Hi. I have a strange issue with my desktop PC. Everything runs very slowly all of a sudden. A couple of days ago I restarted the PC, fired up a VR game in my Rift and noticed that things are loading at a snail's pace and everything on screen is really choppy. The system was perfectly fine until then, and I don't remember doing any major software updates right before getting issues. Pretty much everything is now running like crap Programs take longer to load, and just moving an application window is stuttery. Even starting up Windows takes a lot longer than usual. One curious symptom is that whenever I move the mouse while the computer is processing something, the cursor lags and also wanders into odd directions. And overall, when there's any CPU load, every operation on screen just drags.
Gaming is a choppy, useless experience. Went from easy 60 FPS in demanding titles to 20-30 chunky, stuttery frames per sec.
My specs:
Core i7 8700
GTX 1070
16 gigs DDR4 RAM 3000 MHz
Asus TUF Z390 PLUS Gaming Motherboard
Antec High Current Gamer 620W PSU
Windows 10 64 bit running on a 1TB SSD, with an additional 1TB NVMe PCIe SSD for storage
So far I have
I haven't managed to do a system restore because Windows keeps saying that an anti-virus program is interfering with it (I disabled it).
Any ideas what might cause a sudden slowdown like this? I got the CPU, RAM kit, motherboard and NVME drive this spring. By far the oldest critical component is the PSU which is probably 6 to 7 years old. But I guess a failing PSU wouldn't manifest itself this way?
Appreciate any advice you can give me! I prefer to avoid having to reinstall Windows, if possible. And I'd like to know if it would even help before going down that road.
Gaming is a choppy, useless experience. Went from easy 60 FPS in demanding titles to 20-30 chunky, stuttery frames per sec.
My specs:
Core i7 8700
GTX 1070
16 gigs DDR4 RAM 3000 MHz
Asus TUF Z390 PLUS Gaming Motherboard
Antec High Current Gamer 620W PSU
Windows 10 64 bit running on a 1TB SSD, with an additional 1TB NVMe PCIe SSD for storage
So far I have
- reinstalled GPU drivers
- ran a virus and malware scan, both negative (I have Avast running all the time anyway)
- stress tested CPU for temps (low 40s in idle, low 70s at 100% usage)
- checked Task Manager for resource hogs. Nothing is eating up tons of CPU power there
I haven't managed to do a system restore because Windows keeps saying that an anti-virus program is interfering with it (I disabled it).
Any ideas what might cause a sudden slowdown like this? I got the CPU, RAM kit, motherboard and NVME drive this spring. By far the oldest critical component is the PSU which is probably 6 to 7 years old. But I guess a failing PSU wouldn't manifest itself this way?
Appreciate any advice you can give me! I prefer to avoid having to reinstall Windows, if possible. And I'd like to know if it would even help before going down that road.