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core i7 ownage   10-19-2009 at 05:46:03 PM

I'm buying a rig that is quad core. AMD PII 3.0GHZ (not sure which number).
And with 4 or 6GB of memory.
And just cheap 1TB HDD.

How long would you except my rig to install W7?

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Bronze Win 7 badge sminlal   10-19-2009 at 08:06:15 PM
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The hard drive speed will be the limited factor. I'd be very surprised if it takes more than 30 minutes for the basic install, and probably more like 20.

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uh_no   10-19-2009 at 08:12:49 PM
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yeah thats pretty much it.....HDD speed is most important.....installs are not memory intensive....its mostly getting the HDD set up correctly

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jonpaul37   10-19-2009 at 08:13:00 PM
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agreed, Win 7 fresh install is quick and easy, it'll be limited to the hard drive speeds, which should be ok with a 1TB hard drive... i'm calling out 27 minutes total, any takers???

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Silver Win 7 badge Jonmor68   10-19-2009 at 08:28:06 PM
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My W7 RC 32 bit install took 17 minutes on a E6600 2.4 Ghz WD 250 GB with 3GB ram.

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core i7 ownage   10-19-2009 at 08:32:02 PM
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I would expect it to be finished in under 10 mins.

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