But anyway, if I install Windows on the new one, and remove it from the old one, will that delete all my older files or screw up the registry, or just Windows?
Also...if you partition a harddrive, does that slow it down? Not sure if I should set aside 10gb or so for a new partition and install Windows on that instead, so if theres an error and I have to reformat I wont lose everything else...
the new one won't copy your old ones registry so that will create some problems. I'd advise you to leave your windows on your old drive, unless you really want it on your new one.
As for partitioning I do it with all my drives I install windows on. I don't know if it slows them down, but in case of a format it's a great help.
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My advice would be to upgrade. I'm on a budget and I managed to get 520gb hardrive, 4gb ram, amd dual core with a top end nvidea graphics card for £450.
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You'll be able to get a Western Digital Raptor at 75GB or 150GB if you're looking for a 10,000 rpm drive, but beyond that, there aren't very many higher capacity drives running at that speed. And even then, the ones that I've found use the older SCSI interface, so you'd have to be sure your motherboard supports it before buying one of those drives.
Originally posted by FistOfThe North
On a budget, college student here. I keep up well given the circumstances, i wager. I have a GeForce 6600 256mb vid card, 1 gig of ram and a cable connection, a laser mouse, surround sound and a 19inch flat monitor. Works fine for me, for now.
And trust me, I am a serious gamer. when i get outta school, i'm gonna get/make the uber ultimate PC gaming system and update everytime a better performing piece of hardware comes out thats worthy, what, like every 6 months.
That was then. Now I finally got my dream machine. (last week) My uber ultimate PC gaming system has now become a reality for me.
i got a Dell XPS with 2 GeForce 9800GT's in SLI, an Intel Dual Core processor, 4 gigs of Ram, and a top of the line X-fi sound blaster Elite pro sound card from creative, which is hooked up via optical cable to my 5.1 surround sound system.
It's orgasmic and as lead to my current but surely temporary bout of insomnia.
My XPS desktop, that monster, is connected to a 46 sony bravia flat screen via hdmi for for extreme hd gameplay.
but the icing on the cake has to be my 300gigabyte VelociRaptor hard-drive with a whopping 10,000 rpm.
im in heaven..
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i had it for a few months, i liked it, but it's only just a bunch of trivial features. i only wanted it for dx11 for gaming purposes but i found out vista can operate dx11 so i switch back to it. and i've never had a problem with vista anyway. i even have windows aero, which w7 took out for some unknown reason. that's like the best feature on the ms os i've seen to date.
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