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josoccercool

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Hi everyone,
So when I start my pc its a little bit slow. I have to wait in the beginning to then start to browse beacuse if I want to open Firefox it wont open I will have to wait to open it. If i click multiple times to open Firefox nothing will open until every tab will open at the same time. So I think I have to upgrade something. Here is my config
I5-6600k (Not overclocked but will maybe do it)
8 RAM ddr4 (1stick)
1To HDD 7200
Gigabyte z270p-d3.
So what should I upgrade? another 8 RAM or an SSD or a m.2 SSD (I think its for SSD, dont know if its the same performance) xD
Suggest me with other ideas if you think its better.
Thanks!
 
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camieabz
Suggest you tweak your swapfile to minimum of 512MB and max of 8192MB to see if that changes things. Sometimes a poorly setup swapfile can create added drive activity. Setting a reasonable minimum can prevent swapfile resizing most of the time. Setting a maximum equal to the amount of RAM on the system reduces any issues from memory dumps or from applications that seem to like a bit of swapfile being there.

There's no hard and fast rule, such as 1.5x RAM or any of that, but allowing the swapfile to increase to amount of RAM present if it ever needs to isn't a bad idea. The trick is setting a reasonable minimum to reduce swapfile constantly being resized, without setting it so large, that you're robbing free disk space that won't...
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camieabz

camieabz

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If it's only slow with regards to Firefox, it might be some browser add-on, or a build up of add-ons is causing the problem.

However, looking at that hardware list, an HDD to SDD upgrade would produce the most immediate results on a hardware-level (i.e. assuming the slowdowns aren't some inherent software issue). An M.2 drive would be the fastest option, but it will depend on what capacity you want. You can get a 250GB M.2 for around the same price as a 500GB 2.5" SSD.

Recommend Samsung 850 Evo or Crucial MX500 if going with 2.5", and the Samsung 970 Evo for 250GB M.2

 
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It's not your hardware. You do not need an upgrade. It is more likely a software issue. It sounds a lot like Windows Indexing your large HDD each time you power up your system. Leave your system running for a several (up to eight) hours and then try to start Firefox. Does it still take forever to load?

-Wolf sends
 
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josoccercool

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Sorry I didnt explain myself well. So Its not just Firefox its whatever program or even the file explorer. When I just boot up my PC It take like a minute until the programs i tried open actually open BUT after that 1st minute everything opens normally. I have 100% HDD usage at the start.

And if Im running youtube at 1080p and some others tabs it can froze or take soo long to open a new tab or even if Im doing a homework the letter comes with a delay. When that happen my HDD is at 100% usage and my memory at like 95%.
Also Im a gamer so as I gamer I want everything to go fast xD.
I dont know if Im clear now
Thanks
 
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camieabz

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Suggest you tweak your swapfile to minimum of 512MB and max of 8192MB to see if that changes things. Sometimes a poorly setup swapfile can create added drive activity. Setting a reasonable minimum can prevent swapfile resizing most of the time. Setting a maximum equal to the amount of RAM on the system reduces any issues from memory dumps or from applications that seem to like a bit of swapfile being there.

There's no hard and fast rule, such as 1.5x RAM or any of that, but allowing the swapfile to increase to amount of RAM present if it ever needs to isn't a bad idea. The trick is setting a reasonable minimum to reduce swapfile constantly being resized, without setting it so large, that you're robbing free disk space that won't really be needed.

In addition to this, I would look closely at pruning the startup processes and services. They might not over-task your RAM, but an HDD still has to load to the RAM (more slowly than an SSD). Less being called from the HDD on startup should reduce the boot time. If you're not sure where to start, feel free to make a list of startup processes here (a program such as CCleaner has a startup process list). Services too, if you like.
 
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