NEW PC RUNNING REALLY SLOW! reps for life if you can help me

[Hermworm]

I know exactly what you're experiencing and it happened to me too after I installed Microsoft word for some reason but went away after fresh install.

Things it could be

1. HDD most likely
2. Windows 8.1 sucks ass, in windows 7 I never had this problem
3. Ram . try each individually.

[shortythree]

I know exactly what you're experiencing and it happened to me too after I installed Microsoft word for some reason but went away after fresh install.

Things it could be

1. HDD most likely
2. Windows 8.1 sucks ass, in windows 7 I never had this problem
3. Ram . try each individually.

It is the HDD but only because Windows 8.1 is making it use 100% disk. Already tried the RAM thing and several clean installs

[MooseBrah]

From microsoft:

In Windows 8 or 8.1 laptop, sometimes CPU fan run very fast and make noise because Windows Module Installer Worker occupies CPU more than 50%.
In this case, you can solve the problem by changing windows update into manual mode.
How to do it:

Open services.msc (In Windows 8, WindowsKey+R and enter services.msc)
Search "Windows module installer".
Double click the "Windows module installer", and make it manual. It is usually set Automatic.
Search "Windows update".
Double click the "Windows update", and make it manual.
Open Control panel (click the right button of your mouse at the lower left of you display monitor or LCD, e.g., at the Windows logo. and then you can see control panel menu)
Click "Windows update"
In left you can see "Change settings"
Change the setting into "Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them". It is usually set automatic.
Reboot

[shortythree]

From microsoft:

In Windows 8 or 8.1 laptop, sometimes CPU fan run very fast and make noise because Windows Module Installer Worker occupies CPU more than 50%.
In this case, you can solve the problem by changing windows update into manual mode.
How to do it:

Open services.msc (In Windows 8, WindowsKey+R and enter services.msc)
Search "Windows module installer".
Double click the "Windows module installer", and make it manual. It is usually set Automatic.
Search "Windows update".
Double click the "Windows update", and make it manual.
Open Control panel (click the right button of your mouse at the lower left of you display monitor or LCD, e.g., at the Windows logo. and then you can see control panel menu)
Click "Windows update"
In left you can see "Change settings"
Change the setting into "Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them". It is usually set automatic.
Reboot

already did this (minus the reboot), the disk usage goes down to 2-10% but then it goes up to 99% again with some other program right after. Going to try restarting like you suggested

[shortythree]

fk man it didn't change anything. Disk drive usage does down then goes up to 100% and then down again, repeatedly

[MooseBrah]

Can you post a screen cap showing that it's using 100% of your cpu? You sure you got the difference between the cpu and hard drive usage right? Because windows is constantly using the hard drive and that shouldn't slow things down

Download the program CCleaner and run the cleaner and registry cleaner. Can think of any other suggestions but to go to google and browse though the tech forums. I googled windows 8.1 cpu 100% and it looks like this is a common problem with multiple solutions.

[SCAR-H]

Looks to be a common problem with Windows 8.1

Have you disabled SuperFetch and WindowsSearch?

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/disabl...h-prefetch-ssd

[shortythree]

Can you post a screen cap showing that it's using 100% of your cpu? You sure you got the difference between the cpu and hard drive usage right? Because windows is constantly using the hard drive and that shouldn't slow things down

Download the program CCleaner and run the cleaner and registry cleaner. Can think of any other suggestions but to go to google and browse though the tech forums. I googled windows 8.1 cpu 100% and it looks like this is a common problem with multiple solutions.

post 58&59

Even had a Microsoft technician remote control my pc and he couldn't fix it. There were no corrupt files or malware. Just a **** OS.

Got a refund right now. Good thing they accept digital returns. $70 for a piece of chit

[zeronotyethero]

Can't you just use windows 10 technical preview as your primary OS (until it officially comes out next month), and circumvent the windows 8.1 issues? Never done this myself, but shouldn't that help troubleshoot whether its an issue with windows 8.1? Legit curious (sorry if that's a potato question).

[shortythree]

Can't you just use windows 10 technical preview as your primary OS (until it officially comes out next month), and circumvent the windows 8.1 issues? Never done this myself, but shouldn't that help troubleshoot whether its an issue with windows 8.1? Legit curious (sorry if that's a potato question).

didn't have a preview option since 8.1 refused to update

[NetherRealm]

Time for chkdsk /f /r /x
Same thing happened to me turns out nothing was wrong Windows 8.1 just really really sucks ass.

[crosso]

cant hurt trying windows 7

[SonicDust187]

Windows 7 is good. Too bad a SP2 version never came out.

[shortythree]

Gonna go buy windows 7

[PisseninMisc]

What are you comparing your performance too anyway? Is your new PC slower than an older one or one that you use at work/school?

Try Windows 7 and report back. You can probably install one without a CD key for 30 days to try it out if I remember correctly. See if that changes things. If you determine that it's definitely the hard drive just live with it for a couple of months and save some cash to get a SSD. They're going for 100-200 bucks nowadays for 256-512gb and it's definitely a great upgrade. Even if you resolve your issue I'd recommend saving up for a SSD as soon as possible. It will make life better, trust.

[InstantLoser]

Gonna go buy windows 7

Buy Windows 7.. gah..

[wings_unhinged]

Run memtest. Swap out your RAM sticks to isolate the errors if there are any.

Try a "LiveCD" to rule out any HDD-related issues.

It's definitely not because you decided to go with 8.1 instead of 7.

[msharingan]

Damn man, hope Windows 7 fixes your issue...nothing like a new build not working properly.

Just sitting there listening for beeps and monitoring temperatures thinking

[bee su]

pc stufff is free. cant believe ppl buy.

[pondus_levo]

It's too bad you already gave up. It was most likely due to the generic drivers that 8.1 is packaged with. You should have updated all your chipset drivers.

http://us.msi.com/support/mb/Z97_PC_...ml#down-driver

Changing your power plan to high performance may have given you enough resources to actually do the installs.

I had this happen with an older Dell laptop, but it was not designed for 8.1 so there were no drivers.

[shortythree]

It's too bad you already gave up. It was most likely due to the generic drivers that 8.1 is packaged with. You should have updated all your chipset drivers.

http://us.msi.com/support/mb/Z97_PC_...ml#down-driver

Changing your power plan to high performance may have given you enough resources to actually do the installs.

I had this happen with an older Dell laptop, but it was not designed for 8.1 so there were no drivers.

I installed every driver from the msi website

[shortythree]

What are you comparing your performance too anyway? Is your new PC slower than an older one or one that you use at work/school?

Try Windows 7 and report back. You can probably install one without a CD key for 30 days to try it out if I remember correctly. See if that changes things. If you determine that it's definitely the hard drive just live with it for a couple of months and save some cash to get a SSD. They're going for 100-200 bucks nowadays for 256-512gb and it's definitely a great upgrade. Even if you resolve your issue I'd recommend saving up for a SSD as soon as possible. It will make life better, trust.

yeah much slower than my 5 year old pc. Where can I find an iso file for windows 7

[PisseninMisc]

I dunno, they used to have it on the MS website but it's been swapped with 8.1 to promote it. I'm not gonno tell you that I have any knowledge of how obtain windows 7 other than purchasing it... but son this is 2015 just look around a bit.

Slower than a 5 year old PC? I dunno mayne that does not sound right to me to be honest. Did you run Memtest yet? How about Scandisk?

[Cha0tic]

Not sure if you tried this op but I had the same issue, disabling superfetch in services helped.

[shortythree]

I dunno, they used to have it on the MS website but it's been swapped with 8.1 to promote it. I'm not gonno tell you that I have any knowledge of how obtain windows 7 other than purchasing it... but son this is 2015 just look around a bit.

Slower than a 5 year old PC? I dunno mayne that does not sound right to me to be honest. Did you run Memtest yet? How about Scandisk?

yeah scanned it. Didn't run memtest but as you can see from the screenshots the RAM was hardly being affected

Not sure if you tried this op but I had the same issue, disabling superfetch in services helped.

did that. Didn't help.

[East1600plus]

ill laugh hard if the whole reason was b/c of a faulty or low powered 600w PSU. If you dont have the juice nothings going to work

[shortythree]

ill laugh hard if the whole reason was b/c of a faulty or low powered 600w PSU. If you dont have the juice nothings going to work

I removed the r9 290 so it should work just fine

[NetherRealm]

yeah scanned it. Didn't run memtest but as you can see from the screenshots the RAM was hardly being affected

did that. Didn't help.

Did you turn off Fast Startup in your power options?

[Cha0tic]

Weird OP had that same issue with my custom gaming laptop from sager on windows 8, usage for cpu and disk usage would spike to 100% and that solved my issue.
Might be a hardware issue?

[HarryfromCali]

OP, IT brah checking in.... just like everyone else has stated, it sounds like hardware is going bad on your PC (it could be faulty since the parts are new, which isn't a surprise). I would run diagnostics like memtest and also download and burn onto a CD 'Ultimate Boot CD', it has all of the tools that you need to diagnose which part is failing (mobo, HDD, RAM, etc)