Computer taking really long to load and is slow in general

AMD 8350 stock with jet engine technology

Asus 770

750 bronze certified

Asus m5a97 LE 

seagate 1tb hdd

cooler master haf 912

team vulcan ram

My friend has this problem with his computer where it will take up to an hour to load windows and when it does the desktop icons take very long to load. When the icons do load and he tries to get into something, it takes forever. We spent 20 minutes waiting for the pictures folder to open. I did a fresh install of windows and it fixed the problem temporarily, then it went back to being slow. I also used a diagnostics program to see if the hard drive was failing and it said it was fine. I know that it isn't a software problem or a virus or driver issue because the fresh re-install of windows didn't do anything. I'm thinking it's the piece of shit motherboard with bad VRM cooling. (I've had trouble with it in the past and regret ever putting in their builds.) Any thoughts?

 

dying hard drive.

 

what is jet engine technology?

i do hope it is a dying hard drive and jet engine technology is stock AMD heatsinks

Asus m5a97 LE 

I wouldn't pair that up with anything higher than a FX-4350(maybe a FX-6300).  Definitely not an FX-8350.  It indeed has very little cooling and a weak power delivery system.

Also, consider getting a good 120GB SSD.

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Hearer is the few steps where we can follow in order to improve

Method 1 :

Also you can try to boot the computer in safe mode and check if you face similar issue

Steps to boot to safe mode:

1.       Restart the computer.

2.       Immediately after the screen goes blank for the first time, or after the BIOS post ends.

3.       Start taping the F8 key repeatedly. The Windows Advanced Options menu appears.

(If the menu does not appear, restart the computer and try again. If the Keyboard has a F-Lock key, it may be necessary to press it first - QUICKLY before pressing the F8 Key. This will have to be done quickly before tapping the F8 key repeatedly.)

4.       Select safe mode and press enter

5.       Try booting to the desktop

Start your computer in safe mode

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/323ef48f-7b93-4079-a48a-5c58eec904a11033.mspx

 Method II :

I would suggest you to boot the computer in clean boot i.e. disable non Microsoft services.

The purpose of disabling non Microsoft services is to check if any of these services is

Causing the issue. Follow the steps below to boot the computer in clean boot:

Perform clean boot and check if you have the issue.

1.       Click Start, type msconfig in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.

      If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Continue.

2.       On the General tab, click Selective Startup.

3.       Under Selective Startup, click to clear the Load Startup Items check box.

4.       Click the Services tab, click to select the Hide All Microsoft Services check box, and then click Disable All.

5.       Click OK.

6.       When you are prompted, click Restart.

7.       After the computer starts, check whether the problem is resolved.

Reset the computer to start as usual

After you have finished troubleshooting, follow these steps to reset the computer to start as usual:

1.       Click Start, type msconfig.exe in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.

           If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type your password, or click Continue.

2.       On the General tab, click the Normal Startup option, and then click OK.

3.       When you are prompted to restart the computer, click Restart.

 If the issue is resolved check which third party is causing the problem, referring the link given below?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135

To help troubleshoot error messages and other issues, you can start Windows 7 by using a minimal set of drivers and startup programs. This kind of startup is known as a "clean boot." A clean boot helps eliminate software conflicts."

Sounds like the long load issue in windows 7 I had this a few times. It's a software/driver issue. It's a real pain to fix sometimes. This route is not always a guaranteed fix, but googling "windows 7 long load" gets a number of fixes. It also plagued Vista.

from link "http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-performance/windows-7-is-extremely-slow-to-boot/0fc66916-690a-4901-bc47-adf77e8f3a6f"  

AH crap, I didn't read the re-install part.. ermm omit

Pretty obvious that there is an issue with the hdd or windows install. Run hdd diagnostics - if drive faulty - replace it. Else backup anything important and re-install. Also worth doing the other tests for shits and giggles - memtest etc. I also agree with technoob that your board is well under spec for the 8350. 

Did a test with seatools and had bad sectors. He's getting a new hard drive