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Performance Issue - WoW - 100% HDD Usage - Laggy

xvi said:
WoW doesn't have much of anything in the way of registry entries or anything. You can move the folder wherever you like and it'll be perfectly happy. I've "installed" it a few times by just copying it off another computer and creating my own shortcut to the launcher.

The 10th anniversary achievements have been extended due to technical issues. Don't forget to get all your 10th anniversary loot!
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I've got The Corgi, the corehound mount, and the achiev Tarren Mill terror. Is that anything else?
 
Calebe Costa said:
I've got The Corgi, the corehound mount, and the achiev Tarren Mill terror. Is that anything else?
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Can't access the link due tho work pc now.
 
RCoon said:
Not 100% accurate. My file server has the OS (Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit), all updates plus basic software (streaming, codecs, media players, AV, parsing and decompressing software) all on a 60GB SSD with around 15GB spare. It is completely viable to use a 120GB SSD for OS and all the OP's software. I just don't install games on an SSD because I simply don't see the point. Not even on my main rig with a 256GB SSD. I probably installed all of 3 games on there, the rest go on a HDD.

He could fit his OS and software as well as WoW on a 120GB SSD, but not a lot else. WoW would take up more space than his OS overall.
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I just bought a new SSD 2 days ago, fresh format and installed windows Ultimate 7 64-bit and then did windows update as far as possible. At the time I posted my figures I was actually quoting my real life results at that time. So 100% accurate for me.


Calebe Costa, when the SSD arrives download the Crystal Disk Marks benchmark to check its performing as it should.
 
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Calebe Costa said:
Yaaaaaay SSD probably are comming today or tomorrow. I actually have Win 8 Pro. With some updates it can become 8.1 Pro. Will i have some problem with that?
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False alarm :(

Only monday probably.
 
Blue-Knight said:
Most postal services, especially the economic ones, does not ship on Saturdays. You will probably receive it on Monday.

Where are you from!? :confused:
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Brazil
 
Ops, I deleted the post exactly when your replied. I hate when that happens. :banghead:

Sorry! :D
 
Hey guys something wrong happened. I installed The new memories, but after starting Windows i realized that all usb stopped working and vga stopped work. Ethernet are workin and wi-fi pci are working. VGA Card are running but not turning on.

Conclusion VGA Card not Working and no USB port working.

I tried The old memories, but keep The same: Not work.

What happened?
 
Oh my bad. The main cord of MoBo was not fully in its place. Now everything working.

Well only memory was bought. The Liquid Cooling wasn't :'(

With the this new memory, what can i do to increase performance?

Like i said the SSD are most likely to come Monday.
 
Yaaaaaaaaay i turned of that memory pagination files (i think doesnt matter now) and now i can alt + tab WoW. :D
 
I understand now. The HDD usage aren't 100% constantly anymore. Only if a program are running. Well right now WoW are running and lots of tabs on Chrome. I can consider this the most stressing test of my computer. The taskmgr are showing 3.5GB of RAM usage.

So after all the main problem was the lack of memory. My computer are super fast again. Imagine with the SSD. Imagine with the liquid cooling also :D

Thanks for the help everybody.

When SSD comes i'll give another feedback.
 
Calebe Costa said:
I understand now. The HDD usage aren't 100% constantly anymore. Only if a program are running. Well right now WoW are running and lots of tabs on Chrome. I can consider this the most stressing test of my computer. The taskmgr are showing 3.5GB of RAM usage.

So after all the main problem was the lack of memory. My computer are super fast again. Imagine with the SSD. Imagine with the liquid cooling also :D

Thanks for the help everybody.

When SSD comes i'll give another feedback.
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That's because when the your computer runs low on memory it borrows from the page file. The page file is slow because its located on the hard disk drive which is almost 100x slower than RAM.

You only had 4GB. This is why the page file was so active. This is why we advised you to get more RAM.
 
Hey guys,

I was reading some reviews of budget cpu cooling and discovered that the Seidon 120V is better than the Corsair H55 Quiet, and this review

http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Cases-...uid-CPU-Cooler-Review/Cooling-Solutions-and-F

Shows that the Hyper 212 Evo is better than the 120V.

Offcourse here in my country Hyper 212 Evo is more cheaper than the Seidon 120V and H55.

My Mobo "accepts" peak clock of 4.2Ghz. By default is 2.80Ghz the next lvl is 3.6Ghz, 3.8, 4,0 and 4.2. I'm interested atm raise to 3.6 or even 3.8. When i am confident i could raise.

So, is there any better option of Hyper 212 Evo or Seidon 120V on the price Range? Or should i pick Hyper 212 Evo or Seidon 120V.

CM T4 is cheaper.
 
Calebe Costa said:
i believe i'll not have the maximum of my ssd.
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It would not make a big difference otherwise. No significant losses, I suppose.

If you want and can, get a SATA 6.0Gbps motherboard or a SATA 6.0Gbps controller.

Good luck!
 
Hey guys i'm with ssd now.

Since i changed to AHCI everything looks very slow. I do'nt know why.

The gaming fps are like 10fps.

What i did wrong? How to fix?
 
Dent1 said:
Run CrystalDiskMark what speeds do you get?


http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/index-e.html
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0.3 x64 (C) 2007-2013 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s]

Sequential Read : 277.035 MB/s
Sequential Write : 264.358 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 266.101 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 211.157 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 31.306 MB/s [ 7643.1 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 51.768 MB/s [ 12638.6 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 140.498 MB/s [ 34301.2 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 81.737 MB/s [ 19955.3 IOPS]

Test : 1000 MB [C: 67.5% (75.3/111.4 GB)] (x5)
Date : 2015/01/13 15:37:39
OS : Windows 8.1 Pro [6.3 Build 9600] (x64)
 
Calebe Costa said:
Dent1 i'll start all again. But this time i'll choose AHCI from beggining. And remove the mechanical one.
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When i say start, i mean format.
 
Calebe Costa said:
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0.3 x64 (C) 2007-2013 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s]

Sequential Read : 277.035 MB/s
Sequential Write : 264.358 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 266.101 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 211.157 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 31.306 MB/s [ 7643.1 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 51.768 MB/s [ 12638.6 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 140.498 MB/s [ 34301.2 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 81.737 MB/s [ 19955.3 IOPS]

Test : 1000 MB [C: 67.5% (75.3/111.4 GB)] (x5)
Date : 2015/01/13 15:37:39
OS : Windows 8.1 Pro [6.3 Build 9600] (x64)
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Your speeds might be a little low because you're running SATA II. But still a vast improvement over a traditional HDD.

I don't think the SSD is effecting the frame rate. This is more of a GPU issue. Have you installed the latest drivers etc.
 
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Hey guys. I bought yesterday the following itens:

Placa-mãe ASUS Micro ATX p/ Intel LGA 1150 B85M-E/BR, c/ HDMI, DisplayPort, Conector Serial e Paralela
Processador Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz 3MB LGA 1150 BX80646I34160

Probably arriving on tuesday or wednesday.

When all system set i'll give a feedback. Btw if i manage to go Orlando,FL on October i'll try to buy the GTX 960 or another DX 12 bound gpu.

See ya.

Hello,

I installed the new cpu and MoBo, and the first impressions were the OS and loading times nearly doubled on speed (almost take half of time).

The WoW performance increased, but i need more time to test and make a conclusion.
 
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