Windows 8 installation question and ssd question
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Hello tom's hardware community here is my question to you; I have an OEM version of windows 7 home premium on my 1TB HDD and I was wondering if it was possible to buy the windows 8 upgrade and upgrade the aforementioned windows 7 but have the windows 8 data stored on my soon to be bought SSD and let me use the SSD as a boot drive i'm not sure if this is possible and don't want to end up buying something i can't use.
Question number 2; The computer i am using i built 9 months ago and want to upgrade with an SSD but i am unsure which one to get I'm torn between a few the OCZ agility 240 GB, the OCZ octane 256 GB, Samsung 830 256 GB, and a few others. I'm looking for a large SSD around 250 GB for £150 or less preferably I will be using it as a boot drive and to hold my games and some files etc. I also want the drive to last me along time preferably 5 years but no less than 2 years I'm open to suggestions and new ideas. Thanks for reading and feel free to contribute and move the post to a different thread if necessary.
My specs:
asus m5a99x evo
amd fx 6100
western digital caviar (black or blue i forget) 1 TB
corsair vengeance 8gb 1600 MHz
plexetor dvd drive
XFX Radeon HD 6870
corsair enthusiast 750 W
Question number 2; The computer i am using i built 9 months ago and want to upgrade with an SSD but i am unsure which one to get I'm torn between a few the OCZ agility 240 GB, the OCZ octane 256 GB, Samsung 830 256 GB, and a few others. I'm looking for a large SSD around 250 GB for £150 or less preferably I will be using it as a boot drive and to hold my games and some files etc. I also want the drive to last me along time preferably 5 years but no less than 2 years I'm open to suggestions and new ideas. Thanks for reading and feel free to contribute and move the post to a different thread if necessary.
My specs:
asus m5a99x evo
amd fx 6100
western digital caviar (black or blue i forget) 1 TB
corsair vengeance 8gb 1600 MHz
plexetor dvd drive
XFX Radeon HD 6870
corsair enthusiast 750 W
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1) You can buy the upgrade version, but you need have a legal OS on the drive which you have the win7.
2) get this Samsung 256GB for 140 pounds http://www.ebuyer.com/398216-samsung-256gb-830-series-s...
It is well better than the OCZ. If you can find other like intel 520 or 330, or Crucial M4 256GB, buy one of them.
2) get this Samsung 256GB for 140 pounds http://www.ebuyer.com/398216-samsung-256gb-830-series-s...
It is well better than the OCZ. If you can find other like intel 520 or 330, or Crucial M4 256GB, buy one of them.
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