Win 8.1 Pro. Laggy and slow

wildgoat

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So I did a clean install and have just some basic programs installed like dropbox, evernote, office 365, java runtime, silverlight, dot net, firefox, chrome, vlc and adobe acrobat and my PC is laggy and slow. Performance Options been set to Adjust for best peformance (all have been switched off). Installed no drivers. Opening an explorer window or an application has delay and laggyness. Program opening and closing has some lag.

How do I investigate what is responsible for this and ensure a lag free experience? I'm certain its laggy. Other than me feeling the slowness or laggyness is there a program to determine and confirm this?

My config is given below :

Intel Q6600 2.4Ghz
Intel DG33BU motherboard
4GB RAM
128GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD

Thanks
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Assembled

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Apple Mac Pro 5.1 (2012)
    CPU
    DODECA @ 2.66 GHz
    Motherboard
    MP 5.1
    Memory
    24 GB @ 1333 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GTX-670-4GB-FTW-PC & ATI XT 2600 HD Mac
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 840 EVO's 500GB @ Apricorn Velocity DUO x2 PCIe
    Case
    The most beautiful IMHO
    Keyboard
    Wired
    Mouse
    Mighty Mouse
    Antivirus
    ESET Internet Security Pro
Actually Samsung 840 was installed in my laptop. My desktop which has the problem I described has Kingston 200 V+ 60GB SSD. No drivers are needed according to Kingston's website.

The proc, mem and mobo are a good 6 years old. Never installed any drivers and it was doing well. Original HDD was 7200rpm SATA. Present one is SSD SATA. Never installed any drivers for the HDDs as well.

This problem wasn't there when I was using Win 7 SP1.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Assembled
I don't know if my drivers & yours are the same.
If any of yours match any of mine you could compare version & date.
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1.1 Pro with Media Center
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway
    CPU
    AMD K140 Cores 2 Threads 2 Name AMD K140 Package Socket FT1 BGA Technology 40nm
    Motherboard
    Manufacturer Gateway Model SX2110G (P0)
    Memory
    Type DDR3 Size 8192 MBytes DRAM Frequency 532.3 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics
    Sound Card
    AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Audio USB Audio Device
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Name 1950W on AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x76
    Screen Resolution
    Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x768 pixels
    Hard Drives
    AMD K140
    Cores 2
    Threads 2
    Name AMD K140
    Package Socket FT1 BGA
    Technology 40nm
    Specification AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon HD Graphics
    Family F
    Extended Family 14
    Model 2
    Extended Model 2
    Stepping 0
    Revision ON-C0
    Instruction
    Browser
    Opera 24.0
    Antivirus
    Avast Internet Security
One of the RAM sticks was creating the problem. I removed the RAM stick and placed it in another DIMM channel and the snappiness is back again :). Thanks all.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Assembled
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