How to tell which component is slowing PC down

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huliogeordio

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Hi folks, I believe my computer is nearing the end of its lifespan (6 years old) as over the last 2 months load times for games and now even word its becoming painstakingly slow. The graphics card was replaced last year to a MSI 970 however I suspect my problem is with the RAM, motherboard or CPU or all of them. Is there a way to find out where the trouble lies without replacing the entire guts of it? All temps seem around 30 C and when games are running slow or struggling to start task manager doesnt even register the PC under heavy load.

Specs

OS Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU Intel Core i7 2600K @ 3.40GHz Sandy Bridge
RAM 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 799MHz (9-9-9-24)
MOTHERB ASUSTeK Computer INC. P8P67 PRO (LGA1155)
Gcard NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (MSI)
Hard drives 232GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB (SSD)
1863GB Western Digital WDC WD20EZRX-00D8PB0 (SATA)

Thanks again

Martin
 
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CorgiParade

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"RAM 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 799MHz (9-9-9-24)"

Did you use Speccy to find your computer specs? lol

It's probably the HDD, like somebody above said. Longer loading times are usually caused by hard drives. Read/write speeds get dulled down when your HDD starts aging.
 
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