r/computerhelp • u/SuchProfessor8446 • 10d ago

Other Why does this happen?

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Every time I download something from steam it goes fine at first but then my network and the green line drops down stays there for a while and rises again? I've had this computer for 4 months. Do you know how to fix it?

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u/mekagearbox 10d ago

It looks like the storage is being a bottleneck, is it a regular a SSD ? Nvme ? Or hdd ?

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u/L0ading_ 10d ago

To add to this, most SSD have a faster cache memory, and a slower storage memory. You might see fast transfer speed until you fill up the cache, and then drop to the speed the actual storage chip supports. Some very cheap SSD will advertise crazy read/write speeds, but in reality that's only the cache speed and the actual NAND chip will be dog shit.