I have finished assembling a new PC - Intel Quad Q9300, Abit IP35 Pro, ZeroTherm BTF90, GEIL 2x2GB DDR2800 memory, Lian Li PC-60BPlusII, Antec NeoPower 650W, EVGA 8800GTS 320MB, 2x Samsumg SATA DVD Burners. I will be moving my SATA HDDs from my current machine to this new build - 1 x 80GB, 1 x 200GB, both 7200 rpm.
I am trying to figure out the order of installing firmware, updates and software. I have taken an Acronis True Image image of my system disk from my current gig (an older IDE HDD that will not be transferred to this machine).
Should I install this image on the disk of the new build? Or do I need to have a fresh install of all software and apps (XP Pro SP2)? The image will contain drivers for the earlier AMD 64/mobo /video cards - will this create problems or can I remove/fix these after installing the image?
Should I be updating the BIOS before any software installs?
My plan is to set up a dual-boot system - Win XP Pro and Ubuntu Linux. Or alternatively Ubuntu only with Win XP running under VMWare. Any thoughts? I am not sure how well Adobe Photoshop and Premiere will work under VMWare/XP...
Any suggestions would be welcome. Once I have a system up and running, the next step will be OC it to about 3-3.5 Ghz - if anyone has done this before on this combination, please let me know the settings that you used or think will work for this setup - FSB, VCore, memory voltages, timings, etc.
Thanks
I am trying to figure out the order of installing firmware, updates and software. I have taken an Acronis True Image image of my system disk from my current gig (an older IDE HDD that will not be transferred to this machine).
Should I install this image on the disk of the new build? Or do I need to have a fresh install of all software and apps (XP Pro SP2)? The image will contain drivers for the earlier AMD 64/mobo /video cards - will this create problems or can I remove/fix these after installing the image?
Should I be updating the BIOS before any software installs?
My plan is to set up a dual-boot system - Win XP Pro and Ubuntu Linux. Or alternatively Ubuntu only with Win XP running under VMWare. Any thoughts? I am not sure how well Adobe Photoshop and Premiere will work under VMWare/XP...
Any suggestions would be welcome. Once I have a system up and running, the next step will be OC it to about 3-3.5 Ghz - if anyone has done this before on this combination, please let me know the settings that you used or think will work for this setup - FSB, VCore, memory voltages, timings, etc.
Thanks