hungryduck
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So I just threw together my first 'new' build in a decade or so on a spur of the moment thing with a bunch of stuff I found on sale. (on a budget...) Nothing fancy, just hoping to play a few games I've missed over the last few years.
Intel core i5 3470 3.4ghz
MSI B75MA-P45 mATX mobo
8GB Corsair Ballistix
Toshiba 1TB 6gb/s hard drive
EVGA GeForce GTX 650
Cheap-o SATA DVD drive
Thermaltake 600watt PSU
Fractal Designs Core 1000 case
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
All the parts went together fine, and windows seemed to install OK.
Problem:
When installing drivers I noticed the speed of windows as abysmal - like it would take 10 minutes for it to boot and 20 minutes to install a driver. "Probably will work itself out after all the chipset/video drivers are in!" is what I thought. However, all the drivers are in now, and it's still going very, very slow.
I downloaded a HD Benchmark utility to find that I'm averaging 1.5mb/s read speeds and 50mb/s write speeds on the hard drive, which seems way too slow, and the performance of the machine is god awful. Takes 1 to 2 minutes for folders to open, and 30 seconds to open the control panel or start menu. Once things open it's smooth, so I feel like this is a HD issue.
Solutions I've tried:
Tried reinstalling the intel chipset drivers. No result.
Tried moving the hard drive from the 6gb/s SATA port to another SATA port. No result.
Any help would be appreciated - I've been out of the game here for many years, so perhaps I'm overlooking something obvious? (Looks like I joined this forum 8 years ago.....how time flies....)
Intel core i5 3470 3.4ghz
MSI B75MA-P45 mATX mobo
8GB Corsair Ballistix
Toshiba 1TB 6gb/s hard drive
EVGA GeForce GTX 650
Cheap-o SATA DVD drive
Thermaltake 600watt PSU
Fractal Designs Core 1000 case
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
All the parts went together fine, and windows seemed to install OK.
Problem:
When installing drivers I noticed the speed of windows as abysmal - like it would take 10 minutes for it to boot and 20 minutes to install a driver. "Probably will work itself out after all the chipset/video drivers are in!" is what I thought. However, all the drivers are in now, and it's still going very, very slow.
I downloaded a HD Benchmark utility to find that I'm averaging 1.5mb/s read speeds and 50mb/s write speeds on the hard drive, which seems way too slow, and the performance of the machine is god awful. Takes 1 to 2 minutes for folders to open, and 30 seconds to open the control panel or start menu. Once things open it's smooth, so I feel like this is a HD issue.
Solutions I've tried:
Tried reinstalling the intel chipset drivers. No result.
Tried moving the hard drive from the 6gb/s SATA port to another SATA port. No result.
Any help would be appreciated - I've been out of the game here for many years, so perhaps I'm overlooking something obvious? (Looks like I joined this forum 8 years ago.....how time flies....)