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System Name | Home Desktop |
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Processor | AMD FX-6300 Piledriver 3.5GHz |
Motherboard | Gigabyte G8-78LMT-S2P |
Cooling | Out-of-the-box cooler |
Memory | 4GB of Corsair VS2GB 1333D3 |
Video Card(s) | Saphire R7 250 1GB GDDR5 |
Storage | Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002 SATA 3 |
Display(s) | ACER V173 17" |
Case | Novatech |
Audio Device(s) | Onboard |
Power Supply | Novatech 750W |
Software | Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit |
Hi,
I've recently built a desktop PC for my home to the following specs (same as in the drop down menu to the left under my name)
CPU: AMD Piledriver FX6 3.6GHz
MOBO: Gigabyte G8-7LMT-S2P
RAM: Corsair 2 x 2GB of 1333MHz DDR3
Video Card: AMD Radeon HD 6450
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 500Gb
PSU: Novatech 750W
O/S: Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit
Ever since I first built the machine, the boot time (from power on to desktop appearing and all startup programs like firewall etc being ready) has been around 1m30s. From what I've heard - perhaps wrongly - is that with these specs I should be expecting things to be a little faster than that. So, I set out and started removing programs from the start up section of msconfig with no significant change to the boot time. I turned off all the extra shiny bits in windows, like the aero theme - no change still. I've updated the BIOS, run malware/spyware/virus scans and still nothing. I've defragged the HDD and still no change. Can anyone suggest something I might have missed? I don't know if its relevant or not but I do NOT have a user account setup in Windows. Could this be causing a problem? I should point out I've not tried overclocking as I only have an out-of-the-box cooler at present.
Any ideas would be great.
In advance, thanks
I've recently built a desktop PC for my home to the following specs (same as in the drop down menu to the left under my name)
CPU: AMD Piledriver FX6 3.6GHz
MOBO: Gigabyte G8-7LMT-S2P
RAM: Corsair 2 x 2GB of 1333MHz DDR3
Video Card: AMD Radeon HD 6450
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 500Gb
PSU: Novatech 750W
O/S: Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit
Ever since I first built the machine, the boot time (from power on to desktop appearing and all startup programs like firewall etc being ready) has been around 1m30s. From what I've heard - perhaps wrongly - is that with these specs I should be expecting things to be a little faster than that. So, I set out and started removing programs from the start up section of msconfig with no significant change to the boot time. I turned off all the extra shiny bits in windows, like the aero theme - no change still. I've updated the BIOS, run malware/spyware/virus scans and still nothing. I've defragged the HDD and still no change. Can anyone suggest something I might have missed? I don't know if its relevant or not but I do NOT have a user account setup in Windows. Could this be causing a problem? I should point out I've not tried overclocking as I only have an out-of-the-box cooler at present.
Any ideas would be great.
In advance, thanks