My computer is running strangely. I have had my quad for 2 months now, it replaced a e2180 @ 3 Ghz. My computer lags to open Firefox... for instance this morning it took over 30 seconds to start the program. RealTemp is showing core temps from 27-34 C. EIST is off. Kaspersky says I have no viruses/trojans/etc. At other times it seems that the computer is lightning quick, Photoshop opens fine, Civilization IV and Crysis play without lag, I got 12900 in 3Dmark06 (which actually seems low to me). Memtest86+ shows my ram is fine.
my specs:
q6600 @ 3 Ghz
Gigabyte P35-DS3L rev 2.0
4x1 Gb A-Data DDR2-800 (at stock speed)
Sapphire HD 4850
2 SATA II HDs, boot drive is a Seagate 640 gb with 32 mb cache
Antec Earthwatts ea500D Power Supply
Samsung DVD-RW
Arctic Cooler 7
Vista x64 Home Premium
Where should I continue with my investigation? Could I be getting bad power from my PSU? Is my hard drive failing? Like I said, this is not all of the time, just sometimes. Basically at random. And it is not just Firefox. Windows seems to run slowly at times as well. My old e2180 seemed, if not faster, at least more consistent in its speed.
my specs:
q6600 @ 3 Ghz
Gigabyte P35-DS3L rev 2.0
4x1 Gb A-Data DDR2-800 (at stock speed)
Sapphire HD 4850
2 SATA II HDs, boot drive is a Seagate 640 gb with 32 mb cache
Antec Earthwatts ea500D Power Supply
Samsung DVD-RW
Arctic Cooler 7
Vista x64 Home Premium
Where should I continue with my investigation? Could I be getting bad power from my PSU? Is my hard drive failing? Like I said, this is not all of the time, just sometimes. Basically at random. And it is not just Firefox. Windows seems to run slowly at times as well. My old e2180 seemed, if not faster, at least more consistent in its speed.