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post #11 of 13
7/11/12 at 8:41am
Yes buy one, see recommended here: http://www.overclock.net/t/1179518/seans-ssd-buyers-guide-information-thread

You can just clone over and do some optimizations for it instead of a clean install, however clean installs are best overall. biggrin.gif

Clone guide here: www.overclock.net/t/1227835/how-to-disk-and-partition-cloning-backup-restoration-migration

Clean install here: http://www.overclock.net/t/1156654/seans-windows-7-install-optimization-guide-for-ssds-hdds
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post #12 of 13
7/11/12 at 8:47am
you HAVE to get an SSD biggrin.gif , your system wont stay stuck loading apps any longer, it is totally worth the price.. You will have a reactive system, and enjoy and extremly low boot time wink.gif
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post #13 of 13
7/12/12 at 10:13am
U did seans clean install ... (i had a raid 0 with two ssd and transferred over my old HDD no optimization was fast ish ... now i took one out so I only have one .... and re-installed with clean windows install ... and not I am going faster then when I was in raid ...CRAZY) but his guide is great, you cant go wrong.

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If you dont ... u are bunk!!!!
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