A player has misused his gaming PC for years and only Forza Horizon 6 showed him what was really going wrong..
Who is it about? On Reddit, the user P4n0pticZ shares his story with the community. He explains that he used his PC incorrectly for about two years. When he built his PC two years ago, he installed 2 SSDs and 1 HDD. The setup was supposed to look like this:
- SSD No. 1: Windows and programs
- SSD No. 2: Games
- HDD: Data storage for videos and more.
While playing his games, the player repeatedly noticed longer loading times and micro-stuttering, but didn’t think much of it. It never occurred to him that his PC was much slower than others. However, a message from Forza Horizon 6 woke him up.
This is how beautiful Forza Horizon 6 looks:
Forza brings the solution
What did Forza do? While playing Forza Horizon 6, he received a notification. This alerted the player that the streaming speed of his computer was slow.
In Windows Task Manager, he then discovered the problem. His HDD was completely saturated and at its limit. At first he was puzzled, but then he quickly understood his mistake.
When setting up his computer, he confused the SSD for games with the HDD, which was supposed to serve as data storage, and named them incorrectly. Both had the same amount of storage space, which probably led to the confusion.
All the stuttering and slow loading times over the past year were likely due to him mixing up the drives. With his story, he tries to make the world at least chuckle at how “dumb” he was.
How are the other players reacting? His story has exactly the desired effect. The players laugh at the story and give him some funny tips along the way. They write on Reddit:
- ObjectAgitated: “At least you now have a brand new SSD in your PC and they’re not cheap these days =).”
- MaddMan420: “I did the same recently during a reinstall. I noticed the difference immediately when booting, but couldn’t figure out what was wrong. I reinstalled Windows twice on the same HDD before realizing what had happened. You never stop learning.”
- Dart3145: “A buddy of mine recently did exactly the same thing. Games were constantly showing warnings that there might be performance issues due to slow HDD speeds. Another buddy and I discussed possible solutions for a slow SSD on Discord, but nothing worked. A day later he told me after having the same realization as you: He had all his games installed on the HDD.”
- Successful_Pea218: “Meh. At least you can now switch to an SSD. Bad luck, but at least you have a solution.”
Have you also accidentally installed a game on your slow HDD? If so, feel free to let us know in the comments when you noticed it. A similar embarrassing mistake happened to this user: PC gamer admits embarrassing hardware mistake – And everyone laughs at him
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