Hi,
I have been running a Core2Duo 6420 @ 3GHz for the past 3-4 years. I recently upgraded my vid card to a GTX 570, and found that it would occasionally stutter as a result of the bottleneck created by my older CPU.
I have just ordered a new mobo, CPU, and RAM but have a few questions. Here is what I ordered :
Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H ATX LGA1155 Z77DDR3 3PCI-E16 3PCI-E1 HDMI CrossFireX/SLI SATA3 USB3.0 Motherboard
Intel Core i5 3570K Unlocked Quad Core Processor LGA1155 3.4GHZ Ivy Bridge 6MB Retail
Kingston KHX1600C10D3B1K2/16G 16GB Kit 2X8GB 1600MHz DDR3 240PIN DIMM CL10 1.5V
I run 64-bit Win7 on an Intel SSD. I didn't know about SSD Alignment when I originally installed Win7 on my SSD, and the drive is not aligned. My old motherboard also did not support TRIM. So I know to correct both of these problems, I need to reinstall Win7 and may as well do that when I install the new mobo. Since I don't want to do this more than once, are there are any other caveats I should watch out for?
My plan was to copy the contents of the boot drive (80 GB SSD) to a 1.5 TB 7200 drive, and then format the SSD (correctly aligning it this time). Then install Win7 Ultimate 64-bit from scratch, and finally reinstall all of my applications, recovering the data directories from the backup where appropriate. Some of the apps will be easy (Thunderbird, FF, etc.) and others will be a much bigger challenge (iTunes).
Is there a faster way to do this? Can I just install the hardware, reboot, and hope for the best? That won't solve my alignment problem, and will probably mess up the Win7 drivers. I forget how I did this last time.
Thanks,
BM.
I have been running a Core2Duo 6420 @ 3GHz for the past 3-4 years. I recently upgraded my vid card to a GTX 570, and found that it would occasionally stutter as a result of the bottleneck created by my older CPU.
I have just ordered a new mobo, CPU, and RAM but have a few questions. Here is what I ordered :
Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H ATX LGA1155 Z77DDR3 3PCI-E16 3PCI-E1 HDMI CrossFireX/SLI SATA3 USB3.0 Motherboard
Intel Core i5 3570K Unlocked Quad Core Processor LGA1155 3.4GHZ Ivy Bridge 6MB Retail
Kingston KHX1600C10D3B1K2/16G 16GB Kit 2X8GB 1600MHz DDR3 240PIN DIMM CL10 1.5V
I run 64-bit Win7 on an Intel SSD. I didn't know about SSD Alignment when I originally installed Win7 on my SSD, and the drive is not aligned. My old motherboard also did not support TRIM. So I know to correct both of these problems, I need to reinstall Win7 and may as well do that when I install the new mobo. Since I don't want to do this more than once, are there are any other caveats I should watch out for?
My plan was to copy the contents of the boot drive (80 GB SSD) to a 1.5 TB 7200 drive, and then format the SSD (correctly aligning it this time). Then install Win7 Ultimate 64-bit from scratch, and finally reinstall all of my applications, recovering the data directories from the backup where appropriate. Some of the apps will be easy (Thunderbird, FF, etc.) and others will be a much bigger challenge (iTunes).
Is there a faster way to do this? Can I just install the hardware, reboot, and hope for the best? That won't solve my alignment problem, and will probably mess up the Win7 drivers. I forget how I did this last time.
Thanks,
BM.
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