Okay here's the problem. My old x86 PC seems like its faster than my new x64 PC. It's brand new, nothing changed, only programs used. It has 300GB of HDD space, and currently 135GB free, however my old PC had 500GB of space but only 25GB of space and it loaded up faster than this new PC.

 

x64 Specs:

i5 2320 @ 3.0GHz

8GB RAM

HD6670 2GB

300GB HDD

 

x86 Specs:

D820 @ 2.4GHz

2GB RAM

Radeon HD 5450 Low Profile 1GB

500GB HDD

 

Any ideas, thoughts?

Okay here's the problem. My old x86 PC seems like its faster than my new x64 PC. It's brand new, nothing changed, only programs used. It has 300GB of HDD space, and currently 135GB free, however my old PC had 500GB of space but only 25GB of space and it loaded up faster than this new PC.

Maybe the new HDD is a little bit slower, but that shouldnt increase the startup time significantly, so try what the box suggested.

If you want fast boot time, you might want to get a SSD.

Anyway, x64 was the right choice since you have 8GB of ram...

Theoritically every x86 aplication will be slower on x64 system, that is why you should prefer x64 applications.

 

Anyway, speaking about the loading time - it can be affected by many things, like what applications run on startup, you can use tools like CCleaner to check that.

Loading times are completely harddrive based in this situation as both of the processors are powerful enough. Did you try moving your old HD to the new computer? I usually do that so that now I have like 2TB of room over 4 drives.

Theoritically every x86 aplication will be slower on x64 system, that is why you should prefer x64 applications.

 

Anyway, speaking about the loading time - it can be affected by many things, like what applications run on startup, you can use tools like CCleaner to check that.

 

Used it, alongside malwarebytes. I use very minimal applications, and I'm talking about the starting windows, and the welcome screen. Starting windows stays for 3-4 mins, and welcome screen for 45 secs max. Then I need to wait for all programs to load up, about 2 minutes but thats normal. x86 system used to perform this within about 3 minutes altogether. Thanks BTW

 

Maybe the new HDD is a little bit slower, but that shouldnt increase the startup time significantly, so try what the box suggested.

If you want fast boot time, you might want to get a SSD.

Anyway, x64 was the right choice since you have 8GB of ram...

 

I did lol, like I said above, and SSD isn't something I need, I used to have fast loading times, but this new PC seems almost like a bitch :x I'm not saying that the PC is rubbish, I love compared to the old system I owned, but before I used to be able to print coursework off the PC before going to college, but now I need to wait so long, to check email and print off work! Thanks for contributing

 

Theoritically every x86 aplication will be slower on x64 system, that is why you should prefer x64 applications.

 

Anyway, speaking about the loading time - it can be affected by many things, like what applications run on startup, you can use tools like CCleaner to check that.

Loading times are completely harddrive based in this situation as both of the processors are powerful enough. Did you try moving your old HD to the new computer? I usually do that so that now I have like 2TB of room over 4 drives.

 

Yeah it's a slave IDE drive. It seems to be ticking a lot and now doesnt appear in Computer. Any ideas? Plus a beeping noise as if to say a hardware problem has occurred now seems to happen. Could you figure it out?

 

Thanks for contributing, Much apprieciated!

I know what you mean. I had that issue for a while on my x64 PC.

 

Anyway, you should try Windows 8 with it's new fast boot. In fact it boots so fast I actually had to disable it or else my USB hub would go crazy.

I know what you mean. I had that issue for a while on my x64 PC.

 

Anyway, you should try Windows 8 with it's new fast boot. In fact it boots so fast I actually had to disable it or else my USB hub would go crazy.

weird

 

anyway...my pc always loads slow....so i just put it on sleep mode instead of turning it all the way off

Why would anyone even shut down their system when S3 mode has been reliably supported on all systems for years? Heck, even Linux seems able to use S3 these days...

I know what you mean. I had that issue for a while on my x64 PC.

 

Anyway, you should try Windows 8 with it's new fast boot. In fact it boots so fast I actually had to disable it or else my USB hub would go crazy.

No windows 8, whatsoever lol.

 

Why would anyone even shut down their system when S3 mode has been reliably supported on all systems for years? Heck, even Linux seems able to use S3 these days...

 

S3? I was reading up on it and its a sleep power management isn't it? The thing is though, I have trouble explaining Hibernation to my family, they think it still uses power; is this true? Does it still use power? If so, will it affect the PC as in too much hibernation might hurt it? Or is it just fine? Thanks BTW

Why would anyone even shut down their system when S3 mode has been reliably supported on all systems for years? Heck, even Linux seems able to use S3 these days...

 

S3? I was reading up on it and its a sleep power management isn't it? The thing is though, I have trouble explaining Hibernation to my family, they think it still uses power; is this true? Does it still use power? If so, will it affect the PC as in too much hibernation might hurt it? Or is it just fine? Thanks BTW

 

Hibernation does not consume any power whatsoever. It merely "freezes" every process that's going on, and continues them on startup.

 

Think of it as saving your progress in an adventure game.

unless your computer has a little blinking light on it like mine >.<....but its just an led...so basically no power

unless your computer has a little blinking light on it like mine >.<....but its just an led...so basically no power

S3 mode generally uses twice the amount of power a turned off system uses - mainly also powers USB devices that request to remain powered. S4 (hibernate-to-disk, where you will see the BIOS POST and such on boot) is the same as a full 'off' state as far as power and such go.