Question Slow and stuttery pc after 1 month of usage.

[Juggaap]

I've built a brand new pc over a month ago, Ive been using it on the daily basis with no issues and whatsoever but 3 days ago I noticed that my PC began taking more time to start up, It takes 5 minutes to boot up and sometimes even more,. and when it does, it would randomly freeze here and there, even when clicking 'refresh' it still lagged and froze, and it kept being like that for over 3 days now, I have to wait like 15-30 minutes after turning it on before I could properly use it.

Now when it comes to gaming, there is absolutely no issues, FPS is stable and it performs as it should, although a bit of stuttering here and there but nothing to worry about. I decided to search it up on youtube and optimize my pc for the better. I went over a couple of methods and optimizations but that unfortunately did nothing. my specs are ok so the pc should be able to handle normal tasks on desktop without lagging. I ran so many scans hoping to find some malwares or viruses, but no. I scanned my drive and defragment it but still, nothing.

specs:
Ryzen 5 3600
B450M pro r2.0
16GB (8x2) DDR4 3200MHz (XMP ENABLED)
RX 5700 XT
650W PSU
500GB HDD (I strongly believe that this what might be causing the issue but its been working just fine ever since I bought it which was over a month ago, now suddenly my pc is slow.)

Any thoughts? I'm hesitant cus Im gonna to lose my data but I'm thinking of doing a clean reinstallation of windows and fully reset my pc

 

[rgd1101]

get a ssd

 

[Juggaap]

get a ssd

Hello, I bought a nvme SSD today and plugged it into the ultra M2 slot (the one under the cpu and above gpu) but apparently its not being detected in windows and BIOS, am I doing something wrong?

 

[geofelt]

What might have changed from 3 days ago when all was well?

You could try system restore to reset back to 4 days ago.

 

[rgd1101]

exact model of this nvme ssd?

 

[Juggaap]

What might have changed from 3 days ago when all was well?

You could try system restore to reset back to 4 days ago.

Nothing really. I did run out of HDD storage before I encountered stuttering issues but I tried uninstalling some large games and I have 120GB free of space but still the same issues, I'd like to point out that my HDD gets no airflow cus its located in the right side of the panel, idk but perhaps its overheating?

 

[Juggaap]

exact model of this nvme ssd?

MTFDDAV256TBN​

 

[punkncat]

Check to see if the SATA or M.2 slot becomes disabled if you use the "other" for a drive.

Being out of space on a HDD is probably the reason for the stuttering. Do you happen to have anywhere to back your information up to? Personal stuff, not game data and all.

 

[rgd1101]

look like a sata type m.2
https://asrock.com/MB/AMD/B450M Pro4 R2.0/index.asp#Specification
use the m2_2 not m2_1

 

[Juggaap]

look like a sata type m.2
https://asrock.com/MB/AMD/B450M Pro4 R2.0/index.asp#Specification
use the m2_2 not m2_1

It works now thank you, should I do a clean installation of windows in the SSD or just migrate my current one from the HDD to the SSD?

 

[Juggaap]

Check to see if the SATA or M.2 slot becomes disabled if you use the "other" for a drive.

Being out of space on a HDD is probably the reason for the stuttering. Do you happen to have anywhere to back your information up to? Personal stuff, not game data and all.

I do yeah, I backed up some important stuff as I was thinking of doing a clean reinstallation of windows before I bought an SSD

 

[rgd1101]

since your ssd is smaller than the hdd, clean install would be better