[SOLVED] lagging

[smalljohnny]

I just got a new power supply a corsair vs 550 and im noticing a lot of pc lag whilst doing nothing such as the mouse jumping around would the problem be my power supply or something else. also i just upgraded from windows 7 to windows 10, but before upgrading i i checked it out and had the same problem

 

[COLGeek]

What are the specs for this system (make/model of all installed components)? After installing Win 10, did you update your motherboard chipset (often includes USB drivers), video, and network drivers, at a minimum?

 

[smalljohnny]

What are the specs for this system (make/model of all installed components)? After installing Win 10, did you update your motherboard chipset (often includes USB drivers), video, and network drivers, at a minimum?

specs are
GPU aorus rx570
CPU icore duo q8200
RAM 4gb 2 usable
PSU corsair VS550
SSD toshiba 480gb
I did not update anything so far apart from my GPU drivers as I had this problem on windows 7 after installing my new PSU

 

[COLGeek]

What is the make/model of your motherboard? With only 2GB of usable memory, the lag is the likely issue. You have far too little memory for the system to work properly. Are you using 32-bit or 64-bit Windows?

 

[smalljohnny]

What is the make/model of your motherboard? With only 2GB of usable memory, the lag is the likely issue. You have far too little memory for the system to work properly. Are you using 32-bit or 64-bit Windows?

I am using 64bit but even before upgrading to windows 10 I had this problem on windows 7 after switching my psu
I had switched from a 650 to a 550 wat psu

 

[COLGeek]

A PSU swap should have no impact regarding lag. Likely a coincidental issue.

Having only 4GB of memory installed and 2GB usable is a problem.

 

[smalljohnny]

A PSU swap should have no impact regarding lag. Likely a coincidental issue.

Having only 4GB of memory installed and 2GB usable is a problem.

A PSU swap should have no impact regarding lag. Likely a coincidental issue.

Having only 4GB of memory installed and 2GB usable is a problem.

what about just desktop lag whitch I never had before until I swapped psu
such as mouse lagging around

 

[COLGeek]

what about just desktop lag whitch I never had before until I swapped psu
such as mouse lagging around

The issue is still inadequate memory. Your system is struggling to operate with so little memory. We need to sort that out in order to have any chance of normal operations (and hopefully the lag ceasing or minimizing).

What is the make/model of the motherboard and the memory you have installed?

 

[smalljohnny]

The issue is still inadequate memory. Your system is struggling to operate with so little memory. We need to sort that out in order to have any chance of normal operations (and hopefully the lag ceasing or minimizing).

What is the make/model of the motherboard and the memory you have installed?

my motherboard is a gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L very old school but getting a upgrade soon. and as for my ram i have no idea of the make but i know it is the max capacity of the board

 

[COLGeek]

Does your memory match? I assume you have 2x2GB modules installed.

Honestly, that old beast with DDR2 memory and ancient CPU, matched with a comparatively MUCH overpowered GPU is just not suitable to run a modern OS....especially with only 2GB working.

Match sure your memory if fully seated and locked into the slots. One could have become dislodged slightly while you replaced the PSU.

 

[smalljohnny]

Does your memory match? I assume you have 2x2GB modules installed.

yes they match and they are 2x2

 

[COLGeek]

yes they match and they are 2x2

See edits above.

 

[jonnyguru]

I just got a new power supply a corsair vs 550 and im noticing a lot of pc lag

And it didn't do this BEFORE you bought this new power supply?

In other words: The PC worked fine before and now you have this new power supply and now it's lagging?

 

[smalljohnny]

See edits above.

have just seen and both are properly seated, i was just curious if the psu could be my problem as all was working fine beforehand

 

[smalljohnny]

And it didn't do this BEFORE you bought this new power supply?

In other words: The PC worked fine before and now you have this new power supply and now it's lagging?

yes it started lagging after installing my new psu which is the reason i updated my os

 

[jonnyguru]

Double check all of the power connectors?

I mean...lagging is almost NEVER a PSU problem, but you said that all you did was change the PSU and now there is lagging. You have to wonder.....

 

[Karadjgne]

Windows 10 can and will use upto @ 2.5Gb of memory easily, just running anything like websurfing or office type projects. And if windows doesn't have the ram it needs, it makes it on the ssd/hdd with pagefile.sys. This can and will cause extreme lagging and stuttering as normal ram is multiple times faster than an hdd, so even doing something as simple as moving a mouse can run into issues as the pc pauses to let the hdd deliver its load of fake use memory code. 64bit (x64) OS just makes it worse as it's a lot more complex overall than 32bit (x86) OS like several versions of Windows7.

The following table specifies the limits on physical memory for Windows 10.

Version	Limit on X86	Limit on X64
Windows 10 Enterprise	4 GB	6 TB
Windows 10 Education	4 GB	2 TB
Windows 10 Pro for Workstations	4 GB	6 TB
Windows 10 Pro	4 GB	2 TB
Windows 10 Home	4 GB	128 GB

The only possible way I can imagine a psu being involved with lag, isn't due to the new psu (which is actually decent) but to the old psu somehow causing irreparable damage to the motherboard/cpu and the inclusion of the new psu highlighting that damage. Not so much a cause, but the after affects