New HDD is causing pc to "stutter"

[jjrodezno]

i just purchased a WD Caviar SE 320Gb and it is set to master on my secondary IDE. it seems to be working fine but occasionally my computer "stutters" more specifically it freezes for about 8-10 seconds.
this is the only new hardware ive added to my pc, before this it was working right.
i tried researching too and found some PIO and DMA problems that could be causing this "stutter" but when i checked my device manager it says that its running on UDMA 100 mode 5 (which is supposed to be good)
ive also noticed that this only happens when im writting to the hdd wether its downloading or transferring files from my other hdd.
i should also add that im familiar with pcs but my tech level is rather in between low and mid so with that in mind any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

 

[rahlzel]

You're lucky you "just purchased" it. I highly suggest you take it back to the store you bought it from and get another one. If this drive is already having problems - and evidence says it is - you're going to get very used to being consistently ****ed off.

Save yourself the ***-pain and replace it.

 

[jjrodezno]

thanks for the suggestion
but it so happens that the hdd wasn't the problem (thankfully.. rma's are a pain), it was one of my torrent programs and now that its solved my pc is working again