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How would I go about upgrading Motherboard, CPU, and installing Windows 7 to SSD, all at the same time?

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Anonymous
March 18, 2014 1:38:29 PM

I have ordered some new parts off Amazon and they're expected to be here tomorrow. I though I'd take the time to make sure I know exactly what I'm going to do when they arrive.

At the moment I have an AM3 motherboard with a Phenom II X4 955, and windows 7 installed on a hard drive. I am upgrading to a z87 board, i5 4670k and an SSD, which I obviously want to install windows 7 on. I'm a little unsure about how to go about upgrading.

My idea was that I should backup whatever files I need onto a flash drive, then take out the AMD cpu+mobo, put in the new Intel cpu and mobo, and then put in the SSD, and then I guess I'd just reinstall windows 7 on the SSD? I would also like to format the HDD and wipe it clean, although I'm not sure at what stage I should do that at.

Are these the steps I need to take or is there a better way to do it? I just want to make sure I do everything the proper way, any advice is appreciated, thanks.

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March 18, 2014 1:54:14 PM

Sounds like a plan. The first thing would be to save all the files that you want to keep and then take out the MB and CPU. Cleaning out the hard drive should be the last thing so you can make sure that you have everything that you want to keep. A fresh install on to the SSD would be the best thing to do.
Make sure that in the MB bios the Sata controller is set to AHCI for the SSD. Mostly they come preset that way but it's always good to make sure.
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March 18, 2014 1:58:22 PM

You can do it pretty much as described.

You can either backup the files on the original hard drive or you could even plug the drive back into your computer after you have windows installed and setup on your SSD.
Other then the files it is straight forward as you figured. Remove old parts, install new parts, install win 7 onto SSD drive, copy old files to SSD drive.

If you are not using the old hard drive for anything else already I would set it up in your computer for backup. I use syncback to backup my files once a week and macrium to do a complete disk image once a month and that keeps me pretty covered agianst a windows corruption or disk failure.
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Anonymous
March 18, 2014 4:14:13 PM

Thanks for the help guys. I am still just a little confused with the windows 7 and SSD part however. Here's what I've got so far, please correct me on anything if it looks wrong. After I've put together the Motherboard and CPU, I'm going to plug in the SSD, and then I'm going to go straight into the BIOS , make sure the Sata Controller is AHCI, and boot set into to boot SSD first? Then I will put the windows 7 disc in and just let it install to the SSD. Then after that is all said and done, I may wipe the HDD? Sorry if I may have repeated myself, just want to make sure I have this 100% down, thanks.
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March 19, 2014 1:28:30 PM

Yes that is the correct order.

Once you have windows installed on the SSD you should be able to plug the hard drive into one of the open SATA ports and boot the computer (booting into the new windows install on the SSD of course) and then access the files on the old hard drive.
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March 20, 2014 11:19:14 AM

As I had said the Hard drive would be the last thing to wipe clean and there is no rush to do that. Once you have the S on the SSD and you have transferred all your saved files you can check to make sure everything is good and then you can wipe the hard drive.
As a precaution you can also partition the current hard drive and put a lot of files on that new partition so that when you connect the drive later you'll be able to get into that partition without having to go into the old Windows folder.
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