rct2guy
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- St. Louis, MO
Hey all,
I've been noticing some slowdowns on my ~3 year old system, and am looking to replace whatever components I need to, but I want to know how to identify which part is slowing my system down the most.
Applications take a little too long to load, and I notice stuttering in games (Grand Theft Auto V and The Sims 3). I think these issues could easily be caused by any component being outdated, so I want to know what the best way would be to identify a bottleneck in my setup. I've used the Task Manager to monitor performance and received results that were not particularly useful.
Here are my system specifications:
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500k (LGA 1155)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3
Memory: 4GB (x2) Corsair 1600MHz
Graphics card: EVGA NVIDIA GTX 570
Hard drive: 1.3TB Samsung 5200 RPM
In my opinion, my hard drive needs to be replaced by an SSD, but I'm not so sure it's the root of all of my stuttering and slow-downs. My graphics card is also aging, but obviously that wouldn't explain my slow applications.
Any ideas? I appreciate any feedback and would be more than happy to provide further information. Thanks much for the assistance!
I've been noticing some slowdowns on my ~3 year old system, and am looking to replace whatever components I need to, but I want to know how to identify which part is slowing my system down the most.
Applications take a little too long to load, and I notice stuttering in games (Grand Theft Auto V and The Sims 3). I think these issues could easily be caused by any component being outdated, so I want to know what the best way would be to identify a bottleneck in my setup. I've used the Task Manager to monitor performance and received results that were not particularly useful.
Here are my system specifications:
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500k (LGA 1155)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3
Memory: 4GB (x2) Corsair 1600MHz
Graphics card: EVGA NVIDIA GTX 570
Hard drive: 1.3TB Samsung 5200 RPM
In my opinion, my hard drive needs to be replaced by an SSD, but I'm not so sure it's the root of all of my stuttering and slow-downs. My graphics card is also aging, but obviously that wouldn't explain my slow applications.
Any ideas? I appreciate any feedback and would be more than happy to provide further information. Thanks much for the assistance!
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- CPU
- Intel Core i5-2500k (LGA 1155)
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3
- Memory
- 8GB (4GB x2) Corsair 1600MHz
- Graphics Card(s)
- EVGA NVIDIA GTX 570
- Monitor(s) Displays
- ASUS VG248QE, Dell E173FP
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080, 1280x1024
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 1.3TB, 5200 RPM
- PSU
- Antec 620w
- Case
- Bit Fēnix Survivor
- Cooling
- Bit Fēnix Specter (x2)
- Keyboard
- Logitech MX 5500
- Mouse
- Razer DeathAdder Chroma
- Internet Speed
- 95 MB/s
- Browser
- Google Chrome
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender, Malwarebytes