[SOLVED] My PC might need an upgrade - Photoshop runs quite slow sometimes

[Felipe Felix]

Hi All!

For the last 6 years, I've done a few upgrades in my PC but never changed the Motherboard and Processor. But I think the time has come to think about it.
Sometimes when I'm working on Photoshop, I few the PC reaaaallyy slow. The reason might be very obvious - you are using too many artboards - but let me know your opinion based on my specs:

Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
MB: Asus B150M-A
Memory: 16GB RAM(8GBx2)
Card name GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB
Disks: SanDisk Ultra II 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive | Toshiba 1 TB 3.5" 5700RPM Internal Hard Drive

Besides PS, I also play some games. I was able to almost reach ultra on Witcher so, no many problems with gaming so far.
Budget-wise, I'm looking for something "reasonable".

Cheers.

 

[RyzenNoob]

I don't think it does, you may have installed a lot of bloatware that is slowing down your computer

You haven't even told us what kind of disk(s) you have

 

[RyzenNoob]

If your CPU is overheating, that may also indicate throttling, so that may also be the reason why it is slowing down

 

[Felipe Felix]

I don't think it does, you may have installed a lot of bloatware that is slowing down your computer

You haven't even told us what kind of disk(s) you have

Sorry for the lack of details. Just added the disk description. I'll check about the bloatware you mentioned.

 

[Felipe Felix]

If your CPU is overheating, that may also indicate throttling, so that may also be the reason why it is slowing down

This is how my core temp look like right now btw https://i.ibb.co/txFgXXT/heat.jpg

 

[RyzenNoob]

That SSD is like 6 years old in terms of life cycle, I would replace that to be honest

 

[RyzenNoob]

Download where it says CrystalDiskMark 7.0.0h

https://crystalmark.info/en/download/

 

[SkyNetRising]

Check ram utilization.
It might be necessary to upgrade ram.

 

[RyzenNoob]

Check ram utilization.
It might be necessary to upgrade ram.

I have 16gb of RAM on my laptop and it runs fine with Photoshop, so I don't think the RAM size is the issue

 

[SkyNetRising]

What does your laptop have to do with this?
Different system, different configuration, most likely different software installed/running.

You have to check it.

 

[Felipe Felix]

Check ram utilization.
It might be necessary to upgrade ram.

RAM might actually be the problem, yes!
Printscreen:

https://imgur.com/a/wsO2m88

View: https://imgur.com/a/wsO2m88

What do you recommend?

 

[SkyNetRising]

You can see, that system requires 32.1GB ram. You have only 16Gb physical ram available. Rest of that goes into virtual memory, which is by a magnitude slower than physical ram.

Upgrade ram to 32GB minimum. If you can afford, then go with 64GB of ram. Your system at some point has requested 36.9GB of ram. You want it all to fit into physical ram.

 

[Felipe Felix]

That SSD is like 6 years old in terms of life cycle, I would replace that to be honest

This is the print I took from the software you mentioned

https://imgur.com/HsyQ3T8

View: https://imgur.com/HsyQ3T8

 

[Felipe Felix]

You can see, that system requires 32.1GB ram. You have only 16Gb physical ram available. Rest of that goes into virtual memory, which is by a magnitude slower than physical ram.

Upgrade ram to 32GB minimum. If you can afford, then go with 64GB of ram. Your system at some point has requested 36.9GB of ram. You want it all to be in physical ram.

Thanks a lot!

 

[RyzenNoob]

RAM might actually be the problem, yes!
Printscreen:

https://imgur.com/a/wsO2m88

View: https://imgur.com/a/wsO2m88

What do you recommend?

Then it's because you're editing far too many things in Photoshop