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drewfy Jul 25, 2015 @ 12:10pm

New Gaming PC slow as CRAP

Can someone help me with this problem? It takes 20 seconds to open up google chrome and its very slow I scan my PC once every week I dont have anything automatically opening when windows starts and I dont have any Virus in my computer i take good care of my PC i only have 780GB of free space on my 1TB hard drive and all my drivers are up to date and i have 8GBs of memory/RAM please help!

Last edited by drewfy; Jul 25, 2015 @ 12:11pm

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WollvrX Jul 25, 2015 @ 12:47pm

which game, which ur full specifications (we need this to try solve, so tryever put this too), when this take laggy?
try be specific (don't say "all time")

drewfy Jul 25, 2015 @ 12:49pm

Originally posted by Phrosst:
Does it get smoother when you let it be right after you start it? Computers will usually be slow when you start it because its starting all the programs that are suspose to start at start up and any other programs set to start on start up

It gets a little bit better yeah but its still very slow

Originally posted by WollvrX:
which game, which ur full specifications (we need this to try solve, so tryever put this too), when this take laggy?
try be specific (don't say "all time")

When I open task manager, Chrome, any game i have, skype, everyapp i can open it takes like 20 seconds to load

Last edited by rotNdude; Jul 25, 2015 @ 1:28pm

Spawn of Totoro Jul 25, 2015 @ 12:56pm

HDD space and RAM are not the only factors. You need to state what CPU, GPU and if it is desktop or laptop as well as look at what programs you are running in the background.

Your power supply may also be a factor if your system is underpowered.

drewfy Jul 25, 2015 @ 1:09pm

CPU: AMD FX-6300 Six Core 3.5GHz
GPU: MSI Radeon R9 280x

1TB Hard Drive
8GB Ram
3GB VRam

100% Recycled Awesome Jul 25, 2015 @ 1:11pm

This a DYI with a clean windows install or a prebuilt?

drewfy Jul 25, 2015 @ 1:14pm

I build the PC but i just recently reinstalled wandows cuz it started to slow down but it didnt work

The reinstall worked but its still slow

Last edited by rotNdude; Jul 25, 2015 @ 1:28pm

rotNdude Jul 25, 2015 @ 1:30pm

If you just reinstalled Windows you probably don't have all the proper drivers installed.

drewfy Jul 25, 2015 @ 1:31pm

i reinstalled all the drivers

All of them i made sure i put the discs in and updated them after

Last edited by rotNdude; Jul 25, 2015 @ 1:32pm

rotNdude Jul 25, 2015 @ 1:34pm

You provide us with a list of drivers you updated.

WollvrX Jul 25, 2015 @ 1:35pm

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:
HDD space and RAM are not the only factors. You need to state what CPU, GPU and if it is desktop or laptop as well as look at what programs you are running in the background.

Your power supply may also be a factor if your system is underpowered.

Originally posted by Slipping:
All of them i made sure i put the discs in and updated them after

U need do test, about Spawn wrote!
we need know ur OS too (windows What?)

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_I_ Jul 25, 2015 @ 1:37pm

slow hdd can cause lots of slowness issues

with lots of browser extensions and addons for firefox it can take a long time to load

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drewfy Jul 25, 2015 @ 1:39pm

I have Windows 7 I updated my AMD drivers from the AMD website

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upcoast Jul 25, 2015 @ 1:50pm

What motherboard / PSU/ antivirus?

Tbh, windows does a good job with installing basic drivers for amd builds minus catalyst which at this point should be 15.7 you've installed, you honestly don't need to do much.

I wasn't too impressed with my FX8350 either until I went into bios and disabled cool n quiet, C1E, Turbo boost then manually set cpu clock to 4.4ghz also in windows set power options to high performance, you should be able to get 300-400mhz OC easily on the 6300. Double check your ram timmings with cpu-z CL should be no higher than cl9 the lower the better.

You should also short stroke your hdd if the os is on it ie make a partition 200-250GB for windows use the rest for storage, the fastest part of a drive is usually the first 30ish % after %50 it'll be slower.

Ps, what hdd 7200rpm Seagate, wd black/blue/green?

Last edited by upcoast; Jul 25, 2015 @ 1:56pm

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