PC Upgrade for CA Performance?

[Design20]

Hello,

 

Working with Chief generally works well, but the programs slows down over time, through the day, till all operations of any type consistently take 2-15+ seconds. Sometimes much longer depending on what it is. (for example, opening the library to select materials or fixtures usually takes 20 seconds and sometimes a couple minutes). If I restart my system, usually the program speeds up a bit, but it's not long before it bogs down again. Seconds may not seem like much, but when 2000 operations are taking 5 seconds on average, this adds almost 3 unnecessary hours that must be billed and push back deliverable times. And with larger than usual projects, of which I have several going on right now, the problem compounds and becomes prohibitively slow.

I say all this as preface because my PC's specs seem well capable of handling Chief, so I'm not sure if a hardware upgrade is going to solve my issue. The components are over 5 years old, however, and I'm no computer whiz but I know that is old for processing components. So I need some advice: does it make sense to invest in a new machine/upgraded parts to improve Chief's performance? Or is there something else I'm doing wrong that could improve performance without hardware upgrades?

My PC's specs:
Processor  |  Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700K CPU @ 3.80GHz (3.70 GHz)
Installed RAM  |  64.0 GB
Graphics card  |  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12 GB)
Storage  |  790 GB of 4.55 TB used
System type    64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

My main drive where I store my Chief Architect project files is a 1TB NVMe SSD, synced to OneDrive
I'm using Premier X17

[JonathanK]

Have you tried a complete wipe of your system, and start with a clean install of Windows and your softwares?

I would say what you have is a good foundation, but you might notice a major improvement by just upgrading a few components as well (if you're tech savvy).  RAM for the redundant processes, video card for the 3D views and those kinds of processing.

If it turns out that you'll need to upgrade power supply and other items, just get a new machine.

[Rpadge]

I believe your video card is the first opportunity to improve performance, but the previous poster is correct, you may need a new power supply (depending on the card).