Build a new computer but its slow

chavalamu · May 14, 2014

Hi to all, I just bought a new Motherboard, Processor, Memory Ram, Video Card and Harddrive, i already build the computer and installed Windows 7 Home Premium 64 but its slow when it starts up, and it stays slow, when it starts up takes up to 3 minutes sometimes, it shows a black screen for 1 minute and then the Windows 7 Logo comes up for 30 seconds then the Desktop will show up but it takes 1 minute also to be completed, i build the computer specially for World of Warcraft and Dota 2, i already installed the latest drivers, updated Windows 7, defragment hard drive, check for Malware, the Fans from Video card and Processor work, dont know what could be the problem, any tips guys?, thanks for your time. This is my computer:
- Motherboard Asus M5A97 LE R2.0
- Processor AMD FX 6300 6 core 3.51GHZ
- Crucial Ram 4 GB 1600mhz
- Video Card Galaxy GEFORCE GT640 1GB
- Hard DriveWD 1TB
- Power Supply Ultra 650W

xtremeclowny · May 14, 2014

Unplug and make sure that all the cables are plugged in correctly/not loose. Specially the HDD, a cable might be loose leading to slower transfer rates/

I have had similar issues with my machine and the majority of the times if was due to lack of thermal paste. Meaning it had dried out. This, however, only happened after having gamed for a couple of hours.

Check your cables, hopefully, you installed the cpu correctly...Otherwise, you might be looking at a bad part.

Entomber · May 14, 2014

1) what is your HDD model? it could be that your HDD is slow.
2) you only have 4GB of RAM, which could be contributing to your computer's slowness.

And if you just installed Windows not too long ago, it's likely that it's performing a lot of updates, you'll have to wait until the update cycle is done before you can judge just how fast or slow your computer is.

chavalamu · May 14, 2014

Entomber :

chavalamu :

HardDrive Model is: WDC WD10 EFRX-68JCSN0, and the Windows 7 Updates are finish, but theres no updates active at the moment, so is more recommended to have 8GB now?, didnt know.

chavalamu · May 14, 2014

Also ran CC cleaner, scan for malware, dunno what else could be the problem.

Entomber · May 15, 2014

I looked up that HDD model,

http://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/hdd.php?hdd=WDC+WD10+EFRX&id=3465

and it looks pretty slow/bad. Buy a new hard drive, you can't expect to use one that's 8? years old and have it work fine.

Faizan Rasul · May 15, 2014

Buy an SSD and have your OS migrate to it but keep the hard drive.
(you will only need a 64GB SSD)

Entomber · May 15, 2014

even if he migrates his OS, any data stored on his existing hard drive will still be accessed slowly...

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