said:

if your only gonna use google chrome on ur ssd a 120gb is fine/with a few games 250 is great for games and 275+ is really good. keep ur big games on the hdds if u get a 120 i have a 120 and i only play csgo on it and its fast as fuck boy

Ok thanks!!!!!

[Aidanlockett1]

Just now, Hamface55 said:

Ok thanks!!!!!

np, i would personally suggest a crucial 2.5 inch 275gb ssd because you get about 240/250 gbs of free space for games (os and formatting takes some) for about 100 bucks its a steal and its a good quality ssd

[neitzches-pctech]

have you got the drives configured for raid-0 that would also speed things up loads 

i would put both 1tb drives as strip raid and have a ssd to boot from 

 

also if you install a ssd turn indexing off 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_RAID_levels#RAID_0

 

2x 120gb ssd raid-0 will be faster then 1x 250 gb ssd 

 

make sure you use the fastest SATA ports as some motherboards have 2x6gb/s ports and then all others are 3gb/s  check your motherboard manual

 

i have been told also that having the sata cables twisted can effect the speeds so as a rule i try and keep the cables flat and tidy 

 

also this will require you to format both drives and freshly install windows and your games but you will feel the difference 

 

[neitzches-pctech]

Did you get round to trying this out yet ?

[Hamface55]

12 hours ago, neitzches-pctech said:

Did you get round to trying this out yet ?

Yeah. I have done that before too. It really doesn't help that much because I do not have a lot of space used in my main hardrive. Thanks for the suggestion though I appreciate it. 

[neitzches-pctech]

im not sure what you mean it would defiantly help as it would double the bandwidth of you drives and make things load a lot faster, space on the harddrive would not really be an issue if you read the Wikipedia entry it will clear things up for you