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  1. C

    Question Problems with my HDD

    Hello, To Preface- PC Specs: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X GPU: Nvidia RTX 3060 SSD: Corsair MP400 1TB HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2 TB (2018) RAM: Corsair CMW16GX4M2D3600C18 2x8GB PSU: Corsair RM750x I've been having an immense amount of trouble with my drives (and quite frankly, my whole PC is...
  2. A

    Question PC seems to be running slow, GPU will be running at 95% then fall to 10-20 causing huge fps loss

    I started noticing last week and this week that my computer was starting to feel less responsive. Windows start opening a little slower, the browser webpages are slightly delayed, and yesterday games that I was getting 144 fps in are now dropping to 20-30 fps. I've monitored task manager and my...
  3. D

    Question High End PC Windows Slow and non-responsive

    Hi all, I have a very high end PC and all was well until I recently upgraded the CPU from a Ryzen 5 5600X to an Intel i9-12900K. Rest of my specs are: Gigabyte Z690 Gaming X 32GB (4x8GB) G.Skill RipJaws V red DDR4-3600 DIMM CL19-20-20-40 AMD 6800XT Corsair CV750W The problem is when gaming...
  4. T

    [SOLVED] How to tell what component is not working correctly?

    Hi there im currently struggling with the performance of my PC, a little while ago I had an issue with the PC being stuck in a boot loop, reseating ram and GPU eventually fixed this. but now the system feels sluggish, I can't game since the display is stuttery although I'm still hitting solid...
  5. CTElectric

    Question Fortnite Takes too long to open and load even after Reinstalling windows

    Hello my Fortnite Game From the epic games launcher is really slow right after the anti-cheat appears I thought it was something wrong with the game or the launcher so reinstalled Fortnite and the epic launcher but nothings changed but I got to the point where I reinstalled windows and I still...
  6. Floob

    [SOLVED] I have a feeling my new GPU is running just a teeny tiny little bit slower than it should be.

    I have just upgraded to a MSI RX 6600 XT from a RX 480 which died a few weeks ago. This GPU is running pretty good on all kinds of benchmarks, but I have my doubts that something may be slightly bottlenecking it. I think i may be a PCIE 3.0 thing but I am not sure. On time spy, the graphics...
  7. B

    [SOLVED] ASUS Tuf Gaming B550M-Plus intel bluetooth AWFUL... fix? Or workaround?

    My ASUS B550M has been a pain to configure but I've got it running pretty well after a few days. Ryzen 7-5800x working well, Radeon 5600 xt working well, everything else doing great EXCEPT the built in bluetooth adapter is god awful... like drops my games FPS to 5! Disabling it and putting in...
  8. InsanityCrescendo

    Question Laptop has massive lag (very slow) ?

    Hello everyone, so I'm at my wit's end. I usually can fix computer staff pretty easily but this is very weird. It all started when my laptop (EDIT: Acer Aspire 5 A515-51G-58E ) suddenly started lagging a lot, to the point where the cursor was moving in steps. After a minute or so the laptop just...
  9. A

    Question BIOS/POST is suddenly slower, taking around 20 seconds ?

    As soon as i pressed the power button, i would see gigabyte bios screen for 2-3 seconds and windows screen for 2-3 seconds. But now suddenly my bios/post screen takes around 20 seconds to load. But windows screen loads in 2-3 seconds My Build : Gigabyte B550m DS3H, Ryzen 5 3600, Zotac Nvidia...
  10. batsy0110

    [SOLVED] Thermal Throttling Issue

    Hi guys, I am having thermal Throttling issue in my ROG Zephyrus laptop. Even the cpu temps are not above 48 degree Celsius but still the HWINFO64 test shows the throttling as Yes in CPU while doing the benchmark. Please help me with this issue. It has ryzen processor. Because of that issue my...
  11. H

    [SOLVED] Why is my disk going to 100% when downloading ?

    The problem is in the title. I had many problems with my disks (like it running at 100% in games) i fixed this problem by uninstalling Geforce Experience and disabling SysMain. To try to fix the download speed, i reinstalled windows (not formating it) and the problem still occurs. I think it's...
  12. R

    Question Dell AlienWare R9 (Late 2019) running slow ?

    I've been digging for answers for the past 3 days and staying up till 4am watching debugging screens, decided its time for a thread. Specs: Windows 10 (64bit) Intel Core i5-9400 (6 CPU's) NVidia GTX 1650 8192MB RAM (HYPERX) (1 stick) 1TB HDD 265GB SSD I used to run fairly graphic intense games...
  13. W

    Question What's causing slowness? CPU is stable/low temp, but high/unstable usage (screenshots)

    computer suddenly got really slow. lagging, stuttering, having to wait a while after clicking anything for it to respond. games are running poorly. things ive tried complete hard drive reformat / wipe and fresh reinstall windows restarting a million times please dont suggest this updating all...
  14. A

    [SOLVED] Poor System Performance After Upgrading CPU

    Hi everybody, I just upgraded my CPU from an i7-7820X to an i9-10980XE after the i7 overheated following a failed AIO. Now, I have massive issues with stability on my system. I run primarily 3ds Max for my work. On my previous system, I was able to multitask with no problems but now the...
  15. jr2

    Info Found cause and solution (I think) for Windows Start Menu taking obnoxiously long when searching for items

    I've put this in Windows 10, but it should apply to ANY Windows edition that supports searching the Start Menu using Windows Search / Indexing, so, Windows Vista - Windows 11: Start search uses Windows Search which uses Indexing Service. By default, MS Indexes...
  16. P

    Question Computer laggy, cannot play videos or games.

    Hi there! I have a surface pro and it's been very very laggy. It has been for quite a bit of time now. It got laggy overnight and that night I was hosting something on it . I reset the laptop but it was still super laggy. Only a few days ago I was searching for fixes. I have my CPU at full speed...
  17. Ahmed Sherif AbdelHalim

    [SOLVED] Painfully Slow Windows 10 Computer.

    Hi there, Recently, my laptop has gotten really slow. It would take minutes to start up, minutes to open simple applications include but are not limited to Google Chrome, Discord, and Steam. A lot of freezing happens while using said applications, it becomes really frustrating. My Specs...
  18. J

    Question My computer slows down when it's been on for a while until needing a restart

    Hi, hopefully this is the right area to post this question, I really hope someone can help me because this has been happening for about the last 2 weeks, I've tried everything I can possibly find and getting desperate at this point. My problem is that when I first start my computer it runs...
  19. O

    [SOLVED] PC randomly running slow ?

    Upgraded my PC: Ryzen 5600X GTX 1050 Ti 3200Mhz 8GB RAM, 500GB SSD It was running fine and then all of a sudden it started getting really slow and laggy and when I tried to play a game, my FPS kept dropping to 1. I’ve barely installed anything and have only used it as few times, what could...
  20. L

    Question PC idle for more then 4 hours, turn it off?

    This might sound silly, but here it is So I use my gaming PC for about 2-3 hours before work, and then leave it on until I come back (so around 6-8 hours). Its no fancy water cooling, just an average gaming PC. This has only come to my attention because I have noticed that it is slower than...
  21. estefano2000

    [SOLVED] Why my games are running slower?

    This problem started like 3 days ago. I've lost around 20 fps in every game (the old ones are ok). For example Halo: TMCC was running at 60 stable fps and now it runs at 37/40 fps, same for Skyrim (2011) and Titanfall 2 suffered this problem as well. I tried some of the best options to fix...
  22. Miltoid19

    Question Slow down when moving open windows

    For some unknown reason to me at random intervals my pc starts slowing down when I move open window across my screen I made a video of it to show you exactly how it looks https://photos.app.goo.gl/sF478zLnd1yj69rU9 Please note the system was under no stress what so ever. I have tried to runs an...
  23. R

    Question HDD activity strange?

    Let's make this quick. I start up my computer and on boot up it's far slower than usual, I notice the HDD light is mostly off and barely flickers. And because of this the whole computer is slow. But then after some time the HDD starts acting like normal, activity light goes on and off like...
  24. Dan3433556

    Question Computer Incredibly Slow Out of Nowhere

    Someone please help I've been using this computer for years now and I have not downloaded anything substantial recently nor have I made any modifications to the PC itself regrading parts. Yesterday I was playing a game on my computer and all of a sudden my computer froze completely causing me to...
  25. JoaoPauluu

    [SOLVED] SSD Slow Writing but normal reading speed

    Hello, I'm having a problem with my ssd, it is a bx500 240gb from crucial (dram-less), bought it ~ 10 months ago, did a speed test on the week of purchase, everything was fine, but tried to run a benchmark again recently an those are the results I got (using crystal disk mark. Already tested...
  26. almorex

    [SOLVED] New Laptop not working smooth. Should I return it?

    I just bought this HP Laptop with AMD Ryzen 5 3500u. Previously I had Acer Swift 3. This new laptop doesn't feel smooth enough. I even did some benchmark tests whose results are here. I ran Minecraft on it and it gave around 15-20fps. I will mostly use my laptop for Programming and Casual Gaming...
  27. kwoosh

    [SOLVED] PC slow when downloading

    My PC has recently become very slow on startup and when downloading to the point where it can be unusable at times and I'll just have to wait it out. My hard drive and my ssd both have about 100gb left on them so I didn't know if that could be the case, but I'd like to know for sure what could...
  28. Bobo1458

    [SOLVED] [RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra] Max/Min Watts/Temps/Volts

    Hello! I was just wondering what the max temps/watts/and volts for the 3080 ftw3 ultra should look like. My GPU temps are up almost 70 C and I'm getting around 270-280w when gaming. My volts are 1.2. I've been getting not the best FPS with this card, nothing near as to what I thought it would be...
  29. B

    Question GTX 970 driver causing mouse lag

    Hey guys. I just finished a new build of mine and decided for once I was going to use new parts. Now the only old part I have left is my gtx 970 and my drives. The drives I know for a fact are alright. I just set up the pc and everything works perfectly. Installed all the mobo drivers and then...
  30. M

    [SOLVED] HDD performance usage 100%

    Hi, I have a Seagate BarraCuda 1TB HDD, recently after win 10 updates, the pc becomes so slow and when I open task manager, in the process menu the disk % appears low but when I open the performance tab the disk usage is 100%. I normally wait 2-3 minutes and the usage comes back to normal...
  31. D

    [SOLVED] I need help about my computer's slowness

    Hello, I bought my computer about 2 years ago, it was brand new and prebuilt. From the beginning it was slow and I hoped it would get better, but it stayed the same. My system crashed the first year I bought it, we installed a new system and it still was slow. I installed a new system a couple...
  32. P

    [SOLVED] Help my $800 slow gaming pc

    I re-installed windows and put in a new HDD, but my computer is still slow. It's a computer I build just a few years ago so it should be running fine, 8GB ram, 3.8ghz ish intel coffee lake CPU, (no GPU, but it was fine without it before). I'm gonna see if the drivers need to be updated. But is...
  33. lyingfire

    [SOLVED] Computer slow even though CPU is only utilizing <15%

    Im pretty good with computer stuff but some stuff I still don't know/cant figure out myself. My computer is running slow, my browser more times than not will freeze on me, even with just 1 tab open. File explorer will take a while to load up and booting up windows takes longer than it should...
  34. G

    [SOLVED] Google search engine is slow

    Google search engine load page very slow across Chrome, Edge, and Firefox (current default brower is Edge). Google Image do load (also slow) but when i click one of the images, it just doesn't load and turned black/dark (white if dark theme turned off). On other side, Bing and DuckDuckGo work...
  35. parama3500

    [SOLVED] M.2 SSD read-speed is still as advertised, but write-speeds have become significantly slower ?

    It's an Addlink S70 512GB, the day I bought it, I did a benchmark and it was fast, on par with the advertised speeds: View: https://imgur.com/a/iTMjyuG But today, 3 months later, the write speeds have decreased by five times: View: https://imgur.com/a/CiAFCsA View...
  36. J

    Question PC runs very slow after every other boot

    I've been encountering a strange error for some time now on my desktop. The problem is that if I turn on my computer for the first time in a given day, it'll run very slowly. By this I mean that games will suddenly take around 5 times longer to load a map or get into multiplayer, launch them...
  37. Cuuuubeeee

    [SOLVED] LAN connection is slow. 500mbps internet but didnt even reach 100mbps on speedtest ?

    hello. im using internet 500mbps speed. connected LAN CAT7 to my pc. Before this, my speedtest reach 500mbps speed, but starting few weeks ago, it didnt even reach 100mbps. my phone connected with wifi and the speed even better than LAN. atleast reached 400mbps but on pc with LAN CAT7 doesnt...
  38. J

    [SOLVED] Thermal paste turning liquid and CPU running slow after a month or so

    I repasted my Lenovo E480 for the first time earlier on this year using "Cooler Master Mastergel Pro V2 " paste. I could immediately see a huge speed increase, which was unbelievable. A couple of months later though, my PC started running slow again and I had to crack my laptop open again! When...
  39. lomoon17

    Question Low FPS on High-End PC

    Hi I have been having issue with my PC as long as I've had it, I get particularly low FPS for the hardware I have, I'm not sure what to do to fix I have tried several different solutions, including overclocking my components to stable oc's, any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Avg. FPS...
  40. Nevis

    Question Dragon Age Inquisition runs slow after reinstalling ?

    A fresh install, I played dragon age in HDD took me 1 min of load times, I transferred it into SSD problem solved only 5s of loading time, after 2 days of playing SSD load times were now the same as HDD, what's weird is that when this happened all my settings were reset to default, and Origin...