Hi there. So a simple question asked - What is slowing this setup down? I think it's HDD, but help me! Thank you. GIGABYTE GE-R460-V1 460W DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo E8400, 3000 MHz (9 x 333) ; Intel Topsfield DP43TF (motherboard) ; Transcend JM800QLU-2G - DDR2-800 (400 MHz) - 2GB ; POV GeForce GTS 512 MB ; SAMSUNG HD502HI 500GB, 5400 RPM ;
depends on what you consider is running slow. what os are you running? what apps do you use? games? my guess is memory if your saying you have 2gb. also perhaps your slow speeds are software related.
Well, I mostly play games, graphics and overall FPS in most of the cases is fine, have no problem with that. Problem i have is with "loading", sometimes it takes forever to load anything, multitasking is difficult in some cases and sometimes my computer freezes for a moment till "he" can load everything properly. (i.e. switching between games and windows etc.). Got this machine for 2 years and planning some reinstalation of Windows since i got it somewhat trashed. That might help a bit, will see. Anyways, thanks for post.
violetblueskies Is right, your main issues will be the fact you only have 2GB of RAM installed.. increase the RAM to 3-4GB of RAM and it will increase performance... but in saying that if you have a 32Bit OS then it will won't recognize 4GB it will show up as something like 3.75... Run a virus/malware scan in safemode using malwarebytes and then again in normal mode see if it picks anything up. Your best bet is to perform a clean install of the OS if you say it is "trashed" anyway and then try not to install things you will never use, also make sure you install the very latest Drivers by visiting the manufacturer website and/or vendor website. Also make sure your Graphics Card is not overheating... check the temp and make sure the fan/fans are free from fluff/dust etc.. maybe a good idea to take off the fan/heatsink and reapply a fresh layer of thermal paste before putting the heatsink/fan in place.
Alright then, thank you for your replies. I will probably get myself a piece of Windows 7 to start things off and i was looking too for some decent 800MHz DDR2 RAM to fill in to my DualChannel. If you guys got some tips for RAM that could fit with this one, let me know.
for memory: http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/dp43tf/sb/CS-029150.htm check the site out for specific models of memory that are compatible. for added performance, like bugsy said i would upgrade to at least 4gb. if the price is right you can maybe do 2 x 4gb and replace what you have in it now. as far as reinstall is concerned, its not a bad idea to start over and eliminate the possibility of software bottlenecking your performance. " The board has four DIMM sockets and support the following memory features: 1.8 V DDR2 SDRAM DIMMs with gold plated contacts, with the option to raise the voltage to support higher performance DDR2 SDRAM DIMMs Dual channel interleaved mode support Unbuffered, single-sided or double-sided DIMMs with the following restriction: Double-sided DIMMs with x16 organization are not supported. 16 GB maximum total system memory using DDR2 800 MHz or DDR2 667 MHz DIMMs Minimum recommended total system memory: 512 MB Non-ECC DIMMs Serial Presence Detect DDR2 800 MHz or DDR2 667 MHz SDRAM DIMMs DDR2 667 MHz DIMMs with SPD timings of only 5-5-5 (tCL-tRCD-tRP) DDR2 800 MHz DIMMs with SPD timings of only 5-5-5 or 6-6-6 (tCL-tRCD-tRP) To be fully compliant with all applicable Intel® SDRAM memory specifications, the board should be populated with DIMMs that support the Serial Presence Detect (SPD) data structure. If your memory modules do not support SPD, you will see a notification to this effect on the screen at power up. The BIOS will attempt to configure the memory controller for normal operation. System resources and hardware (such as PCI Express) require physical memory address locations that can reduce available addressable system memory. This could result in a reduction of as much as 1 GB or more of physical addressable memory being available to the operating system and applications, depending on the system configuration and operating system. "
