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Planning on buying SSD for OS - require advise on fresh-installs etc.
Hello all
First post, so it would be fitting to introduce myself
My name is Jon, I am an engineering student, I like Formula One, PC gaming and mechanical things such as cars, planes, trains e.t.c
For anyone wondering, my current rig is as follows:
Now to the reason I require advice...OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 955 Black Edition @ stock speeds of 3.2GHz
CPU cooling: CoolerMaster V8 (planned on Overclocking, but didn't have enough knowledge or patience, decided it better I give up for now)
RAM: 4GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1333 CL9
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P
GFX: XFX AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB @ stock speeds
HDD: 1x500GB (465GB in reality) Western Digital Caviar Blue SATA II 7,200rpm, 16MB Cache (for Windows and program files), 1x250GB (232GB in reality) Western Digital Caviar Blue SATA II 7,200rpm, 16MB Cache (for videos and pictures)
PSU: Corsair TX750W 750W
Case: Lancool PC-K62 Dragonlord
Case cooling: 3x Lian Li Red 140mm fans, 1x Lian Li Red 120mm fan, 1x BitFenix 140mm sicle red fan with Lian Li fan controller
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster P2250 1920x1080 DVI
Keyboard: Logitech G110
Mouse: Logitech MX518
Wheel: Logitech G27
Speakers: Logitech X-140
Headphones: Creative FATAL1TY stereo
Internet speeds: BT Broadband 6.35-7.03Mbps download (keeps changing), 0.97Mbps upload, Unlimited (well really a 300GB cap but I won't need to worry about that!)
1. I am planning on buying myself an SSD to install my OS onto for a fresh install, while planning to wipe my main 500GB HDD. I only need to back up documents and music onto my other drive.
What I would like advice for is what exact steps I should take to go around it.
These are what I plan to purchase by the way:
Kingston 64GB SSDNOW V100 - SATA-II 2.5" - Read.. | Ebuyer.com
Corsair 8GB (2X4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz Red Vengeance Memory.. | Ebuyer.com
(The RAM is going to replace my current RAM)
Basically, a few instructions on how to go about it would be helpful (i.e. wiping one disk, while installing OS on new SSD e.t.c)
2. Another issue I realised is that I don't know what's going to happen when I try to reactivate my copy of Windows 7 (which I pre-ordered in 2009 from Amazon and got for £36) and my copy of Microsoft Office 2010 Professional (which I bought through Software4Students as a genuine copy, licenced to students and educational faculties for £40). How straight forward is all this? Would I have to make a phone call? What's the number? I live in the UK so does a +44 number exist?
3. Also, would I be correct in assuming that I can just leave my media drive untouched or just unplug it fine when the PC is off and everything will work there properly when Windows is re-installed?
Written and possibly archived help would be appreciated
Cheers
Jon