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soon i am planning on changing my CPU and i have read that when you do a motherboard swap you need to re install the OS. i was wondering if i were to RAID 0 my data then re install the OS, will i be able to keep the data on the cloned HDD?
 
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You mean for how many years You'll be able to buy it? I've no idea, but at least for year for sure. Actually, since it's A88X, it's gonna be there for maybe 2-3 more years on the market.

Just checked it, 860K is few month old, so yup, 2-3 and more years it's gonna stay on the market. But since it costs 60 euro [at least in my country], and if You have that kind of cash, I see no reason to wait.
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I cloned hundreds of systems from raid0 to raid10 controlled by external controller, and ported them to non-raid systems and different raid systems. Go ahead, just use newest version of Acronis True Image, and use the bootable one. It's a hasslefree cloning experience.

P.S.: System itself might not walk it out, there might be performance issues, etc. if You switch hardware to totally different class, just FYi. It'll work, but it'll be "hazy" and slow, I mean it may. Windows 8 is piece of c*ap, but it's robust for cloning :).
 
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ok, but what i am asking is that if i clone everything, then install the new mobo, then re install the OS. will all the files on the drive work as they should (after re installing) the last think i want to do is to loose any data i have, and game data.
 
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You should keep Your data, You want to keep intact on externa HDD, or other HDD/SSD than Your OS is running on, otherwise it won't stay there. Actually it may, if You manually delete old installation and install new one fresh, it doesn't wipe the OS drive, unless You "tell" the installer to do so. But I wouldn't go that way. I'd keep all the data I want to keep on another drive, and I have this habit of mine, when installing new OS, I turn off SATA connectors from drives I don't want to be affected. Had some really bad experience in the past, it dates back to dos and back to format c: /u /s, which is suppose to format C, and it did all the drives. But turning off the drives in bios [disabling the controller ports] should be enough.
 
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ok, so if clone my current HDD, then install the new mobo, then install one of the HDD's. install the OS. after doing that copy my data from the other cloned drive so they have the same data? and on a side note, how many years of gaming could an athlon x4 760k do to run games on medium/high?
 
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You don't need to clone Your storage drives whatsoever. If You're not planning on keeping the old system [You're gonna lose all of Your settings, preferences, games, etc. everything, besides raw data, like documents, movies [p0rn], mp3s, iSOs etc.]. X4 760K is 60% of performance, You need for modern games. It'll run GTX 770Ti well, and 970 as well, but not 780/980. If You OC it, You can get to performance You need. You need to get somewhere above 860K.
 
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Nope, that's the best CPU for the buck, the 860K :/...so yes, 860K is definitly worth it, much better than Yours, well, it cost 60 euros, so You can't await miracles from it. 860K is running at level of Core i7 930, and heavily below of Core i5 2500K. But for the current cash it's the best You can get.
 
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You mean for how many years You'll be able to buy it? I've no idea, but at least for year for sure. Actually, since it's A88X, it's gonna be there for maybe 2-3 more years on the market.

Just checked it, 860K is few month old, so yup, 2-3 and more years it's gonna stay on the market. But since it costs 60 euro [at least in my country], and if You have that kind of cash, I see no reason to wait.
 
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