160GB Hard drive Pentium 4, running slow?

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I have a partitioned hard drive (C) (D). Pentium 4, and a GeForce Grapics
Card. I have about 120GB of free space on my hard drive and when i run
numerous programs or just two or three it takes a while for all programs to
load up. I am disappointed because i taught Pentium4 was supposed to be fast!
Is that all Intel has to offer!! Like the computer is only new and it should
not be like this.

Any idea's?
 
Thomas Colgan said:
I have a partitioned hard drive (C) (D). Pentium 4, and a GeForce Grapics
Card. I have about 120GB of free space on my hard drive and when i run
numerous programs or just two or three it takes a while for all programs
to
load up. I am disappointed because i taught Pentium4 was supposed to be
fast!
Is that all Intel has to offer!! Like the computer is only new and it
should
not be like this.

Any idea's?
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Tell us more about the drive such as:

Buffer size
RPM
Interface
Make
Model
Buss Speed

All of these have more to do with your problem that the CPU.

Jim
 
When new computers are purchased jim don't you think that all these should be
configured correctly, so if a new user to computers purchased a New PC and
are told that they have to modify changes to all the things you mentioned..
don't you think they would send the computer back in an outrage! well thanks
anyway for your advice lucky for me i am advanced and are able to do these
changes. The SRAM should be ok because it operates very quickly and is
usually used as cache memory. So i hope the DRAM is ok because it serves as
the main memory element in most computers! Thanks anyway jim for helping me a
bit.
 
Thomas Colgan said:
I have a partitioned hard drive (C) (D). Pentium 4, and a GeForce Grapics
Card. I have about 120GB of free space on my hard drive and when i run
numerous programs or just two or three it takes a while for all programs to
load up. I am disappointed because i taught Pentium4 was supposed to be fast!
Is that all Intel has to offer!! Like the computer is only new and it should
not be like this.

Any idea's?
Click to expand...
When new computers are purchased jim don't you think that all these should be
configured correctly, so if a new user to computers purchased a New PC and
are told that they have to modify changes to all the things you mentioned..
don't you think they would send the computer back in an outrage! well thanks
anyway for your advice lucky for me i am advanced and are able to do these
changes. The SRAM should be ok because it operates very quickly and is
usually used as cache memory. So i hope the DRAM is ok because it serves as
the main memory element in most computers! Thanks anyway jim for helping me a
bit.
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You would THINK computer manufacturers would configure their machines correctly,
but some do not. Also, your choice of hardware in addition to the CPU can cause
"choke points" elsewhere in the system. A cheap, slow hard drive will restrict
the CPU's access to the data on the disc...

Without further information on the specifics of your system, we cannot help you
much. For example, if the CPU is not dual core or hyperthreaded, it can only
run one process at a time. If one program "hogs" CPU time with its process, all
the rest have to wait.
 
Thomas Colgan said:
When new computers are purchased jim don't you think that all these should
be
configured correctly, so if a new user to computers purchased a New PC and
are told that they have to modify changes to all the things you
mentioned..
don't you think they would send the computer back in an outrage! well
thanks
anyway for your advice lucky for me i am advanced and are able to do these
changes. The SRAM should be ok because it operates very quickly and is
usually used as cache memory. So i hope the DRAM is ok because it serves
as
the main memory element in most computers! Thanks anyway jim for helping
me a
bit.
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Sorry, I didn't mention any changes. The buffer I did mention is located on
the electronics board in the disk drive. Working on the SRAM and DRAM may
make a difference, but it will not help the disk throughput nearly as much
as a big buffer there. My Dell was delivered with a 40GB drive that had a
2MB buffer. Just changing a drive with an 8MB buffer made a very
significant difference in the performance of the computer.

Jim
 
Processor>x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 1 GenuineIntel~3060 Mhz
SMBIOS Version>2.3
Total Physical Memory>1,024.00 MB
Available Physical Memory>592.49MB
Total Virtual Memory>2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory>1.96 GB
Page File Space>2.40 GB
 
Hyperthreading enabled?

Hard Disk information?

Applications you're trying to run?

Networked? Internet access type?
 
I got my friend to check out my computer and he fixed it. Your headings and
questions helped him solve the problem. Thank you
 
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