I7 new build running slow

[combat goofwing]

hello every im new to the forum and in need of some help, i built a i7 pc but am having 2 issues with it

here is the spec


Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express)
Gigabyte EX58-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM
OCZ 6GB DDR3 PC3-10666C9 Gold Low-Voltage Triple Channel Kit (3 X 2GB) plac in slots 1,2,3 on mobo
OCZ modxtremepro 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply
Samsung SpinPoint F1 640GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - 594gig free space
6320g stat drive from old pc full of hif def movies 13gig free space
Arctic Cooling Freezer Xtreme CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/AM2+/AM2/939)
Akasa AK-191-SM Smoke Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin
antec 300 ultimate gaming case with 2 case fans buit in
dvd rw out of my old pc lite on

at times the pc seems slow to perform tasks, like transfering files from back up dvd to HD took for ever,and other taks it just seems to lag at time, here are the bench mark scores
3d mark 14708
sm2 5685
sm3 6488
cpu 4948
http://redirectingat.com/?id=223X354&test=off&url=http%3A//www.flickr.com/photos/36125483@N06/3342067766/

also at first i could not get a internet connection i now have one but at times it drops out and other times its very slow , i normally get 4/5g but im down to less than 1g, using a netgear d834g router

thanks for any help you can offer

 

[combat goofwing]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/36125483@N06/3341612387/sizes/o/

heres a screen shot of my connection info it say v6 limited not sure what that means

 

[Proximon]

Did you grab the latest motherboard and LAN drivers from the Gigabyte website?

CPU-Z
Real Temp
HWMonitor

Can you verify your RAM and CPU settings with CPU-Z? If you need help with that just post screenshots of the tabs.

What re the core temps under load according to Real Temp?

 

[Helloworld_98]

yeah you need to oc the i7 to take anything above 1066mhz ram.

 

[combat goofwing]

yeah you need to oc the i7 to take anything above 1066mhz ram.

sorry lost me with this know what over clocking is all though i have never done it, but what do you mean about the ram

thanks for any help

 

[combat goofwing]

yeah you need to oc the i7 to take anything above 1066mhz ram.

sorry lost me with this know what over clocking is all though i have never done it, but what do you mean about the ram

thanks for any help

 

[combat goofwing]

yeah you need to oc the i7 to take anything above 1066mhz ram.

sorry lost me with this know what over clocking is all though i have never done it, but what do you mean about the ram

thanks for any help

 

[combat goofwing]

Did you grab the latest motherboard and LAN drivers from the Gigabyte website?

CPU-Z
Real Temp
HWMonitor

Can you verify your RAM and CPU settings with CPU-Z? If you need help with that just post screenshots of the tabs.

What re the core temps under load according to Real Temp?

will download these do some tests and post screen shots

thanks for the help

 

[combat goofwing]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/36125483@N06/

sytem screen shots

thanks for any help

 

[Proximon]

I don't think this your issue, but your GPU is a bit too hot at idle. It's still acceptable, probably, but warm. Try using the CCC overdrive utility to manually adjust the fan. My Sapphire doesn't go beyond 60C under load, so although your XFX doesn't use the same cooling system, it should idle a bit cooler.

I'm a bit amazed that your SPD tab shows 1.5V for all settings... I have to wonder about that. I would think 1.65 would be right, but unless you are haveing stability issues it's not important.

So we seem to have two different issues here, hard drive performance and network performance.

You could use 3D traceroute (one of my favorites) to ping an external site and see where your connection is stumbling.
http://www.d3tr.de/
It also impresses the heck out of the network techs the cable/phone company sends over to fix their problem, if it is theirs. You'll be able to see graphically which hop is not working right, so if you are having troubles between the computer and router you'll see that.

See how your drive does with HDTune:
http://www.hdtune.com/

 

[combat goofwing]

i have no stability issues, everyhting is runnig as out of the box so to speak nothing has been tinkered with, im about to install cat9.2 drivers so i will tweak the fan speed after that

as for the spd would that cause it to seem sluggish at time?

got my network connection sorted ,it was my local exchange having problems, HD checks out ok with HD tune

never over clocked anything before but a few have said i should look at doing it

is it worth it with my set up

thanjs again for the help

 

[Proximon]

You would probably want a better CPU cooler to OC.

No, I don't think any sluggishness can be attributed to the RAM.

A new installation of Vista can be a bit laggy at first due to drive indexing... I wonder f that is what is going on.

 

[combat goofwing]

thanks for that i leave it alone for now and see how it goes, struggling trying to get cat 9.2 drivres to load up at the mo so i fight on with that

thanks for the help