Gigabyte SATA and seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB

[dean_ham]

Spec is as follows
Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit Scythe Ninja Plus Rev.B Heatpipe CPU Cooler
HIS ATI Radeon X1900 XT ICEQ 3 SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI

When starting my pc (windows xp home) it seems so sluggish and i only built the system 2 weeks ago. I serriously expected a massive jump in performance compared to my old celeron 2.4ghz 512ram but i honestly would say that the windows performance is just the same!!! But on the other hand im getting 100+fps in css with everything high and im getting 5500 in 3d marks 06.

im sure its something to do with my harddrive because every time i have a slow down the HDD light on the case is on clicking away. and the cpu speed is at like 5-10% when viewing it in task manager!


Ive tried installing the SATA controller drivers off the mboard website (gigabyte) but with no differance in performance...

any ideas guys!?

 

[dean_ham]

thanks guys, ive removed the jumper but still very very slow! ill try an intel driver... any idea what one do i use? Cheers

 

[dean_ham]

Tried installing the intel sata controller and it wouldnt leave me install it, sure its the correct controller. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Removed the jumper and its just as slow!!!

this is the hd tach... are the drops normal??