Second Hardrive affecting Games on SSD

Kylejohnsonart

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So recently I have been noticing that while playing any type of intensive game (Grand Theft Auto, Black Desert Online etc), I have been getting quite alot of stuttering. This is usually in high density in-game areas or when I am moving across the world quickly however it can happen anywhere. I run all these games from an SSD Which also has my windows install and most of my programs.

My concern is that this stuttering seems to be linked with spikes in my secondary Hardrive usage which is primarily used for storing movies, music and the odd game. This slowdown is not always in games I must add, even sometimes just using programs like chrome or photo shop there a freezes now and again. I'm not sure whether it truly is the hard rive but it is my first guess as to what could be causing this.

Computer Specifications

CPU: I5 4460
GPU: Gtx 780 3gb
RAM: 16gb ddr3 1600mhz
SSD: Kingston 250gb SSD
HDD: Western Digital Blue 1Tb
 
I would switch your paging file to the HDD from the SSD, yes even with 16GB RAM.

Windows could be trying to spin down the disk and then it gets interrupted and has to psin it back up, hence a micro-stutter in performance.

Use WD diagnostic tool to check the drives fitness.
 

Kylejohnsonart

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Thanks for the help, however I tried this and it didn't solve the issue. It is definitely a problem related to the hard drive though as disconnecting it fixes the issue. I am tempted to buy a new Hard drive anyway as I need more space however if I can fix the issue I probably will stick with the one I have.