It’s been 3 months since I have my new pc :
Intel Core i5-12400F 6 Cores, 2,5GHz
16GB of RAM
Geforce RTX 3060
The thing is, everything I do on my computer is so slow ! I freeze and crash everytime I switch between my different programs, everytime I try to launch a game, everytime I make something on my computer!
More than that, when I look at the task manager with steam, browser and discord open the cpu use doesn’t even reach 20%!
Everytime I launch a game that use a lot of ram and cpu I make sure to close my browser and every other useless programs but nothing helps!
Please tell me someone have a solution cause I feel like using a janky computer while it’s completely new.
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Disk info? I hope you have windows installed on a SSD. IMO in this day and age, I do not see the reason to use HDDs in anything other then a NAS. Hell, I do not even use SATA SSDs in my builds any more.
HDDs good for large storage especially if your on a budget (much cheaper at 4tb+). And SATA ssds are good if you don’t have more nvme slots.
NAS doesn’t even make sense, since you only get it if you have the money. And I bet that you can pay like 10% more for SSDs
Truthfully, I would like to convert my NAS to SSDs as well.
I’m on HDD but as rsta223 said SSD is so expensive
You need to get your main windows on a SSD. Even an ancient CPU like a 4790k will feel snappier with a SSD than a fast CPU without one.
Yeah general computing shouldn’t be an issue for you. Is this a fresh install of windows? That can do wonders for problems like this, if it hasn’t been done in a while. Otherwise, ssd issue perhaps, you can use crystaldiskinfo to check drive health. Or, a temperature problem somewhere, are you monitoring temperature? I use hwmonitor. There’s also hwinfo which is what most people would recommend.
I bet you have an SSD with no DRAM cache, they are literally worse for multitasking than a traditional HDD.
Your windows is probably installed on an old spinning disc. Throw that ancient crap away, get SSD
This is my pc specs: Motherboard: Asus B660 TUF Plus Gaming Wi-Fi & Bluetooth Processor: Intel Core i5-12400F Cooler: ID Cooling SE224XT - Black Graphics Card: Galax RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB Storage: Samsung Evo 970 Plus 1 TB NVMe SSD Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1 TB HDD Ram: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB 3600 MHz - Black Power Supply: Seasonic Focus GX 750 W 80+ Gold Case: Bequiet Pure Base 500 DX - White Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-Bit Monitor: Asus 24" VP249QGR 144Hz
Is your operating system on a ssd? System updates and drivers current? Have you checked the CPU socket for bent/missing pins? As a last resort try a fresh install of windows.
Few things to consider:
Slow drives, mostly HDDs, can hugely impact performance (but should not be causing crashes)
Task manager is not a great way to view utilization but it can do the trick most of the time. The important thing to realize is that the 20% metric refers to the all of the cores. If one core is running at 100% but the rest are sitting at 0 you’re going to see a low utilization even though that one core/thread. At the Performance > CPU screen change the graph to ‘logical processors’ rather than ‘overall utilization’ as it will give you a more accurate picture of what’s going on.
There’s a chance that you have a hardware problem, but these issues (when as bad as you’ve described) usually justify a fresh install of Windows.
12th gen is already outdated
What’s your RAM? Maybe it’s too much for your memory controller to handle.
I have x2 G.Skill Aegis 8 Go (1 x 8 Go) DDR4 3200 MHz CL16
Get SSD ditch hdd, have u set ur ram to 3200mhz from bios? Its prolly running 2400mhz out of the box u need to set thr speed
Well you don’t need to ditch the SSD but a modern Windows should never be on a mechanical drive. Newer games also demand SSDs more and more so check their requirements as well. Ideally HDDs are only used as a data grave, not for things that actively read and write things frequently
Which antivirus did you use?
CPU temps? Could be throttling from cooler issues - sticker, not seated correctly etc or case does not have enough flow.
SSD/HDD? If your running Windows or your games off a HDD that would be your issues.
I had my pc built by LDLC (french company)they are really professionnal and are well known I don’t think it would be the issue
I run Windows on HDD and have Linux on SSD but SSD with a lot of space is so expensive ! The thing is everybody in the comments are talking about SSD and it’s making me nervous
SSD with a lot of space expensive? What do you see as a lot of space? Like 1 TB goes a long way and that cost 40 € which for pc parts is not expensive at all.
Cherche pas plus loin, faut pas faire tourner Windows sur ton hdd, ça pue la merde.
Un ssd de 500gb c’est à peine 30 balles par contre, pourquoi tu dis que c’est cher ?
500gb c’est largement suffisant pour Windows, tes fichiers tu les stockes sur le hdd.
Make sure your os is on ssd and reinstall clean windows. 99% fix
You don’t have “really good hardware”. It’s mid at best. However, what you are experiencing is not normal and most likely your PC is infected with a crypto miner.
You will have to format your PC and reinstall Windows.
Honestly, the first thing that popped into my head was a RAM issue. Are you running any type of OC on your RAM, DIMMs in the correct slots, using memory from your MoBo qualified vendor list, or mixing RAM? Could be a few different things, but this could definately cause this and would be the first thing I’d look at.
I don’t understand a word of what you said ;'(
I’d look at your memory first.
did you disable your paging file?