Hey all, I have the following;
Intel i7 6700K
Asus Maximus VIII Ranger mobo
16GB DDR4 (Forget brand, but not cheap)
Nvidia GeForce 980GTX TI 6GB
2TB Mechanical HD (games)
128GB SSD (Windows)
Win 10, 64bit Home (Newly installed from scratch)
The issue I'm having, is that upon startup*, it takes forever to load up. I've heard that the Maximus VIII Ranger (and others in this line) can be slow to load. But if I have Windows on a mechanical HD it can take up to 20-30 minutes before it's usable. On SSD, about 5-10 minutes before it's usable. Then every now and again while playing, the system "freezes" for about 15-30 seconds. The same when opening programs. For example, opening the browser causes a system freeze for about 30 seconds to two minutes.
It's been like this since I first had it put together. *Updating BIOS on the VIII Ranger helped moderately at boot. But the freezes between opening programs and during gaming still persist. As does a slow boot before the system is usable.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm about to throw the entire system out the window once and for all.
Intel i7 6700K
Asus Maximus VIII Ranger mobo
16GB DDR4 (Forget brand, but not cheap)
Nvidia GeForce 980GTX TI 6GB
2TB Mechanical HD (games)
128GB SSD (Windows)
Win 10, 64bit Home (Newly installed from scratch)
The issue I'm having, is that upon startup*, it takes forever to load up. I've heard that the Maximus VIII Ranger (and others in this line) can be slow to load. But if I have Windows on a mechanical HD it can take up to 20-30 minutes before it's usable. On SSD, about 5-10 minutes before it's usable. Then every now and again while playing, the system "freezes" for about 15-30 seconds. The same when opening programs. For example, opening the browser causes a system freeze for about 30 seconds to two minutes.
It's been like this since I first had it put together. *Updating BIOS on the VIII Ranger helped moderately at boot. But the freezes between opening programs and during gaming still persist. As does a slow boot before the system is usable.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm about to throw the entire system out the window once and for all.