Games work perfect on my SSD but small freezes on HDD

[rangin94]

Hello. I have a new (1 month old) Alienware 17R3 and had been playing games with no problem. I was able to run Battlefront on High (uninstalled now cause I returned it), and was playing Counter Strike and Insurgency with no problem. I transfered my games from my SSD to HDD because of space issues and have been noticing that on both games that I play most at the moment, Counter Strike and Insurgency, I get small, less than a second long, freezes (or fps drops or not sure what to call it) every now and then. This happens a little more often on Insurgency (bigger maps) than on CSGO. I transfered insurgency back to SSD and played a match on it, played smooth with no problem. Transfered back to HDD and the minifreezes came back. These are very annoying because it sometimes happens during firefights or certain situations that make me lose. Does anyone know what could the problem be and how to fix it? I must store my games on the HDD, since it has 1Tb while my SSD, where my OS is, is only 128Gb. Thank you.

Heres a link to my laptop so you can see its specs:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/alienware-17-3-4k-ultra-hd-laptop-intel-core-i7-8gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-128gb-solid-state-drive-epic-silver/4550902.p?id=1219765894082&skuId=4550902

 

[Gingerbread]

Those laptops come with good 7200rpm hdds, there should be no problem with it. This sounds like a faulty HDD, same happened to me before my HDD died, at first it was once every 2-3 mins, then it became more and more frequent. If you still have warranty I would suggest looking onto that.

 

[rangin94]

Those laptops come with good 7200rpm hdds, there should be no problem with it. This sounds like a faulty HDD, same happened to me before my HDD died, at first it was once every 2-3 mins, then it became more and more frequent. If you still have warranty I would suggest looking onto that.

I just tried a userbenchmark test and it says the HDD is working above expectations. I'm soo tired of this, have been looking everywhere for an answer for the last couple of days but everything I try doesn't work. 🙁

 

[Gingerbread]

Try changing the power settings, making so the hard disk never tuns off and never goes idle. Check what your disk usage is, maybe try turning off Paging. But yeah might be hdd turning itself off or something, so check the power settings.