The new Ryzen setup is acting oddly slow and unresponsive.
The new Ryzen setup is acting oddly slow and unresponsive.
Apologies to the mods, I'm new here and I thought since the problem can't be narrowed down at the moment, I thought I'd post under the Windows 10 board. I've moved to a new PC and onto Windows 10 for the first time. I've had issues since day one. I had recurring BSODs and turned out that the RAM I was using was incompatible with Ryzen. So, I switched it out for one on the approved list, so the BSODs stopped but everything is laggy and unresponsive now. Be it gaming or work, both of which I do from my desktop. I use a proprietary cloud app that runs over Chrome for my subtitling work and I can have word docs or PDFs open. Everything will stop and take a few seconds to respond when I try to switch from one app to another or even just hit the cortana button or the start button. Selecting text takes a while and sometimes, even the text tends to appear onscreen with a lag as I type. Games have a similar issue. Everything will come to a halt for something to load in the background(though I can't see any assets loading that's visible) The problem is most acute in Dark Souls 2. Though it exists to varying degrees in Burnout Remastered and the Witcher 3 as well. I haven't got any other games installed at the moment. I moved from an seven year old PC running Windows 7 to this. And while the old PC had it's issues it never behaved this way. I've used all the same apps and games on it as well. The graphic card being the only constant. For possible clues, I've noticed that the response times, as indicated by the task manager, can shoot up to thousands of milliseconds for the SSD which is my primary drive. Windows 10 is also always stuck pending install of the same update. I've reset the PC three times now in the last three weeks since building it. I've also heard Ryzen needs a specific power profile and it can cause issues if it isn't using that profile. Driver conflict is one thing that's been nagging me and the back of my mind. Specs: Ryzen 2600X MSI X470 Gaming Plus mobo Corsair Vengeance-2400hz-A single 16 gb stick Gigabyte GTX960(6gb of VRAM) Kingston 480 GB SSD Seagate 2TB HDD WD 1TB HDD(My old Win 7 drive) Zebronics 650W PSU Win 10 x64 Pro Thanks in advance to any insights. I wanted to post screenshots from CPU-Z and my BIOS settings but I'm in the middle of several deadlines right now and I will try to post any requested info ASAP. Update: 1) If the issue is with my SSD, primary drive, how can I be sure? 2) Some people have suggested that my single channel frequency and RAM frequency could be the issue. Can anyone please suggest a more ideal config? Preferably not too expensive. Update 2: The problem was with Windows update constantly performing write operations on the SSD and being stuck in a loop.
The Zebronics PSU seems questionable; switching to a model from a trusted manufacturer would be wise. Additionally, on /r/AMD, many users noted lag issues only when using one RAM stick, but adding a second improved performance because Ryzen systems benefit from dual-channel memory.
Absolutely, I'm in favor of the dual channel setup. I believe using two 8GB drives will improve performance significantly.
I've previously owned a similar SMPS from Zebronics in an old PC for seven years without any problems. Of course, I was running a Z68 and a Core i5 2500K, but I also had a GTX560 at one point which was quite power-hungry. It worked fine then. While it might seem risky, Zebronics is considered reliable in my region. The single RAM stick has been on my thoughts lately; given current prices, I thought I'd purchase another one soon. I'll consider it later.
I used one stick of server RAM with identical specifications for a few days and it kept triggering BSODs, yet performance remained impressive. It feels odd that the same applications worked well in my older 8GB DDR3 setup on a less powerful Core i5 with inadequate cooling, while a newer system would struggle. Additionally, I thought Windows 10 was lighter than Windows 7.
The specifications of the new setup clearly show an improvement, yet many users have reported RAM problems with the Ryzen series. Even though the older i5 2500K was generally weaker, it didn’t face the same memory-related challenges. This suggests RAM might be the root cause of the current issue. Recently, BIOS updates seem to be addressing some of these memory concerns, which hopefully will resolve the matter soon. When I initially installed my Ryzen 5, the system would only reach 2400mhz at maximum, but now it smoothly operates at 3200mhz—though it may still favor dual-channel and slow single-channel performance.
You're wondering if someone you know has DDR4 to try with two units.