[SOLVED] PC Extremely slow when loading

[OcelotUK]

Hey guys,

Just wondering if anyone could provide any advice.

I bought a computer off a friend a while back, however it is horrendously slow when it comes to loading.

Takes around 20 - 30 minutes for it to actually be decently usable and then it craps out for a bit if i try to open something.

It's absolutely fine when it comes to playing games and doesn't have any issues. But when it is loading games and starting up it's slow. It's even slow when trying to open the start menu etc.

I've tested the hard drive, defragged, ran checks and the drive seems to be absolutely fine. I even wiped it entirely and reinstalled the OS to no luck.

I just put another HDD into the system to see if it experienced the same and it did. The disk seems to be at 100% usage on task manager but is only reading at about 5 - 15 Mb's (I'm not sure what is a good range for typical use when loading games etc to compare to).

Either way, it is horrifically slow when it trying to load things. It also won't run directly on start up, it gets past the BIOS flash and then restarts, shows the BIOS flash and then restarts again on a loop. Have to go into the BIOS and overide manually despite having the correct boot order selected.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as im unsure if it is a hard drive issue or something else.

Cheers

 

[rgd1101]

system spec?
how full is the hdd?
check cpu/gpu temp?

 

[OcelotUK]

7200 RPM Toshiba HDD
GTX 1060 3Gb
AMD 8350fx
4 x 2GB Vengeance Ram
MSI 970a-g46 Motherboard
Corsair CX 650M

Not the most baller set up but I mainly play older games from 2015ish down to 1990 stuff. It's just the loading performance that sucks

Harddrive I haven't checked exactly today but it's around 250GB free on a 1 TB harddrive.

And with regards to the temps, haven't had a chance to check them today but it was something I checked a week or two ago and I think the CPU was idling around 40 -50ish. GPU i havent had any issues with.

 

[Bob.B]

Hey guys,

Just wondering if anyone could provide any advice.

I bought a computer off a friend a while back, however it is horrendously slow when it comes to loading.

Takes around 20 - 30 minutes for it to actually be decently usable and then it craps out for a bit if i try to open something.

It's absolutely fine when it comes to playing games and doesn't have any issues. But when it is loading games and starting up it's slow. It's even slow when trying to open the start menu etc.

I've tested the hard drive, defragged, ran checks and the drive seems to be absolutely fine. I even wiped it entirely and reinstalled the OS to no luck.

I just put another HDD into the system to see if it experienced the same and it did. The disk seems to be at 100% usage on task manager but is only reading at about 5 - 15 Mb's (I'm not sure what is a good range for typical use when loading games etc to compare to).

Either way, it is horrifically slow when it trying to load things. It also won't run directly on start up, it gets past the BIOS flash and then restarts, shows the BIOS flash and then restarts again on a loop. Have to go into the BIOS and overide manually despite having the correct boot order selected.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as im unsure if it is a hard drive issue or something else.

Cheers

Since it does it on 2 hdd's try a different sata cable.
Try a different sata port on the mobo.