Lagging even when I meet requirements?

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Shubham Bhirud

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Okay; before I start, thanks for ignoring my noob status at this.

My rig:-
Processor: AMD FX 6300
Ram: Corsair Vengeance 4 GB
GPU: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD7770
Motherboard: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P
Storage: WD Caviar Green 1TB [WD10EZRX]
PSU: Circle 600W

I'm getting lags while playing games like Far Cry4 on low, Watch Dogs on low, Sims 3, Goat Simulator, Minecraft, etc. So pretty much everything.

Graphic drivers are also up-to-date.

I have a feeling it is caused by temperature, because my cooling is what came with the case; but on monitoring temperatures, he highest it went was around 50-60 Celsius.

I also have been running a pirated copy of Windows 7 for a while, because I lost my original copy, and I haven't had money yet.

Should I make any changes, or is there something I'm doing wrong?
Thanks, in advance!
 
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D_Know_WD
Hi there Shubham Bhirud,

I would agree with bingastyid and say that the issue you are facing may be caused by your WD Green. It is just not designed to be used as an OS and gaming drive but for a secondary(back up) one. I would say that you need either a 7400 RPM drive or a SSD for your OS as well as games.
In case you decide to go with WD, you can check WD Blue or WD Black(performance oriented drive with 5 years of limited warranty).

WD Blue: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=lS1g5B
WD Black: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=Exgjm4

I guess it will not hurt to test your current drive with WD's Data Lifeguard Diagnostic tool in order to see whether it is healthy: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=XVg0A2...
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A see a couple problems. You seem to be running the os and games on a slow 5400rpm hdd that will cause lag. The PSU is horrible, by running such a low quality unit you are risking damaging the system. The pirated OS isn't helping you much either.
 
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D_Know_WD

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Hi there Shubham Bhirud,

I would agree with bingastyid and say that the issue you are facing may be caused by your WD Green. It is just not designed to be used as an OS and gaming drive but for a secondary(back up) one. I would say that you need either a 7400 RPM drive or a SSD for your OS as well as games.
In case you decide to go with WD, you can check WD Blue or WD Black(performance oriented drive with 5 years of limited warranty).

WD Blue: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=lS1g5B
WD Black: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=Exgjm4

I guess it will not hurt to test your current drive with WD's Data Lifeguard Diagnostic tool in order to see whether it is healthy: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=XVg0A2

Cheers,
D_Know_WD :)
 
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