Slow Performance

Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me interpret some write performance tests against my Crucial BX500 SSD CT1000BX500SSD1 (1TB). Bought brand new in Jan this year. I have the SSD as a secondary SATA drive and I run a Windows VM on it via Hyper-V. The VM has has suddenly gone slow to the point of...

Specs: Mobo: MSI MAG X570 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX MOTHERBOARD (BIOS ver. 1.F0, 12-Oct-23) RAM: G.SKILL Sniper X Series 16GB (2x8GB) 3600MHz DDR4 Memory [upgraded to] Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB (2 x 32GB) DDR4 DRAM 3600MHz C18 Memory Kit Storage: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Internal SSD...

Greetings everyone, since using my RTX 4070 I occasionally experience short freeze spikes (they last about 1 second each) and slow performance in both normal browsing and gaming. The issues can start even at minimal loads, like browsing the internet. As soon as the problem occurs my WiFi also...

Hi I have 4x8GB DDR3 RAM modules that have been working perfectly for several years. I started receiving random BSOD and the investigations led to a single RAM module being the defective one. After removing it, the BSODs stopped. However, Windows 10 (up to date) became too laggy with the CPU/RAM...

Hey, not sure if this is the right place for this, but recently I've been having some weird issues with my games and even my PC in general. So my system is pretty beefy and I run most games at 1440p 60fps no problem (see specs bellow). But recently, for some weird reason my games fps are just...

My computer has a tendency to act funny after I do generally cleaning on it every 6ish months. When it is unplugged from the outlet for an uncertain amount of time, when I plug it back in and boot it up, my computer becomes sluggish and really slow. Also, the case fans and my water cooler turn...

Hi, my laptop (HP Elitebook 8540p) is running quite slowly lately. Checked for malware and viruses several times and nothing seems to be found. I am running Windows 10 on it. Have 4 GBs ram, Intel Core i5 and it seems a bit off to be running so slow. I tweaked it a little in registers and...

Hello guys, as the title says, I have EVO 970 plus plugged into Gigabyte X99 UD4 and I'm stuck at pci 2x2, thats what samsung magician says. The performance is abysmal, I'm seeing people posting over 3000 MBps read/write values for this kit, whle I'm getting 800/600 R/W, my other SSDs (both 840...

Hi all -- A section of the DC power jack in my laptop broke off. It's a very clean break along the black plastic & I'm wondering if i can use a tiny bit of super glue to re-affix (taking great care to ensure the glue is on plastic ONLY)? Would it melt, is fume a concern, etc.? If super glue is a...

Hello!I have an ASUS G551JM with intel core-i7 4710hq (intel hd graphics 4600) and 16GB ram. Intel's website says that the hd graphics can have a maximum of 2GB virtual memory. However I can only allocate 512MB in the BIOS. Its dedicated memory is 128MB.

Hello, I am looking for a standard ATX case, with good cable management, air flow, etc. I have seen 3 good value cases so far: NZXT Source 210 Elite Bitfenix Shinobi Zalman z11 Plus Any comments on which is best? Do the first 2 have good air flow, because extra fans aren't particularly...

Hi, I just replaced my AM3 board with a MSI H87m-e33 and i5 4440. I turned the pc on, no video and it shuts down after like 30s, then reboots. I also can't turn the pc off via the power button. What's going on?