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Answer» Hi, You could use the built-in Performance Monitor (I know it sounds similar to Resource Monitor but it's not the same) as this can collect data over time, it's perhaps not the most intuitive tool to set up and use though. Thanks Calum. My current spec is below. i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67ghz 8GB Ram 1 TB Samsung HDD ATI Radeon HD 5700 series With my work I have a lot of CHROME windows & tabs, Excel docs and automated program running contantly performing tasks. A few times a day I'm getting lag/not responding messages. Usually my CPU is around 50%-70% and my RAM is around 1-2 GB available. I've heard a lot of people raving about SDD, could upgrading to one make all the difference? ThanksQuote from: pokerjk on November 17, 2015, 01:31:15 PM I've heard a lot of people raving about SDD, could upgrading to one make all the difference? Absolutely, and they're a rather inexpensive upgrade these days too. Your HDD is definitely the weak point in your setup right now. It's worth checking Resource Monitor when you run into the lag issues, I suspect you'll see the disk active time (basically CPU usage percent for your drive) spiking up, causing everything to wait while the HDD serves whatever data is being requested, but it's worth checking as you could also be running out of RAM - 8GB should be more than enough for most general usage but it's quite easy to eat through memory with modern browsers and web pages being what they are. Running out of RAM will mean you start hitting your page FILE which thrashes your HDD and will cause major slowdowns. Sorry for rambling a little heh, to summarise - your idea of using resource monitor to see what's maxing out is definitely worthwhile, I suspect it'll be the HDD, upgrading to an SSD would make a worthwhile difference even if the HDD isn't the cause of this specific issue, it's possible you could use a RAM upgrade but it depends. Edit: just saw your CPU usage, that seems quite high for general usage - is it being used by what you'd expect, i.e. the programs you're running, or is it something running in the background that you may not be aware of? If you're not expecting this usage then definitely investigate this.Thanks Calum! I think I might go for this SDD then http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Solid-State-Drive/dp/B00P73B1E4/ it has decent reviews. For the CPU I'd say the green line is around 50% most of the time and the blue line 80%-100%. I'm a bit confused about what the difference is between them. The main resource hugger is Chrome, all the tabs and extensions I need :/ The 850 Evo is a good drive YES, can't go far wrong with it for that price. If you have the time, do a fresh install onto the drive as well, but if you don't have the time or patience then it's fine to clone your existing OS onto it, the free Macrium Reflect is great for this. It's worth making sure the firmware is up to date on the drive once you're up and running with it, Samsung have the "Samsung Magician" software which will update the firmware for you, I'd also recommend disabling "RAPID mode" as it has very little real-world benefit and can cause issues. The blue line is the clock speed of the processor, if it's at 100% then the CPU is at its maximum clock speed, if it's lower than the CPU is throttling down either because it's not fully loaded and can therefore downclock to use less power, or it's overheating (the former is more than likely the case, this is normal and nothing to worry about). If you're using Chrome quite heavily then I wouldn't be too surprised to see the CPU HOVERING around that usage really.I'll go for that then and go for a fresh install as I'm sure there are lots of files that have clogged my system up over the years, cheers!Indeed, a fresh install would probably pep up your system as it is, but the SSD will make a much more noticeable difference - combining them both would be even better. I'm sure you'll be pleased with the results |
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