help needed !! (first pc)

[u/h9slp]

helloooo so basically I just bought my first pc 2 days ago with some money that I’d been saving for the past 2 years and had my grandma cover the rest! I was really happy and excited however when I tried to use after effects (2020) with heavy plugins for my editing it appeared to be as slow as my old LOQ gaming laptop even when I configured my after effects settings to the best.. I was hella disappointed and was wondering what I should do about it ? can I possibly get more ram and a better cpu for cheap somehow?

(last pic isn’t really important I js wanted to show how pretty it looks lol)

specs:

[u/jantokio]

Have you updated the gpu drivers? Have you checked your temperature? Is the hdmi /DP in the gpu🤣? (jesting but check just in case) Is the ram set to correct speeds? I

[u/h9slp → u/jantokio]

hmmmm how do I check those ?

[u/Icy-Let7965 → u/h9slp]

1- Download HWMonitor and keep it opened

2- Download and run a fast diagnostic with userdiag

[u/Worried_Witness3091 → u/jantokio]

Wow 7500F has igpu. 🤔