Ok, I just built a new system, its running... C2D e6750, 2gb g.skill ram, xfx 8600gt, 550w coolermaster PSU, zalman 9700 pro cooler, lite-on dvdburner, 250gb WD hd (sata) and the computer runs the same if not slower than my old computer which was...

p4 2.66ghz (single core)
1.5gb ram
Ati Radeon 9600 Pro
400w Ernamex PSU

soo what is up here? everyone raves about the c2d e6750... why am I displeased?

Also I forgot to mention, but since I have a sata HD, i was expecting to transfer at speeds of 3.0gb/p/s but it still runs like my old ide drive..

You either screwed up with the install, or have gone crazy, LOL.

Ok, seriously, in what capacity are you THINKING it runs slower?

edit: Load times, games, windows xp or vista

If all you do is surf the web or do light word processing chores, you won't see much of a difference. However, if you do rendering, encoding, HD playback, or play the latest games, you should see a huge difference. How have you tasked your new system and what operating system(s) are you using?

Sorry I didn't clear that up, it lags a little when starting up xp pro w/sp2, everyone said theres pretty much no lag with the e6750, and games play the same if not worst on this computer than my last computer.

I'm comparing that its running slower to my old single core p4 2.66ghz 2mb l2 cache to this c2d e6750 2.66ghz 4mb l2 cache..

In otherwords I was expecting a little jump in speed, not the same..

I've tried crysis, it lags, but thats to be expected, installing F.E.A.R right now. Also can someone aide me on the sata hd that I got? how do I check if its really running at 3.0gb p/s?

I haven't installed premier pro or photoshop yet, but I just thought the computer would be running alot faster...

I've also been using winrar alot, and i notice the speeds a little faster, but not by much...and I mean not by much at all. What should I be looking for? Any help is greatly appreciated. This is my second build in a long time, so I'm still new at this.

Find and download superpi ... run the 1million test and tell us how many seconds it takes ... it's a quick and easy way for us to see if there is actually anything wrong or whether it's in your head

Your hd is not going to be transferring at 3.0Gb/s.

Also, your video card is not going to run the newer games all that well. IMO, the 8600 series cards were more intended for HTPCs.

For great gaming performance, stick to the 8800 line.

Might want to try 3dmarks05 or 06 to see how it scores. People here can tell if theres something up, and will try to help get your score to par, if its too low.

I agree with the video card, might not make your system run good on newer games, that are gpu intensive at higher resolutions.

OS startup and getting around Windows is mostly going to be a hard disk benchmark, and gaming with that card is going to be a video card benchmark. A CPU won't magically make your files appear faster or your games more lifelike, as those tasks belong to the HD and GPU, respectively.

But just to make sure nothing is wrong with the CPU settings, do run a SuperPi or 3dmark06, which can separately test CPU and GPU.

You can test the drives with HD Tach.

Don't be suprised when it is less than 1 GB/s...

Edit: My RAID0 with 2 Seagate 160 GBs scores 345.2 MB/s in Burst Speed with an average read of 117.7 MB/s. 14.5ms Random Access.. I'm happy with that.

Check to see if both cores are registering/being used. At least in my new Intel MB, you can set the bios to function in single core mode...

First look at your SATA HDD and see if there is a jumper on it.If so,remove it and your HDD should transfer at the higher speed.Most HDD manufaturers put a jumper on that limits speed to 150mbs for the older systems with SATA 1.0 by default.To fix it just remove the jumper and you are running at 300mbs for data transfer,provided your board supports the higher SATA speeds.Goodluck.

Dahak

M2N32-SLI DELUXE WE
X2 5600+ STOCK (2.8GHZ)
2X1GIG DDR2 800 IN DC MODE
TOUGHPOWER 850WATT PSU
EVGA 8800GT SUPERCLOCKED
SMILIDON RAIDMAX GAMING CASE
ACER 22IN WS LCD 1680X1050
250GIG HD/320GIG HD
G5 GAMING MOUSE
LOGITECH Z-5500 5.1 SURROUND SYSTEM
500WATS CONTINUOUS,1000 PEAK
WIN XP MCE SP2
3DMARK05 15,686
3DMARK06 10,588

no one asked so I will..

Did you clone yur old windows drive to not have to reinstall windows - or is this a clean install of windows?

BTW you will see some marginal increases in disk drive speed BUT... if you had a top of the line PATA drive before and now have a SATA drive that is near bottom of the list (performance wise) it is likely the new SATA could be on par or even slower than the old drive

dunno what you had exactly and dunno what you upgraded to, you only mentioned that the new drive is WD..

The interface does not automatically mean the drive will be faster. New hard drives are still spinning at the same 7200 RPMs. Don't read into what I am saying here, the newer drives have stepped up their performance a bit, but it really does depend on what you had and what you have.

P.S. If you haven't done it... do a fresh install of windows and save yurself a few headaches.

What MoBo you using?

You are using one right?

My Core 2 Duo E4500 even lags on startup, same as my older Athlon 64 3200+ and Athlon 64 X2 4400+. They all do. It's to be expected. However with games, you should notice a good jump in performance, I know that when I upgraded my RAM and CPU to higher speeds I went up by 10 frames alone.