PC Performance Question?

[camblongkaras]

Hey guys, I just got a new PC with fairly decent specs. It ran great for the first week but due to a problem with Windows Update I had to reformat it. Currently it's running well and I've managed to avoid Windows Update problems but I'm worried that occupying space like adding more games, updates, drivers, etc. will affect my performance. Especially since I've been adding back the old games I had during the first week. (Far Cry 3, Chivalry, Battlefield, etc.) I'm also worried that the reformat and the resulting partition/drive overwrite negatively affected my PC's performance. Also I've been getting pop-ups from Microsoft basically saying that I won't be able to get new updates from them due to my processor being designed for the latest version of Windows; I'd like some context on this too please, thanks!

These are my specs:

Intel G4560 Pentium
GTX 750 Ti
8 GB RAM
Seagate 1 Terrabyte HDD
Asrock H110M-HDV
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate Service Pack 1.

EDIT: I'd like to add that I've added games to my hard drive now and I'm currently occupying 796 GB out of 931 GB, just thought this might be a factor.

 

[Herc08]

Well if you have a Kaby Lake CPU, Microsoft is claiming that it will not support anything but Windows 10 on it. So I would recommend you upgrade to Windows 10 (honestly after the 1607 update, it's pretty much stable). You can do that here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/accessibility/windows10upgrade

If for some reason you still want to stay with Windows 7, you can, but just be aware that Microsoft is not going to ugprade your OS.

 

[camblongkaras]

Thanks but I'd like to stay on Windows 7! Any answers on the performance questions though? I'm sorta paranoid.

 

[Herc08]

There should not be anything wrong the space. I would suggest offloading that space to an external hard drive. Also run a chkdsk /r to make sure there are no hard drive errors. Also doing a derag will help as well.

Other than that, you should be good.

 

[camblongkaras]

Thanks! I'll try the chkdsk /r method despite having a new hard drive. Better safe than sorry.