Overheating can cause a CPU to step down in order to save itself. As well,about that 24 gigs of RAM...what type of modules and how are they configured? There are no identical pair sets that add up to 24 gigs so you must have a mixture. In such cases, we try to find two identical modules of largest size, pair them, and remove the rest just to test.
My computer specs are
i7 930
24gb ram
2gb 760gt graphics card
Ok so my computer is about 4 years old now and I feel like something is wrong. My computer is very slow doing stuff it use to do pretty efficiently. I download a lot which I understands corrupts the computer but every so often I restore my computer to factory settings, re install the OS and even afterwards it still feels slow.
I dont get the frame rate I use to, and loading times are just insane. I have looked at the CPU and memory usage and both are pretty low but the speed is just not there anymore.
I feel like the Hard Drive is going out, its the only thing I can think of that would affect the loading times and why even after a system restore the load times and performance is hampered.
So my question is do you think this is the problem? If so what do you recommend? I know SSD is probably the way to go but storage is an issue, I have 500gb right now and contantly have to uninstall stuff to make sure I dont go into the red. So I would think and SSD with a HD would work but have never done that before. What do I put on the SSD and what do I put on the HD, most of the stuff is games and programs on my computer. What are some good recommendations for SSD or SSD/HD combo?

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