Ok, about a month ago, I bought this Asus m32cd-b09. I can't seem to put my finger on what is slow, but it just feels laggy. Things just seem to take the extra second or so to launch. Web browsing is slow. Scrolling in the web browser is extremely jumpy. The specs of this computer, it should fly.
I upgraded the hard drive immediately (basically voiding the warranty because the case is sealed)
but I put in a 1 TB SSD drive.
It has 12 GB RAM
i7 6700
Today, I changed the network from wireless to wired to the router.
I changed my performance setting from "let the computer decide" to "best performance."
I just went in the bios and changed it from non-turbo to turbo mode for the processor. I also changed power settings in windows from balanced to performance.
I watch my resources closely and none of the main resources ever get close to maxing out. The specs of this PC, in my opinion are stellar and this PC should be lightening fast, at least for basic navigating the PC and browsing the web....
I just googled for ideas and found one website that stated to make sure you plug your hard drive into a 6 GB/s SATA port instead of a 3 GB/s SATA port. I just opened my case and looked. All I have are 6 GB/s SATA ports. (Even though I am plugged into the same exact SATA port the factory drive was plugged into.)
Also, after trying the setup above for about a month and it not improving, I reloaded my OS from Windows 10 to Ubuntu 16. It's just as laggy. So, it tells me it's something with this PC. But the specs are too good for me to just say the PC is hopeless. The only thing I can think the CPU is almost top notch. It could use a little more memory but with the SSD, if it falls to virtual memory, the hard drive shouldn't be much slower. The only piece that makes sense to me to swap out is the motherboard. To me, it's the only unknown that might be subpar.
A few weeks ago, I sold my Lenovo Y70 laptop to basically use the money to buy this. One that PC did have a few annoying issues with it. But the performance of that laptop was way better than this PC. Laptops usually aren't as good as a full desktop performance wise (comparing like hardware).
I upgraded the hard drive immediately (basically voiding the warranty because the case is sealed)
but I put in a 1 TB SSD drive.
It has 12 GB RAM
i7 6700
Today, I changed the network from wireless to wired to the router.
I changed my performance setting from "let the computer decide" to "best performance."
I just went in the bios and changed it from non-turbo to turbo mode for the processor. I also changed power settings in windows from balanced to performance.
I watch my resources closely and none of the main resources ever get close to maxing out. The specs of this PC, in my opinion are stellar and this PC should be lightening fast, at least for basic navigating the PC and browsing the web....
I just googled for ideas and found one website that stated to make sure you plug your hard drive into a 6 GB/s SATA port instead of a 3 GB/s SATA port. I just opened my case and looked. All I have are 6 GB/s SATA ports. (Even though I am plugged into the same exact SATA port the factory drive was plugged into.)
Also, after trying the setup above for about a month and it not improving, I reloaded my OS from Windows 10 to Ubuntu 16. It's just as laggy. So, it tells me it's something with this PC. But the specs are too good for me to just say the PC is hopeless. The only thing I can think the CPU is almost top notch. It could use a little more memory but with the SSD, if it falls to virtual memory, the hard drive shouldn't be much slower. The only piece that makes sense to me to swap out is the motherboard. To me, it's the only unknown that might be subpar.
A few weeks ago, I sold my Lenovo Y70 laptop to basically use the money to buy this. One that PC did have a few annoying issues with it. But the performance of that laptop was way better than this PC. Laptops usually aren't as good as a full desktop performance wise (comparing like hardware).