computer has been running a little slow...

checked the usual stuff etc.. but it made no difference, figured maybe it's about time I formatted

made a copy of a file 2 min ago and it was slow... ran SSD benchmark... got this...

any ideas anyone ?

I would have said possibly sector alignment but that says OK there. Might be worth checking for a firmware update? Is the BIOS using AHCI/RAID mode?

why didn't I think of firmware updates

I'm on version 1, newest is ver.7

have to install 2 and then 6 before I can install 7...

each one is an iso to boot from

and I've run out of blank CDs :-o

boot from usb, why didn't I think of that sooner ?

but... update preforms low level format :-(


sounds like a job for the weekend then :-)

SSD prices are so low now you might as well save yourself some time and copy it to a newer faster one, then use the old one to upgrade an old machine or something.

Quote from: matt5cott on May 18, 2015, 23:25:11 PM
SSD prices are so low now you might as well save yourself some time and copy it to a newer faster one, then use the old one to upgrade an old machine or something.

hmmm....

was thinking about cpu upgrade too, but I've got an i5 2500k running at 4.3gig so there's not really anywhere for me to go cpu wise

anyone up on SSDs ?

this looks about the fastest right now ?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00KHRYRNM/?tag=pcp0f-21

Quote from: knighty on May 19, 2015, 00:31:59 AM

Quote from: matt5cott on May 18, 2015, 23:25:11 PM
SSD prices are so low now you might as well save yourself some time and copy it to a newer faster one, then use the old one to upgrade an old machine or something.

hmmm....

was thinking about cpu upgrade too, but I've got an i5 2500k running at 4.3gig so there's not really anywhere for me to go cpu wise

anyone up on SSDs ?

this looks about the fastest right now ?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00KHRYRNM/?tag=pcp0f-21

It's ever changing as usual, I'd just go for the best bang for buck, it gets to a point I'm sure where it gets to splitting hairs.

I run 2x ssds, one for OS and a 2nd smaller dedicated SSD for editing/games, works great.

Quote from: knighty on May 19, 2015, 00:31:59 AM

Quote from: matt5cott on May 18, 2015, 23:25:11 PM
SSD prices are so low now you might as well save yourself some time and copy it to a newer faster one, then use the old one to upgrade an old machine or something.

hmmm....

was thinking about cpu upgrade too, but I've got an i5 2500k running at 4.3gig so there's not really anywhere for me to go cpu wise

In raw Ghz, maybe but any 4th/5th Gen i3 will be comparable in terms of computations per cycle.
A current i5 will destroy your 2500k.  I've got an i5 something or other, and I run rings around my mate's i7 960.

checked the benchmarks for the 4th gen vs 2ng gen and the 4th gen look about 20% better

but... I'm running about 30% overclocked so figured it would be about even ?


I'm not used to being out of the loop like this.... must be getting old :-o

5th gen lands In weeks.

ohhh, I'll hang on for the SSD upgrade then

if I'm going to up the cpu I need a new m/b so might as well hold off on the format and re-install


can't believe how old I'm getting... used to format every other week when I was a kid :-o

Quote from: soopahfly on May 19, 2015, 15:43:03 PM

Quote from: knighty on May 19, 2015, 00:31:59 AM

Quote from: matt5cott on May 18, 2015, 23:25:11 PM
SSD prices are so low now you might as well save yourself some time and copy it to a newer faster one, then use the old one to upgrade an old machine or something.

hmmm....

was thinking about cpu upgrade too, but I've got an i5 2500k running at 4.3gig so there's not really anywhere for me to go cpu wise

In raw Ghz, maybe but any 4th/5th Gen i3 will be comparable in terms of computations per cycle.
A current i5 will destroy your 2500k.  I've got an i5 something or other, and I run rings around my mate's i7 960.

Most are saying about 4% average difference between versions of I5 after 2500K on the same clock. Intel have no reason to go for raw speed as AMD aren't really any competition now. Biggest changes have been efficiency and power saving. By the time you rack in the extra performance from overclocking the 2500K there won't be that much difference at all.

I have an older 240GB Corsair Force 3 SSD attached to this computer, it seems quite a bit slower than the 960GB Crucial I have on my newer rig. Seems a new SSD can make a difference. I suspect some of the difference is crud building up in windows so probably worth reinstalling if you haven't done so in a long time.

Then again, the bling of a pair of 1GB SSDs in a raid setup can't be ignored 

benchmarks between 2nd and 4th gen i5 show about 20%   not sure where you got 4% per version from :-o

depends on what you are testing, Most of that 20% advantage you have discovered comes in multi-threading, on chip video and graphics processing. I doubt if many will be using the on chip graphics sso it's effectively useless to you.

Even with 20% pure overall CPU gain you won't get any more processing unless you overclock again. The problem with that is more modern CPUs don't have as big an overclock available.

I have an I5 4670K running 3.4Ghz and an I7 3770K running 3.5GHz 4, my bro has a 2500K clocked to about the same, there is little perceptible difference in speed.

And I could overclock, problem is I'm getting enough speed as it is.

Funny how times change. 10~15 years ago, overlocking your PC made noticeable differences in the performance of popular everyday things, like playing games and web browsing.

Now, whether I overclock or not, the PC is way way faster than I need, and I'm only running an AMD FX 9370 at 4.7GHz.