Question Steam taking forever to load, have 980 pro m.2, ryzen 7950x and rtx 4090, what is going on?

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Rodri12

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Same as title, I just upgraded my PC and my old P.C seemed faster in a lot of stuff this pc isn't such as boot time etc.. (yes I have fast boot on BIOS)... but in this case for Steam if i press windows key, and click the steam icon, the windows start list does not disappear and steam opens, instead once steam is clicked from the windows start menu the start menu remains while steam eventually opens like 10 seconds after the fact, wtf is going on? my much less powerful last gen pc opened Steam in like 3 seconds at most, any help?
 
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Rodri12 said:
Same as title, I just upgraded my PC and my old P.C seemed faster in a lot of stuff this pc isn't such as boot time etc.. (yes I have fast boot on BIOS)... but in this case for Steam if i press windows key, and click the steam icon, the windows start list does not disappear and steam opens, instead once steam is clicked from the windows start menu the start menu remains while steam eventually opens like 10 seconds after the fact, wtf is going on? my much less powerful last gen pc opened Steam in like 3 seconds at most, any help?
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What was this upgrade? Was it a new motherboard? If so, do a full reinstall of Windows.
 
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drivinfast247 said:
What was this upgrade? Was it a new motherboard? If so, do a full reinstall of Windows.
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It is a completely new PC, I bought an Windows OEM key for it not sure if that matters, the BIOS is also fully updated, and the full specs are : ROG STRIX B650 E-F, 32 Gigs ddr5 6000mhz, 980 pro m.2, RTX 4090, Ryzen 7950X, EVGA 1600W Supernova.
 
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USAFRet said:
And this was a whole new OS install?
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I suppose what I did is considered a new OS install, there was no previous OS in the drive before so, I got the Windows 11 USB boot drive software from their official site using my previous computer, chose the option to not verify windows until it was already finish installing and then bought the OEM key and activated windows.
 
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JohnBonhamsGhost said:
why would bother going through such a process for a prebuilt OEM build rather than using a fresh install package directly from MS?
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Not gonna lie... when I bought it I understood the only difference was (besides the price which is why I did it) is that you couldn't pass that same key to another PC and that was the end of it... so is it really that much different?
 
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USAFRet said:
And the resource you used to do the install? From where?

(good luck with that grey market license. Hopefully, it won't deactivate on you)
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Ok managed to find it (https://www.kinguin.net/es/category/110943/windows-11-home-oem-key) seemed like a reputable seller with over a million keys sold... Not sure what you mean by resource to do the install.... Like I said using my previous computer I went to Microsoft's official site, downloaded the windows 11 software through USB install, and using that usb I installed Windows on the new PC without activating it (at this point my old PC is caput I am now using the new PC) and while using the un activated PC went to Kinguin, bought the key, and activated it in the very same moment.
 
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Rodri12 said:
Ok managed to find it (https://www.kinguin.net/es/category/110943/windows-11-home-oem-key) seemed like a reputable seller with over a million keys sold... Not sure what you mean by resource to do the install.... Like I said using my previous computer I went to Microsoft's official site, downloaded the windows 11 software through USB install, and using that usb I installed Windows on the new PC without activating it (at this point my old PC is caput I am now using the new PC) and while using the un activated PC went to Kinguin, bought the key, and activated it in the very same moment.
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Interesting how that site has access to 1,000,000 licenses sold at a LOT less than what Microsoft sells it for.
(no, not interesting at all...theft)

But the license key is not really what I was asking, and does not matter as far as operation.
The actual install, which you got from Microsoft, was the thing.
So that is OK.
 
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USAFRet said:
Interesting how that site has access to 1,000,000 licenses sold at a LOT less than what Microsoft sells it for.
(no, not interesting at all...theft)

But the license key is not really what I was asking, and does not matter as far as operation.
The actual install, which you got from Microsoft, was the thing.
So that is OK.
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I didn't have those numbers nor did I consider buying a key as theft, based on the little research I did all I was doing for the price was a 1 use case of Windows (at this time I had just finished building the PC (my second one in 7 years) and was mind numbed reading manuals) so I didn't see buying an OEM key as a bad thing at first glance, but oh well you learn something new every day, planning on getting one of those gen5 SSDs when they drop, won't cheap out on windows then, meanwhile as you said hopefully it doesn't deactivate by then.
 
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