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rugman1969   11-07-2009 at 08:15:58 AM

I just built a computer using a core2duo E4700, intel 945GCNL mobo, 2gb ddr2 ram, 450 watt power supply, 160gb 7200 rpm harddrive. Running WinXP home. This thing is slow. My pentium 4 smokes this thing. Any suggestions on what to look foror how to find out what the problem is? This thing should be smoking fast. Even trying to browse the net hurts. Firefox, opera, IE all the same. Excel, word, Windows media player all slow as hell too. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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Silver Home Brew badge hunter315   11-07-2009 at 08:27:45 AM
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One of your issues is the lower end IGP in the system, thats what is slowing media player down. You also have a very slow core 2, what p4 do you have that you are comparing it to? One of the newer Prescotts should best it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115045
That is your processor correct?

Also a 160GB HDD is likely fairly slow even compared to the slow CPU, its probably using 80GB platters, modern drives use 320 or 500GB platters which allow for much much better transfer rates.

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rugman1969   11-07-2009 at 08:33:12 AM
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yes that is my processor. I don't understand what IGP is. When I first built this, it was pretty fast. I only use it for web browsing and pic edit and videos , and music.
Why would my harddrive be slow? What do 80gb platters have to do with the speed? I don't game. I just want it to load up what I want without having to wait. I have a pci video card installed 128mb. I just noticed my integrated graphics card no longer works

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