Hi all,
I hope I am posting this on the correct forum.
I have the following custom built PC that was built around 2011. The specs are:
CPU: AMD Phenon II X4 945
RAM: 6 GB DDR3 667 Mhz
Video Card: Radeon HD 6670
Motherboard: 790X-G45
Hard Drive: WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
I am running Windows 7 OS. I have no spyware / viruses on the system as I am very careful about that.
Anyways, the system boots up fine. However, after bootup and when trying to load my first application - usually Chrome - it hangs for about 15-20 seconds and finally loads. It just feels as if its sluggish on bootup. After bootup, I don't see any latency issues unless I am running a Newleecher and trying to get a list of all available headers.
Compared to my i7 ivy bridge laptop, this thing is slow. My laptop doesn't hang at all, even when using Newsleecher. I am sure there is some bottleneck on my system that is causing this. This has happened before too, even after reformatting my hard drive.
Is my RAM too slow? Should I add more RAM? My motherboard only supports 8GB. I am also thinking about getting a SSD hard drive in the future.
Also, is it time to upgrade my processor to maybe a Phenom 965?
I mainly do programming on this machine and hardly any gaming. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I know this question might be a little open ended.
I hope I am posting this on the correct forum.
I have the following custom built PC that was built around 2011. The specs are:
CPU: AMD Phenon II X4 945
RAM: 6 GB DDR3 667 Mhz
Video Card: Radeon HD 6670
Motherboard: 790X-G45
Hard Drive: WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
I am running Windows 7 OS. I have no spyware / viruses on the system as I am very careful about that.
Anyways, the system boots up fine. However, after bootup and when trying to load my first application - usually Chrome - it hangs for about 15-20 seconds and finally loads. It just feels as if its sluggish on bootup. After bootup, I don't see any latency issues unless I am running a Newleecher and trying to get a list of all available headers.
Compared to my i7 ivy bridge laptop, this thing is slow. My laptop doesn't hang at all, even when using Newsleecher. I am sure there is some bottleneck on my system that is causing this. This has happened before too, even after reformatting my hard drive.
Is my RAM too slow? Should I add more RAM? My motherboard only supports 8GB. I am also thinking about getting a SSD hard drive in the future.
Also, is it time to upgrade my processor to maybe a Phenom 965?
I mainly do programming on this machine and hardly any gaming. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I know this question might be a little open ended.