getting weird lag

[m1ke101]

ok i have a athlon xp 1600+ and 512mb of pc2700, so my system is no slouch. i'm at school, so i use a couple file sharing utilities, ie direct connect / mIRC to share files etc. it seems like when i upload sometimes, it slows my system to a crawl, like it will take a few seconds to open up a window which usually takes a 1/5 of a second. Is it because i'm uploading at 500k+? i don't think that would do much to my system because its not even utilizing my cpu very much. even when i run prime95 and do other things its fine. It also happens after i play games like battlefield. anyone have any ideas? i want to be able to share files and use my system at the same time.

 

[chemicalplay]

i think, uploading at 500k/s wont seem like it's pushing your system but it probably is. every now and again the sys will slow down and this is caused by the speed of ure upload

 

[EKAtBzboyz]

what about the harddrive?
maybe its time to defrag?

seems like hd cant keep up with requests to me

 

[Kenazo]

500k uploads? nice. My stupid DSL maxes out @ 40kB. I'd recommend either capping the UL's, or else get a dedicated hard drive for all your file sharing needs. Perhaps getting a faster HD would help to. I recommend the Seagate Barracuda IV's. they are insanely quiet, and fast.