Hello guys, I've got myself a new computer after my 6y.o. computer broke up, the new rig had the following specs:
CPU: Intel core i5-3470 Ivy bridge 6M
MB: Asus P8B75-V
RAM: Kingston 8gb DDR3 1600 x 2
Display: Asus GTX660 DC2 2gb
SSD: Ocz vertex 3 120gb MLC plugged on sata3 port
HDD: Seagate 2TB Barracuda + 2 x 150gb from my old computer (plugged on sata2 port)
PSU: Antec HCG 620W 80+
The computer was fresh out of box, nothing had been installed yet, I plan to use vertex 3 as my boot drive (probably windows 7 home premium as OS)
I've read on the forum that the firmware of vertex 3 is quite buggy and require updating before the SSD could be used properly, and to update the FW the SSD couldn't be the boot drive.
So my questions are,
1. If I just use my old HDD as boot drive now (contains window XP 32bit as my old OS, yea I know it's old), could I download the updated FW from ocz and execute it under the winXP system? If I use my old HDD now, would it affect my future installation of windows 7 on the SSD?
2. Besides the conversion of the sata3 to AHCI (the MB only has 1 sata3 port), what other settings in the BIOS that I should be aware of?
3. Should I update the BIOS of my motherboard as well before installing the new OS?
4. I've heard that to prolong the shelf-life of the SSD we should disable superfetch, defrag, pagefile, and system restore, how do I disable it? is it a function in the windows 7? how would it affect my computer?
It's my first time buying a computer (the specs was recommended by others), and honestly I don't have much knowledge in this field, so any advice would be much appreciated.
CPU: Intel core i5-3470 Ivy bridge 6M
MB: Asus P8B75-V
RAM: Kingston 8gb DDR3 1600 x 2
Display: Asus GTX660 DC2 2gb
SSD: Ocz vertex 3 120gb MLC plugged on sata3 port
HDD: Seagate 2TB Barracuda + 2 x 150gb from my old computer (plugged on sata2 port)
PSU: Antec HCG 620W 80+
The computer was fresh out of box, nothing had been installed yet, I plan to use vertex 3 as my boot drive (probably windows 7 home premium as OS)
I've read on the forum that the firmware of vertex 3 is quite buggy and require updating before the SSD could be used properly, and to update the FW the SSD couldn't be the boot drive.
So my questions are,
1. If I just use my old HDD as boot drive now (contains window XP 32bit as my old OS, yea I know it's old), could I download the updated FW from ocz and execute it under the winXP system? If I use my old HDD now, would it affect my future installation of windows 7 on the SSD?
2. Besides the conversion of the sata3 to AHCI (the MB only has 1 sata3 port), what other settings in the BIOS that I should be aware of?
3. Should I update the BIOS of my motherboard as well before installing the new OS?
4. I've heard that to prolong the shelf-life of the SSD we should disable superfetch, defrag, pagefile, and system restore, how do I disable it? is it a function in the windows 7? how would it affect my computer?
It's my first time buying a computer (the specs was recommended by others), and honestly I don't have much knowledge in this field, so any advice would be much appreciated.