Hi,
This problem is really bugging me.
I have an Asus P5N-E SLI coupled with a e5400 clocked at 3.8ghz. Everything is stable and with decent temps.
Everything is fast, except when there is any sort of hard drive access or transfer between hard drives.
For example, right now, I am transfering quite a few gig across from one hard drive to another, both on sata. CPU usage is hovering around 5-10%. But my pc feels like the CPU is at 100% and even browsing the internet is slower. I am logged into MSN messenger, but loading up the messenger window to see which contacts are online takes ages, with a lot of hard drive thrashing. Loading firefox to post this took 4 times the amount of time it usually does.
Both of these programs, as is windows, is on a seperate hard drive that is not being read from or transferred to in the copying.
My only suspicion is that there is not enough bandwidth somehow at the northbridge to accommodate the file transfer and normal PC usage?
Has anyone had this problem before.
As basically at the moment I have 2 cpu cores sitting at 3.8 ghz but when there is any sort of hard drive access I might as well be running a celeron.
This problem is really bugging me.
I have an Asus P5N-E SLI coupled with a e5400 clocked at 3.8ghz. Everything is stable and with decent temps.
Everything is fast, except when there is any sort of hard drive access or transfer between hard drives.
For example, right now, I am transfering quite a few gig across from one hard drive to another, both on sata. CPU usage is hovering around 5-10%. But my pc feels like the CPU is at 100% and even browsing the internet is slower. I am logged into MSN messenger, but loading up the messenger window to see which contacts are online takes ages, with a lot of hard drive thrashing. Loading firefox to post this took 4 times the amount of time it usually does.
Both of these programs, as is windows, is on a seperate hard drive that is not being read from or transferred to in the copying.
My only suspicion is that there is not enough bandwidth somehow at the northbridge to accommodate the file transfer and normal PC usage?
Has anyone had this problem before.
As basically at the moment I have 2 cpu cores sitting at 3.8 ghz but when there is any sort of hard drive access I might as well be running a celeron.