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Slower than expected with new build

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Slasher91

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Hey all,

I just built up a new system, first one in a couple of years, and it is not the speed demon I was expecting. I got an i7 930, Gigabyte GA-X58-UD3R Rev.2, Crucial DDR3 1333 6Gb kit, and 600Gb Raptor. I posted an issue over on the memory forum about a speed issue with RAM but I had another question about speed. The system just seems slow when opening programs and things like that. I would expect things to just pop right up when I open it up for the first time but Firefox might sit there for a couple of seconds before opening. I attached the Raptor to the 6Gb SATA connector and read somewhere earlier that might be an issue but I am just not sure. Would it matter if I selected IDE instead of AHCI as the controller type in the bios before installing.

I know it is just a couple of seconds but with a system like this things should just fly all the time.

Thanks,
 
What you are likely seeing is the I/O limit of your hard drive.

This is how fast loading programs are:
SSD >>>>>> Raptor >> Regular 7200 RPM Hard Drive > Regular 5400 RPM Hard Drive

SSD < 1s
Raptor 2-4s
Regular 7200 RPM Hard Drive 4-7s
Regular 5400 RPM Hard Drive 6-9s
 
also if you JUST built this, it will take a few days for windows superfetch to learn. report back in a week.
 
Yeah SSD for sure. Put one in my laptop recently, and its basically a whole new machine that I'm not itching to replace anymore.
 
Well if you're basing this conclusion on previous experience with a fast computer (e.g. this computer seems slower than other computers you have experienced), then it could be a few things:

- buggy 6.0 Gbps SATA controller, try using an ICH10R integrated SATA 3.0 Gbps port

- the SATA driver is running in PIO mode instead of DMA mode

- your new Windows install or some other application is doing background tasks like file indexing, creating a system restore checkpoint, downloading updates, or doing a virus/malware scan

- have you disabled Windows Superfetch?


Applications don't 'pop-up' on the initial launch, only on subsequent launches when some of the application code is still in memory or cache.

Try running boot-time optimization. Open an administrator command prompt, then enter (assuming your system drive is letter C)

defrag c: -b
 
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