Slow Performance with State of the Art PC

[Norman Rosenthal]

I have a brand new Dell Optiplex 280 PC 3.2 ghz with 512MG and 80GB SATA
Hard Drive. I have a USB Hub hooked up to it. My other pc is a 2.0 Ghz
with 512 Dimension 4550 and if we turn on at the same time the 2.0 gets to
the desktop quicker. Is it my USB Hub or is it something else that my PC
takes longer at Loading Personal Settings?

HELP

THanks

 

[Paul Smith]

I have a brand new Dell Optiplex 280 PC 3.2 ghz with 512MG and 80GB SATA
Hard Drive. I have a USB Hub hooked up to it. My other pc is a 2.0 Ghz
with 512 Dimension 4550 and if we turn on at the same time the 2.0 gets to
the desktop quicker. Is it my USB Hub or is it something else that my PC
takes longer at Loading Personal Settings?

CPU speed doesn't really make a lot of difference. RAM speed and size,
drive speed are the main factors there.

Service Pack 2 does increase loading time slightly in my experience, so you
might wanna make sure both machines are up to date with that, more programs
could be starting up on one of them so that could be why.

What speed drives are in the machines? The drive may also need
defragmenting (My Computer / Right click drive / properties / tools).

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[Norman Rosenthal]

They are both 7200 RPM

I have defragged both of them

 

[Paul Smith]

They are both 7200 RPM

I have defragged both of them

Yeah but different manufacturers and models can perform at totally different
speeds. The chipset on the motherboard and other traffic on the PCI bus can
have massive effect on drive speed.

You could check in msconfig (Start -> Run - type msconfig and hit enter).
Look under the startup tab more stuff you got loading slower it will be.

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Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
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[Norman Rosenthal]

Even with more memory and a faster processor!!!

Does my USB Hub have anything to do with it on 1 pc vs the other not having
one

 

[Guest]

This sounds like a DHCP problem maybe

Your new PC may be trying to connect to the network and failing. Try
running the network set up wizzard with the correct setting for your
situation.

 

[Paul Smith]

Even with more memory and a faster processor!!!

Yup, loading time is 95% hard drive.

I've got 2 Hitcahi 7K250 drives setup in RAID-0, that helps a lot.

Does my USB Hub have anything to do with it on 1 pc vs the other not
having one

I doubt it. How long are you talking to load Windows?

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Yeovil, UK.
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[Rock]

Even with more memory and a faster processor!!!

Does my USB Hub have anything to do with it on 1 pc vs the other not having
one

Disconnect the hub and find out.

 

[Norman Rosenthal]

It takes about a minute and about 40 seconds to shut down. Same with Hub
or WIthout apparently

 

[Norman Rosenthal]

I know the newer PC has a better chipset and faster