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1 TB 5400 rpm WD BLUE HDD causes stuttering while gaming,please help!

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Hi to all,
I have a Lenovo Y-700-15ISK laptop with two hard drives:
A SAMSUNG 128 GB SSD as a primary drive and
a 1 TB 5400 RPM WD BLUE HDD as a secondary

I have installed the OS (Win 10 x 64 bit) and programs on the SSD,and the games on the HDD.

My problem is that the games which are installed on the HDD, stutter because of the HDD!

I have noticed this especially while playing ArmA 3!

I installed ArmA 3 (just for a try), on the SSD,and the stutterings have gone!
I run the game with the same video settings,by the way!

So please help me to make the games not stutter on the HDD,to run like on the SSD!

Beside ArmA 3 I play GTA V and NBA 2K17.

Please help me,because I don't have enough money to buy a bigger SSD!

I know that the SSD runs faster, but many laptop users who have laptops with same specs as my laptop,don't have a SSD and play the same games without stuttering!

Thanks to all in advance!
Best regards!
 
How much ram does your laptop have?
 
Probably stuttering because it is waiting for textures to load. Replace the slow 5400RPM drive with either a faster 7200RPM drive, or even better another SSD.
 
newtekie1 said:
Probably stuttering because it is waiting for textures to load. Replace the slow 5400RPM drive with either a faster 7200RPM drive, or even better another SSD.
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This is the answer to your problem. Do this and no more issue.
 
I don't completely buy that the HDD is causing it. Although s bigger ssd would be nice. Laptops ate prone to issues with gaming. Heat, poor graphics, bloatware. Can all cause this problem. Try lowering the resolution if it's ultra hd
 
Jetster said:
I don't completely buy that the HDD is causing it.
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OP Says he tried this

HiTech_32 said:
I installed ArmA 3 (just for a try), on the SSD,and the stutterings have gone!
I run the game with the same video settings,by the way!
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and problem seems Resolved (Temp)

so the general consensus seems to be Upgrade the Blue for a SSD" to cure the Stuttering" ( and use the Blue as Archive Drive only ).
 
Something about it just doesn't seem right though. IV gamed on many 5400 RPM drives and never seen this issue. I know ARMA 3 use to have quite a few performance issues. It's hard to say if the HDD is actually the issue in this case.
 
Jetster said:
I don't completely buy that the HDD is causing it. Although s bigger ssd would be nice. Laptops ate prone to issues with gaming. Heat, poor graphics, bloatware. Can all cause this problem. Try lowering the resolution if it's ultra hd
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I was kind thinking yeah maybe with the above but only because OP has 16GB of ram and was thinking why the hell is the 5400rpm even in the arena of giving data that can cause stutter with OP having a decent amount of ram....I don't have the game installed to test for OP but I do know 5400rpm drives and gaming are normally a NO-NO and with testing from the OP ssd with no issue I have to agree with getting a better game drive. But maybe that 5400rpm drive is getting hot and choking and a look at Smart info would reveal if this is so.
 
Jetster said:
I don't completely buy that the HDD is causing it. Although s bigger ssd would be nice. Laptops ate prone to issues with gaming. Heat, poor graphics, bloatware. Can all cause this problem. Try lowering the resolution if it's ultra hd
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I have set the video settings to the lowest!
 
P4-630 said:
It's not exactly one of the faster cards though....
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I have pretty much the same set up as OP but do not have ArmA 3 GTA V or NBA 2K17 to test for him as I play Race games and can say Dirt Rally and DIrt3 and Assetto and Grid 2 and Grid AutouSport and have no issue with any stuttering...I only have the M.2 tho also I only have 8GB ram where OP has 16GB ram. Yes tho not the strongest card but still pretty capable.
 
HiTech_32 said:
I installed ArmA 3 (just for a try), on the SSD,and the stutterings have gone!
I run the game with the same video settings,by the way!
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Save up some cash to buy an SSD for your games.
 
Could be that pesky Windows Defender wrecking your HDD performance constantly. I couldn't use a laptop properly one time until I have disabled it.
 
Vya Domus said:
Could be that pesky Windows Defender wrecking your HDD performance constantly. I couldn't use a laptop properly one time until I have disabled it.
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yeah maybe because I do have a bit of stutter when I leave my Malewarebytes Premium running while gaming at least I did on Anniversary but have ritually disabled Malewarebytes Premium (while not touching Windows Defender) and haven't tested this scenario on Creators.
 
HiTech_32 said:
I use Kaspersky Total Security 2017
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try gaming once with it temporarily disabled and see if it gives that slow ass 5400rpm drive the bandwidth it needs. who knows it might be a quick fix until you can get a better gaming drive.
 
Please look at this video:

But it doesn't work for me,I don't know why.
Maybe you can help me!
I would be very grateful!
 
A lot of truth in the video (things that I originally over looked)so lets try this make sure Power Options in windows is set to "High Performance" and make sure the Nvidia Control Panel "Power Managment Mode"is set to Prefer Maximum Performance. And use an app of your choice to up the Systems Fan speed (I use ROG Gaming Center for that)Also set Vsync on with in the game and test again for stutter.



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Also for the harddrive issue try this Windows Power option/Change Plan Settings/Change advanced power settings/ and then this
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I use the above settings on my laptop minus the hardrive being set to never shut off because my m.2 drive does not have any bandwidth issues. My laptop is a ASUS GL553VW 15.6" Gaming Laptop NVIDIA GTX 960M 4GB Intel Core i56300HQ 8GB DDR4
 
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And watch temps
 
DRDNA said:
A lot of truth in the video so lets try this make sure Power Options in windows is set to "High Performance" and make sure the Nvidia Control Panel "Power Managment Mode"is set to Prefer Maximum Performance. And use an app of your choice to up the Systems Fan speed (I use ROG Gaming Center for that)Also set Vsync on with in the game and test again for stutter.



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Also for the harddrive issue try this Windows Power option/Change Plan Settings/Change advanced power settings/ and then this
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I use the above settings on my laptop minus the hardrive being set to never shut off because my m.2 drive does not have any bandwidth issues. My laptop is a ASUS GL553VW 15.6" Gaming Laptop NVIDIA GTX 960M 4GB Intel Core i56300HQ 8GB DDR4
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Well I can honestly say that now is better with your settings! Maybe just some little and short stutters,but very rare!
I think that we're very close to the final solution!

Maybe a tweak in Nvidia Inspector,or the Nvidia Control Panel Settings for ArmA 3?

I would please you if you could help me with that too!

:)
 
HiTech_32 said:
Well I can honestly say that now is better with your settings! Maybe just some little and short stutters,but very rare!
I think that we're very close to the final solution!

Maybe a tweak in Nvidia Inspector,or the Nvidia Control Panel Settings for ArmA 3?

I would please you if you could help me with that too!

:)
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Good to hear things are getting better but I do not have that game to fiddle with I wish I could help more! Maybe there are some ArmA 3 people here that can help optimize ArmA 3 game settings.

Thank you to Jetster for getting me thinking more on this and the video you posted.
Jetster said:
I don't completely buy that the HDD is causing it. Although s bigger ssd would be nice. Laptops ate prone to issues with gaming. Heat, poor graphics, bloatware. Can all cause this problem. Try lowering the resolution if it's ultra hd
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