Hi all,
I've been running the same PC now for 6+ years, have never reformatted and never had a problem. I've been noticing over the last few week however that file operations (opening folders, renaming, copying, etc.) have a very noticeable lag in Windows Explorer. First I thought it was a HD that was about to pooch, but it's a system-wide problem, even happening on my SSD.
Only thing I've changed recently was RAM. Upgraded from 8GB DDR3 Kingston to 16GB DDR3 Kingston - bought a brand new 8GB kit and removed the previous 4GB kit.
What I've tried (all reported no problems):
I was thinking about finally doing a fresh Windows install, but since the scans found nothing, I'm wondering if may to problem isn't software-related? Is there anything else I can try before going down the reinstall road?
Is my RAM/CPU combo ok? I've seen a few posts relating to certain RAM sizes and the I7 chipset, but it's a little too technical for me to understand.
System Specs from Speccy:
I've been running the same PC now for 6+ years, have never reformatted and never had a problem. I've been noticing over the last few week however that file operations (opening folders, renaming, copying, etc.) have a very noticeable lag in Windows Explorer. First I thought it was a HD that was about to pooch, but it's a system-wide problem, even happening on my SSD.
Only thing I've changed recently was RAM. Upgraded from 8GB DDR3 Kingston to 16GB DDR3 Kingston - bought a brand new 8GB kit and removed the previous 4GB kit.
What I've tried (all reported no problems):
Western Digital Data Lifeguard scans
SFC Scan
DISM Scan
I was thinking about finally doing a fresh Windows install, but since the scans found nothing, I'm wondering if may to problem isn't software-related? Is there anything else I can try before going down the reinstall road?
Is my RAM/CPU combo ok? I've seen a few posts relating to certain RAM sizes and the I7 chipset, but it's a little too technical for me to understand.
System Specs from Speccy:
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Intel Core i7 3770 @ 3.40GHz 60 °C
Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 804MHz (9-9-9-27)
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8Z77-V (LGA1155) 28 °C
S27F350 (1920x1080@60Hz)
SAMSUNG AVR (1920x1080@60Hz)
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (Gigabyte) 28 °C
119GB OCZ-VERTEX4 (SATA (SSD))
931GB Western Digital WDC WD1002FAEX-00Y9A0 (SATA ) 35 °C
1863GB Western Digital WDC WD20EARS-60MVWB0 (SATA ) 32 °C
931GB Seagate ST31000524AS (SATA ) 32 °C
1863GB Western Digital WDC WD20EFRX-68AX9N0 ATA Device (SATA ) 30 °C
4657GB Seagate BUP BK SCSI Disk Device (USB (SATA) )
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-222BB
SB Recon3D PCIe
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