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Mountain Man_sl

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I'm thinking about finally making the jump to an ssd. I was just wondering about some of the logistics of installing it to a machine that already has everything on a regular hard drive.

I would like to install windows and all my games on the ssd, but how does having windows installed on two drives work? Will I have to remove it from the original drive first? I have no experience with multiple hard drives as you can tell.
 
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Salshun_sl

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Mountain Man_sl said:
I'm thinking about finally making the jump to an ssd. I was just wondering about some of the logistics of installing it to a machine that already has everything on a regular hard drive.

I would like to install windows and all my games on the ssd, but how does having windows installed on two drives work? Will I have to remove it from the original drive first? I have no experience with multiple hard drives as you can tell.
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You can have it installed on a million hard drives, the only thing that matter is which one you tell it to boot from. You're going to want to do a clean install of Windows on to the SSD and have it boot from there.
 
Mist

Mist

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Mountain Man_sl said:
I'm thinking about finally making the jump to an ssd. I was just wondering about some of the logistics of installing it to a machine that already has everything on a regular hard drive.

I would like to install windows and all my games on the ssd, but how does having windows installed on two drives work? Will I have to remove it from the original drive first? I have no experience with multiple hard drives as you can tell.
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Disconnect the original drive. Install Windows fresh on the SSD without the original drive connected.

Reconnect the old hard drive. Transfer user files and stuff from the old hard drive to your new user folders. Wipe out windows on the old drive and generally make it nice and tidy by getting rid of all the shit you have to reinstall on the main Windows install anyway.

You're going to have to reinstall all of your programs.
 
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Anyone have any experience with media remotes for PC? Have been using a TV in the bedroom as a second monitor from time to time, but now I plan on wall-mounting and making it readily accessible from the bed for watching stuff with the woman. I've been using the Unified Remote app on my phone and PC, and it works great, but it would be good to have something a bit simpler for the woman to use as well. Was looking atthisas an option. Reviews seem good and they seem fairly cheap on eBay. Anyone have any recommendations?
 
jeydax

jeydax

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Didn't want to start a new thread and figured this would be as good as any to ask in: Has anyone rented a projector for a week or two while traveling? A coworker of mine is hitting up 6-7 customers next week while traveling and wants to ensure he has a projector at each location. I am going to Google around but I wanted to see if anyone has used a service like that before.
 
Joeboo

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Not that I would condone this(well, maybe I would because fuck Best Buy) but he could just buy a projector at Best Buy and then return it for a refund when his trip was over. I think they have a 15 day return policy on electronics(TVs, receivers, etc)
 
Hekotat

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Fucking GTX 760 was on sale the other day for 200 bucks on Newegg, I fucked around too long and it looks like I'm going to have to settle for a 660 OC for the same price.
 
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mixtilplix

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What is the best sd card reader solution for a desktop? I record high def video and take photos on my DSLR which entails transferring huge files from an sd card to my hard drive. Is there a difference between and sd to usb adapter or are PCI sd card readers superior? I can go either way and have no qualms sacrificing a PCI slot for an sd reader.
 
mkopec

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Assuming you're looking at USB 2.0, the theoretical bandwidth of USB is 480 Mbit/s. Assuming you mean PCI and not PCI Express, theoretical bandwidth of PCI is 1,033Mbit/s. So this would suggest PCI is faster. USB 3.0 is 640 Mbit/s
 
Crone

Crone

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joeboo_sl said:
Not that I would condone this(well, maybe I would because fuck Best Buy) but he could just buy a projector at Best Buy and then return it for a refund when his trip was over. I think they have a 15 day return policy on electronics(TVs, receivers, etc)
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Condone it all day long, but make sure for the right reasons. Doesn't hurt Best Buy at all. Most of the box stores have deals that if they want their product in BB they have to take anything back and give refunds. It's why they can take stuff back so easily. Same with Walmart. So it'd hurt the manufacturer before it ever hurt BB.
 
mkopec

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My step dad used to do this with tools all the time. Any specialized tool he needed he would just go to Home Depot, buy it , use it and then return it. I always thought it was kind of douchey of him to be doing that, but whatever.
 
Eomer

Eomer

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Mire_sl said:
Great! I'm glad I bought 2 Galaxy Cards...

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2014/...t#.UvTfmfldU0A
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Dunno if you say the edit:

"In response to reports of an alleged end to Galaxy's business in North America, we would like to make clear that Galaxy is not pulling out from the North American market. We have recently had some changes in our structure and discontinued working with our current sales rep in North America but have no intention of ceasing business and operations in the region.



"Galaxy will continue all support and service as usual. We have a full team of staff servicing users' RMAs and our support hotline is still operating. Our service email is still working as usual, we will continue replacing cards for end users, and our warranties will be honored and valid."
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Looks like you should be okay.
 
Itlan

Itlan

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Thinking of building a budget rig instead of a high end one. I don't think there's a game currently or in the near future I want to play that has demanding requirements. Hmm..
 
mkopec

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You should never build a high end one. Its a waste of money.

$900-$1200 if you buy all new.

Edit... Here you go. You can get a better GPU if you want, although that one is pretty much all you need for 1080p.

PCPartPicker part list/Price breakdown by merchant/Benchmarks

CPU:Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor($229.97 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler:Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler($34.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard:ASRock Z87M Extreme4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard($119.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory:G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage:Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk($114.99 @ Amazon)
Storage:Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive($87.97 @ OutletPC)
Video Card:Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card($249.99 @ NCIX US)
Case:Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case($49.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply:SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply($85.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive:Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System:Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Total:$1156.84
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-07 15:18 EST-0500)


Also you might have some of the above so you dont have to purchase them, like a platter storage drive, an optical drive, decent power supply (although i do recommend a new one for every build) maybe even a case and an OS? If you live near a microcenter, you can shave another $100 from the price on a Mobo and processor combo.

Best of all this is a top end rig if you think about it. It has the OC capability SLI/Crossfire capability in the future. You can even get yourself some water cooling bullshit and some LED fans...etc... And tell people you paid $4K for it.
 
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