I need help finding the source of my system lag

[ginopas]

Hi,
I'm having a problem where my system takes longer than it should to do certain things. Right clicking on Recycling bin will give me the spinning circle for up to 30 seconds, sometimes longer. Sometimes I'll double click an app, I'll see the spinning circle, then nothing happens until I open a folder on my C drive. Opening a folder on another drive will often open file explorer, but it will be blank while the progress bar slowly moves across the top, taking up to 10 seconds before showing what's in the file.
I built this machine almost three years ago and it's been great until this started a few months ago.
I'm thinking it's either my mother board, or my C drive, but I'm not sure. Any help identifying the problem and maybe some suggestions on what to replace with what is appreciated.

I'm running Windows 10 Pro 64
AMD FX-6350
ASRock 970 Extreme3 r2.0
16gb Kingston 1866 RAM
EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti SuperClocked
EVGA 600B PSU
Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB - C Drive

Thanks,
G.P.

 

[hazzyboy3]

Could be a failing hard drive, or possibly a build up of dust if you built it three years ago.
To check the hard drive you can download this software.
http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html

Could also be a matter of overheating, when was the last time you changed the thermal paste on your CPU

 

[ginopas]

Could be a failing hard drive, or possibly a build up of dust if you built it three years ago.
To check the hard drive you can download this software.
http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html

Could also be a matter of overheating, when was the last time you changed the thermal paste on your CPU

Thanks. I ran the software you suggested. It says Good 100% on my C drive, SSD and Good on my other drives HDD's. There's a lot of information there, but I don't know what it all is.

I've been checking my CPU temp and it's consistently at 33C. I ran Ableton Live with 5 VSTs, Photoshop, VLC, Vuze, Doom, CoD Modern Warefare and a few other apps simultaneously, way more than I would normally have running at one time and the temp got up to 46C, but that shouldn't be a problem.
I think I'm going to pull it apart, get rid of any dust and get some new thermal paste on there and hope for the best.
Thanks.

 

[hazzyboy3]

Could be a failing hard drive, or possibly a build up of dust if you built it three years ago.
To check the hard drive you can download this software.
http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html

Could also be a matter of overheating, when was the last time you changed the thermal paste on your CPU

Thanks. I ran the software you suggested. It says Good 100% on my C drive, SSD and Good on my other drives HDD's. There's a lot of information there, but I don't know what it all is.

I've been checking my CPU temp and it's consistently at 33C. I ran Ableton Live with 5 VSTs, Photoshop, VLC, Vuze, Doom, CoD Modern Warefare and a few other apps simultaneously, way more than I would normally have running at one time and the temp got up to 46C, but that shouldn't be a problem.
I think I'm going to pull it apart, get rid of any dust and get some new thermal paste on there and hope for the best.
Thanks.

Sounds like a good plan. Let me know how things go when done, dust can cause alot of lag if built up over years.