newly built computer slow

i just built myself a new computer, it runs awesome but iv had it for a week now and its starting to become slow.. i have a WAY better computer then my friends and they have better ping/latency on games.. and we all have the same internet provider.. would anyone know what the problem is? the only thing i would think is that.... um does anyone have an amd 64? well thats what i have and you know the part where you have the "lock" the heatsink/fan on? you turn that lever and it locks in place better? well.. i didnt do that part b/c i thought if i twisted it any farther it would of broke b/c i was turning it pretty hard so i just didnt do that part; it seems very secere already but i dont know.. another thing.. my harddrive.. i have a ATA hdd and its fine but.. you guys know when you plug in a external hdd or a mp3 player to your computer? theres a icon at the bottom.. a green arrow? so you can safely remove the device? well i have that icon there ALL the time and i checked to see what it was and it was my hard drive.. im sure thats not suppose to be there.. can anyone help me please? thanks!

 

"well i have that icon there ALL the time"

If you have a SATA drive that's what that is. I would just ignore it.

You might want to post the temps of your CPU. You can use Everest.

 

alrighty ill do that

Motherboard:
CPU Type AMD Athlon 64, 2200 MHz (11 x 200) 3500+
Motherboard Name Asus A8N-SLI (3 PCI, 2 PCI-E x1, 2 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN)
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce4 SLI, AMD Hammer
System Memory 1024 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award (06/16/05)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)
Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 6800 (256 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 6800 PCI-E
Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB] (1408148722)
Storage:
IDE Controller NVIDIA CK804 ADMA Controller (v2.7)
IDE Controller NVIDIA CK804 ADMA Controller (v2.7)
IDE Controller NVIDIA CK804 Parallel ATA Controller (v2.7)
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive WDC WD800JD-00JRC0 (74 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive SONY DVD RW DW-Q28A


there ya go

 

so basically what your saying is, your heat sink isnt attached to your cpu, causing it to over heat, and slowing it down. you answerd your own questions.

 

"A64 3700+ 1mb L2 SDiego" ... i see that you have a amd 64 also... well you kno when you have to lock the heatsink on? you twist that lever? well i put the heatsink on.. i just didnt lock it b/c i thought it was going to break if i did it any harder

 

you HAVE to lock it in place, if its not locking in your putting something in wrong, which in this case is probably the heatsink orientation.

 

are you serious? i HAVE to have that locked in? well iv tryed tons of time and i cant seen to get the lever turned around the whole way

 

X_40's_X, if you're talking about the system that attaches the heatsink/fan to the processor socket -- yes, that has to be properly fastened. It does take a firm pressure to do that.

It's designed to put some pressure on the heatsink to force it into firm contact with the CPU die. Without that pressure, you won't get proper heat transfer from the CPU die to the heatsink. Your CPU chip then runs hot, and will slow down (or stop) to protect itself if necessary.

The interface between the CPU die and the bottom of the heatsink is critical for proper heat transfer. You must have a good thermal paste or pad between the CPU die, but that material must be as thin as possible without getting air in there -- even in microscopic quantities.

Omegamerc is right -- if you have to force it, something is wrong.

~Pyrate~ suggested that you post your CPU temps. How about it?

 

oh.... omg ... well how do i post my CPU temps? i have everest.. just only used it a couple times

 

i dont kno where to find the temps at.. lol god i feel dumb but i just downloaded speedfan.. are the temps on the right side? that say "temp 1, temp 2, temp 3"?

 

yes! thanks.. alright i got it

Temperatures
Motherboard 40 °C (104 °F)
CPU 39 °C (102 °F)
GPU 42 °C (108 °F)
GPU Ambient 35 °C (95 °F)
WDC WD800JD-00JRC0 41 °C (106 °F)

there are my temps

 

Your temperature is fine and well within range, however, is that when the machine has been under load, or when it's been idle?

Place the machine under load or get it to run slow, then immediately check the temps.

 

ok i tryed to make it slow.. i ran 5 internet pages, programs AIM, MSN, xfire, steam, limewire and yahoo, and games Runescape, Counter-Strike:Source, and F.E.A.R. ..

Motherboard 39 °C (102 °F)
CPU 40 °C (104 °F)
GPU 41 °C (106 °F)
GPU Ambient 35 °C (95 °F)
WDC WD800JD-00JRC0 44 °C (111 °F)

 

It's definitely not overheating if those temperatures are accurate.

It's well within normal range, and it's actually quiet good, so I suggest you look elsewhere.

 

ohh.. well i have no idea what the problem is now

 

well i just plugged in my old computer and it doesnt freeze on runescape like my new computer does.. like at start up of the game.. and i get about 20 less ping/latency on my old computer on counter-strike.. wonder if its something with my internet?