Hello everyone,
Around a month ago I began to have issues with my computer. Whenever I used a process heavy program or game it would begin to act up. At that point, I was only experiencing short hang ups and a slightly slower system response time, nothing that really seemed all that serious. Recently though, it has begun to get much worse, whenever I use a program it isn't uncommon for my pc to freeze at random for up to 7 minutes at a time, I have even had a couple of BSODs. On top of this my pc slows down to a snail’s pace whenever I shut down a program that has maxed out the systems memory. Now my main suspicion is my ~7 year old WD HDD. Now I know it probably wasn’t the best idea to install my OS on a (at the time) 5 year old HDD, but at the time I didn’t really have any other option since I was fairly low on funds. I am planning on upgrading my pc with a new SSD as a replacement for my ancient HDD as well as a couple 4gb sticks of ram, but I just want to make sure that I am making a well informed decision and spending my money on the right items.
Just in case I have put my system specs in the spoiler bellow.
Around a month ago I began to have issues with my computer. Whenever I used a process heavy program or game it would begin to act up. At that point, I was only experiencing short hang ups and a slightly slower system response time, nothing that really seemed all that serious. Recently though, it has begun to get much worse, whenever I use a program it isn't uncommon for my pc to freeze at random for up to 7 minutes at a time, I have even had a couple of BSODs. On top of this my pc slows down to a snail’s pace whenever I shut down a program that has maxed out the systems memory. Now my main suspicion is my ~7 year old WD HDD. Now I know it probably wasn’t the best idea to install my OS on a (at the time) 5 year old HDD, but at the time I didn’t really have any other option since I was fairly low on funds. I am planning on upgrading my pc with a new SSD as a replacement for my ancient HDD as well as a couple 4gb sticks of ram, but I just want to make sure that I am making a well informed decision and spending my money on the right items.
Just in case I have put my system specs in the spoiler bellow.
CPU: Intel Core i7 4790k
Motherboard: MSI z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)
Memory: Ballistix Sport 8GB Kit (4GBx2) DDR3
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
PSU: CORSAIR CX series CX750 750W
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit
Motherboard: MSI z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)
Memory: Ballistix Sport 8GB Kit (4GBx2) DDR3
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
PSU: CORSAIR CX series CX750 750W
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit
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