fresh install / running slow

[lokibaelish]

Hi All,

My pc broke last year and I've just got it up and running again. It has had a complete wipe and I'm back on windows 7 as I never received windows 10 serial number on purchase.

My concern is that I've done something wrong, the pc use be really fast to start, within about 15 seconds from turning it on it was ready to go, its much much slower now.

here are the specs-
Processor
Processor Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5450 @ 3.00GHz
Manufacturer Intel
Speed 3.0 GHz
Number of Cores 4
CPU ID BFEBFBFF00010676
Family 06
Model 17
Stepping 6
Revision 0F
Memory
RAM 6.0 GB
Video Card
Video Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
Manufacturer
Chipset GeForce GTX 750 Ti
Dedicated Memory 2.0 GB
Total Memory 4.0 GB
Pixel Shader Version 5.0
Vertex Shader Version 5.0
Hardware T & L Yes
Vendor ID 10DE
Device 1380
Plug and Play ID VEN_10DE&DEV_1380&SUBSYS_288A19DA&REV_A2
Driver Version 24.21.13.9811
Operating System
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition Service Pack 1 (build 7601), 64-bit
Service Pack 1
Size 64-bit
Edition NVIDIA
Version 6.1.7601
Locale 0809
BIOS
BIOS Default System BIOS
Version American Megatrends Inc. V28.10
Manufacturer American Megatrends Inc.
Date 08/16/32
Sound
Audio 1
Sound Device High Definition Audio Device
Driver 6.1.7601.17514
Audio 2
Sound Device High Definition Audio Device
Driver 6.1.7601.17514
Drives
DVD MATSHITA UJDA760 DVD/CDRW USB Device
CD MATSHITA UJDA760 DVD/CDRW USB Device
Drive 1
Size 465.8 GB
Free Memory 412.5 GB
Drive 2
Size 111.3 GB
Free Memory 111.1 GB
Drive 3
Size 100.0 MB
Free Memory 19.4 MB
Software
Internet Explorer 11.0.9600.17843
Chrome 67.0.3396.99
Firefox
Safari
Java
Flash
DirectX 11.0
.NET 3.5.30729.5420
QuickTime
Adobe PDF Reader

Now when I search for how to speed up your computer, its all about speeding up a pc that's been in use and is full of crap, this has had a fresh install so It's pointless me trying any of that stuff.

Any help would be great! FYI I am a novice and did mess about with the pc a lot last year trying to fix it without losing all my photos, luckily managed it and now backed-up my photos to a pen drive.

 

[J_E_D_70]

Did you install all the motherboard specific drivers (chipset, storage controllers, lan, audio, intel management engine) from the manufacturers website?

Nvidia driver straight from nvidia website?

SSD driver (if you have one)?

If you had Win 10 on before, no need for a key - it fingerprinted your system during original install. Just install it again (can be clean or upgrade) and it will auto-activate.

 

[lokibaelish]

No I just installed the graphics card :/
I don't even know how to install the motherboard drivers?
Not sure what the SSD driver is?
I didn't know about that with windows 10. I actually don't mind using windows 7 for now, really need a pc for work, so ill bare with it.

 

[lokibaelish]

I found motherboard deets
msi
ms-7592

 

[lokibaelish]

Still need assistance with this. More than happy to try what was suggested but no idea how to.

 

[J_E_D_70]

Gotta figure out which one you have, specifically - that model turns up several (should be printed on the board itself):
https://www.msi.com/search/ms-7592/product/3

Then, get the right one and click Download, pick your OS, download each of those things listed (the newest one each), and run each one individually.

Do you have an SSD (solid state drive) or HDD (hard drive)? HDD doesn't need a driver. SSD might.

Back to the graphics card - did you go to nvidia's site and get the latest Win7 driver?