Hi,
A few weeks ago I decided to put together a new gaming system. I'm not an expert when it comes to keeping myself up to date on what constitutes good hardware so I asked a couple people for advice on what to buy. I ended with the following:
Processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16819115202
Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16814130480
Mother Board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16813131365
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820145262
PSU: http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-CMPSU...al-compatible/dp/B00154QAXQ/ref=pd_rhf_shvl_1
Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16822152202
Running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bits
So I went ahead and put together my system and it works fine, but I've been experiencing a couple problems with some games which I think might be related to the slow speed of my hard drive, but in all honesty I'm not sure, so I figured it wouldn't hurt asking.
The problem I'm having is more evident in games like Bioshock 1, Mass Effect 1 and Torchlight (interestingly enough, I haven't experienced this problem in Bioshock 2 or Mass Effect 2 - those games run flawlessly). What happens is I'm playing normally, everything is running fine, and all of a sudden I'll get a very small stutter, kind of like a pause, before the game resumes working normally. The game where this is more prevalent is Torchlight, which doesn't really have big graphical requirements. If I get into a big battle, my game will sometimes start stuttering (skipping, if you would like). In Mass Effect 1 I get this issue when I am walking around the Citadel and I suddenly enter a different area. I'm not an expert in this kind of stuff, but my guess is that my system is trying to read new data to keep the game running, but since my hard drive speed is very low (5900rpm, and rated at 5.9 in my windows experience index) it can't load data fast enough and the game starts stuttering. It's kind of hard to believe that a game like Torchlight with its low system requirements can make my system bend over whereas something like Mass Effect 2 and L4D2 runs smoothly even with tons of enemies on screen and a lot of action going on.
So my questions are: did I drop the ball on the hard drive? Can a slow hard drive really bottleneck your system in games that require constant loading to the point where you experience stuttering? If this is not the case, what else could be causing my problem?
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
A few weeks ago I decided to put together a new gaming system. I'm not an expert when it comes to keeping myself up to date on what constitutes good hardware so I asked a couple people for advice on what to buy. I ended with the following:
Processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16819115202
Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16814130480
Mother Board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16813131365
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820145262
PSU: http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-CMPSU...al-compatible/dp/B00154QAXQ/ref=pd_rhf_shvl_1
Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16822152202
Running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bits
So I went ahead and put together my system and it works fine, but I've been experiencing a couple problems with some games which I think might be related to the slow speed of my hard drive, but in all honesty I'm not sure, so I figured it wouldn't hurt asking.
The problem I'm having is more evident in games like Bioshock 1, Mass Effect 1 and Torchlight (interestingly enough, I haven't experienced this problem in Bioshock 2 or Mass Effect 2 - those games run flawlessly). What happens is I'm playing normally, everything is running fine, and all of a sudden I'll get a very small stutter, kind of like a pause, before the game resumes working normally. The game where this is more prevalent is Torchlight, which doesn't really have big graphical requirements. If I get into a big battle, my game will sometimes start stuttering (skipping, if you would like). In Mass Effect 1 I get this issue when I am walking around the Citadel and I suddenly enter a different area. I'm not an expert in this kind of stuff, but my guess is that my system is trying to read new data to keep the game running, but since my hard drive speed is very low (5900rpm, and rated at 5.9 in my windows experience index) it can't load data fast enough and the game starts stuttering. It's kind of hard to believe that a game like Torchlight with its low system requirements can make my system bend over whereas something like Mass Effect 2 and L4D2 runs smoothly even with tons of enemies on screen and a lot of action going on.
So my questions are: did I drop the ball on the hard drive? Can a slow hard drive really bottleneck your system in games that require constant loading to the point where you experience stuttering? If this is not the case, what else could be causing my problem?
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
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