I've been noticing that my PC has been unusually slow for the past few days, and it's starting to frustrate me. Certain applications like Photoshop and Fortnite are crashing frequently, which is a bit puzzling since they don't seem related. Here's a rundown of my system specs: I've got a 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900KS processor, 32GB of RAM, and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 12GB graphics card, along with a 1TB SSD and a 2TB HDD running on Windows 11.
I don't suspect it's a space issue, as I have 188GB free on my SSD and 1.26TB on my HDD. A couple of months back, I ran into a boot problem that turned out to be related to my RAM channels and an I2C slot, which was fixed due to oxidation concerns since I live in a humid area. I'm hoping to find out what might be causing the current slowdown and crashes.
2 Answers
Looks like your PC is taking some 'coffee breaks' when you launch heavy apps! Try doing a clean reinstall of your NVIDIA driver by following the official guide. After that, reboot and see if the crashes for Photoshop and Fortnite go away. If that doesn’t fix it, you might need to repair Windows using the DISM and SFC commands.
First thing you might want to do is check your hard drive's health using CrystalDiskInfo. Given the humidity issues you've had, it might also be worth reseating your drives to ensure proper connections. Just a heads up, free space on your drives isn't directly related to the RAM; they're quite different.
Oohh okay, I’m gonna do that. Thank you!!
Done it, disk C is good with 97% and disk D is also good, showing no issues. Temperature-wise, they’re both fine at 38 and 32 degrees Celsius.
Thanks!! I’ll check the guides and do it.