PC Slows down when downloading!

[KevinS200]

Hey guys! so recently i've been experiencing a problem with my PC where every time i download a game on Steam & or Origin my pc gets extremely slow till the point where its not even usable, this was never happening before it just started randomly. I really need help to get this solved thank you guys. Every time i press download it just gets extremely choppy and slows down but once i pause it my PC gets back to normal.

 

[delaro]

Is it the PC or your connection/wifi ? Steam with a DL is only going to use 2 cores and not entirely heavy but it will draw amount from your connection speed.

 

[KevinS200]

Is it the PC or your connection/wifi ? Steam with a DL is only going to use 2 cores and not entirely heavy but it will draw amount from your connection speed.

I have no problems with my connection I'm connected directly to my router. Its most likely my PC my disk usage goes to 20 MB's when downloading, im currently trying to download a game but i cant because i completely lag and cant do something else!

 

[Hlsgsz]

Hey guys! so recently i've been experiencing a problem with my PC where every time i download a game on Steam & or Origin my pc gets extremely slow till the point where its not even usable, this was never happening before it just started randomly. I really need help to get this solved thank you guys. Every time i press download it just gets extremely choppy and slows down but once i pause it my PC gets back to normal.

Open task manager. If your hard drive is at 100%, it means it's getting overwhelmed.
Run http://crystalmark.info/download/index-e.html to see the state of the drive and post back.

 

[delaro]

Is it the PC or your connection/wifi ? Steam with a DL is only going to use 2 cores and not entirely heavy but it will draw amount from your connection speed.

I have no problems with my connection I'm connected directly to my router. Its most likely my PC my disk usage goes to 20 MB's when downloading, im currently trying to download a game but i cant because i completely lag and cant do something else!

Disk usage will defiantly kill everything if your Downloading and trying to play off the same Spinner, you can always set up a USB 3.0 Flash drive and download to that, they are cheap as dirt at the moment and falling fast.

 

[KevinS200]

Hey guys! so recently i've been experiencing a problem with my PC where every time i download a game on Steam & or Origin my pc gets extremely slow till the point where its not even usable, this was never happening before it just started randomly. I really need help to get this solved thank you guys. Every time i press download it just gets extremely choppy and slows down but once i pause it my PC gets back to normal.

Open task manager. If your hard drive is at 100%, it means it's getting overwhelmed.
Run http://crystalmark.info/download/index-e.html to see the state of the drive and post back.

 

[Hlsgsz]

Hey guys! so recently i've been experiencing a problem with my PC where every time i download a game on Steam & or Origin my pc gets extremely slow till the point where its not even usable, this was never happening before it just started randomly. I really need help to get this solved thank you guys. Every time i press download it just gets extremely choppy and slows down but once i pause it my PC gets back to normal.

Open task manager. If your hard drive is at 100%, it means it's getting overwhelmed.
Run http://crystalmark.info/download/index-e.html to see the state of the drive and post back.

Ah, sorry, mate, i meant INFO not MARK :|
http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html
(this one's instant)

 

[KevinS200]

 

[Hlsgsz]

Well atleast your drive si fine.
Does it go to 100% in task manager when you're downloading?
If so, an SSD is teh way to go(you should get one regardless of this issue). That way, your downloads adn your OS will be independent.

 

[KevinS200]

Well atleast your drive si fine.
Does it go to 100% in task manager when you're downloading?
If so, an SSD is teh way to go(you should get one regardless of this issue). That way, your downloads adn your OS will be independent.

No it stays around 50% usage when downloading

 

[Hlsgsz]

Anyhting else maxed out in Task Manger? CPU usage maybe?

 

[KevinS200]

Anyhting else maxed out in Task Manger? CPU usage maybe?

CPU Usage goes to 35%

 

[dudeman509]

My disk activity in Windows task manager spikes to near 100% when downloading stuff on Steam, and that's on a dedicated platter drive (my OS is SSD).

Other games and stuff slow down when they have to load stuff and it's doing that.

 

[Lee-m]

Have you installed any new hardware lately ?

A slight long shot but worth a try. If all else is failing.

Check you have the latest chipset drivers for your motherboard installed. It almost sounds like some bad choices on IRQ sharing is causing lots of interrupt requests with the more data your network adapter is dealing with. An updated IRQ routing table might magically fix everything.

I haven't seen that issue in over 10 years however. And really shouldn't happen at all these days.