PC Build HELP!

[greergang1997]

Hello! I built my first system 2 years back. The build went fairly well, and I had it up until 7 months ago. I built a new system from scratch, consisting of a Ryzen 3 1200 and a GTX 1060 6GB. I tried my best to find good parts for the price, and the build went really well and it looks amazing. Since building it though, I have had issue after issue after issue. The system is slow, and it freezes up daily to the point of having to shut it down with the PSU Switch. I have done much research but to no avail. I feel that spending almost $800 on parts, I would expect a really fast PC and a great user experience. As a 15 Year old, $800 is alot of money to spend, especially since it got me a huge RGB paperweight essentially. I was wondering if you might have any suggestions. I have thought about selling off the parts and getting a prebuilt system or laptop. Below, I have linked the most recent benchmark and PCPartPicker list. I know most of you have a lot of work and emails to go through, so I don't expect a reply, but if you see this and have a minute to help a fellow PCMR lover, I would be very thankful!

Benchmark- http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/11321424
PCPartPicker- https://pcpartpicker.com/user/jamescgreer/saved/BvjtJx


Thanks!

 

[Jwpanz]

Through reading the post it sounds like a memory issue. After reviewing the benchmark results, they seem to second that opinion. Your RAM is underperforming for some reason and you only had 1.8GB free of 8GB. Is that at idle or did you have a lot running at the time? Check your processes running in the background and disable any programs at startup that you don't need running (Task Manager -> Startup).

Also, you can run a memory test through Windows. Search for Memory Diagnostic in the Windows search bar. Run it and let us know what happens.

EDIT: Also, your RAM is only running at 2133MHz when it's rated at 2400MHz. That may be your problem. You need to enable the XMP profile in the BIOS to get that RAM running faster. Ryzen likes faster RAM.

 

[rgd1101]

is the ram running in dual channel? and the ram is not running at 2400

 

[greergang1997]

is the ram running in dual channel? and the ram is not running at 2400

The ram is Dual Channel, and like what @jwpanz said, it is running at 2133MHZ and not 2400.

 

[greergang1997]

Through reading the post it sounds like a memory issue. After reviewing the benchmark results, they seem to second that opinion. Your RAM is underperforming for some reason and you only had 1.8GB free of 8GB. Is that at idle or did you have a lot running at the time? Check your processes running in the background and disable any programs at startup that you don't need running (Task Manager -> Startup).

Also, you can run a memory test through Windows. Search for Memory Diagnostic in the Windows search bar. Run it and let us know what happens.

EDIT: Also, your RAM is only running at 2133MHz when it's rated at 2400MHz. That may be your problem. You need to enable the XMP profile in the BIOS to get that RAM running faster. Ryzen likes faster RAM.

I figured ram was the issue. Also, today, the system boots into windows and then freezes up 2 mins after. Done this 8 times 🙁 Most of the time it stays at 91% usage. It for some reason shows up as only 3.9 GBS of ram because the rest is system reserved.....

 

[madmatt30]

Is this a clean fresh windows install?

 

[Jwpanz]

Ya, your RAM is being choked by something. Try a fresh install of Windows.

 

[greergang1997]

Is this a clean fresh windows install?

No, it's not.

 

[norcalsc]

need a fresh windows 10 install mate, create a win 10 usb media installer, back up any and all important info and re install windows on your drive of choice. that is most likely the cause of your poor performance

 

[madmatt30]

^ yep , you absolutely do.

Ryzen requires a fresh install & with 99.99% certainty that is your main issue apart from getting your ram running full speed.

 

[Jwpanz]

^ yep , you absolutely do.

Ryzen requires a fresh install & with 99.99% certainty that is your main issue apart from getting your ram running full speed.

His RAM is being choked from the old Windows build for sure. Old drivers, processes, and other services trying to run but can't. Just do a fresh install of Windows and you'll see an improvement.