help asap windows is killing me!

[nickwhannan]

So long story short been having an issue with windows 10 running at 100% disc space on my pc. So I just upgraded my motherboard, cpu, ram and did a wipe and reinstalled windows 10 and it is still doing it even worse now!!! Can someone give me a fix for this because at this point i want to throw my pc out the window!! Any help is appreciated this is ridiculous i cant even use my pc.

 

[nickwhannan]

What if i just buy a new hard drive? That is the only component i kept from previous build whetr i had this issue. Can i transfer my windows product key i just bought?

 

[nzalog]

It sounds like he is talking about the performance tab and disk utilization (as in how busy the disk is, not how full).

It sounds like your using a 1TB hard drive. Those type of drives are slow and usually can't keep up with a fast system like you have. They would be the bottleneck. You should not worry about disk IO at 100% it's not a problem, it's just slow drive and normal behavior for a slow drive. The CPU is just trying to get information as fast as possible but those drives are not fast.
SSD would help with this.

Yes, you should be able to transfer the key if you get a new drive. Just reinstall.

 

[madmatt30]

If your windows is showing as activated on your system now then you can simply replace the drive , reinstall windows & it will activate automatically.

 

[nickwhannan]

Exactly so what size ssd would be good?

 

[nzalog]

It depends on your budget.

The best thing you could get is a m.2 drive (if you board has m.2). Samsung 960 EVO or Pro would be much faster than what you have.

Here is an amazon search for samsung m.2 nvme drives: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=ssd+samsung+nvme+m.2&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Assd+samsung+nvme+m.2

I don't know what size you need or how much money you have to spend on this stuff. But again, any of these drives are much faster than that 1TB hard drive.

You should probably tell us the model number of your motherboard just in case though.

 

[nickwhannan]

Yeah those are a little pricey. So would a 250mb ssd work for now?

 

[nickwhannan]

I have a msi z270 tomahawk

 

[nzalog]

A 256GB SSD would be just fine. The most important thing is to install windows on something fast.

Once you get windows installed on the 256GB SSD you can put the old 1TB back into your PC for extra space if you need it.

 

[nzalog]

I have a msi z270 tomahawk

Ok so you do have an m.2 slot and support for nvme. I say just get a 250GB samsung 960 evo.

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-960-EVO-Internal-MZ-V6E250BW/dp/B01LYFKX41/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494087296&sr=8-1&keywords=ssd+samsung+nvme+m.2

 

[nickwhannan]

Ok thx guys for the help. I will see what i can budget in.

 

[madmatt30]

I think the 960 evo is way overpriced for the general user.
mx300 would be my choice

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/KXkwrH/crucial-mx300-275gb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-ct275mx300ssd4

its fast enough,you also get an extra 20gb space over other drives

 

[nzalog]

It's 95$ vs 127$

For the 30$ more you get nvme (much lower latency and yes it's noticable) and 6x (~550MB/s vs ~3000MB/s) read speed and 4x (~550MB/s vs ~2000MB/s) write speed.

If he didn't have a 7700k I'd say you're right, but I feel like a pretty big corner to cut for a small saving on a pretty high end system.

 

[nickwhannan]

Well sorry to disappoint you but I got the wd 250mb m2. All I can afford right now. Hope it will be ok?

 

[nickwhannan]

Ok nzalog you convinced me on the better m2 cancelled the wd and got the one you said thx man!!!