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8/4/12 at 11:44pm

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For reference I am on a SSD.

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Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS
1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3	Samsung 830	ASUS 24X DVD	Windows 7 64-bit
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8/5/12 at 12:55am

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You can do the upgrade option and it will keep your documents and settings etc. Alternatively you could just delete your partition and then do a fresh install.

I usually do a fresh install myself.

I've played around with the Consumer preview and I think Microsoft has done a better job with providing good upgrade
options this time round.

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OCZ Vertex 3 Maxiops SSD	Western Digital Caviar Black	Western Digital Caviar Black	LG Bluray/DVD writer Combo
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
XSPC 750 RS360	Win 8 64 bit	HP ZR24W 24" IPS 1920x1200 LCD	Corsair K90
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move any files you might have saved on the SSD, like in Mydocs etc.. the do a fresh install is what i would do. kinda gets rid of all the rubbish left over from program updates, uninstalls etc and gives you a clean installation

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Samsung 830 128GB	Plextor M5p 128GB	2 x WD 500GB Blues	LG
Cooling	Cooling	OS	Monitor
Prolimatech Megahalems Rev C	Arctic F12 CO PWM x 2 Push/Pull	Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate	LG IPS235V
Power	Case
Corsair AX850	Coolermaster HAF 912 advanced (Asia version)
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Crucial M4 64GB	WD black 500GB	Liteon	Coolermaster Hyper 212+ EVO
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Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
Samsung 830 128GB	Plextor M5p 128GB	2 x WD 500GB Blues	LG
Cooling	Cooling	OS	Monitor
Prolimatech Megahalems Rev C	Arctic F12 CO PWM x 2 Push/Pull	Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate	LG IPS235V
Power	Case
Corsair AX850	Coolermaster HAF 912 advanced (Asia version)
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
I5-3570K	Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3	MSI GTX460 Cyclone 1GD5	8GB G.Skill RipjawsX 1600
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
Crucial M4 64GB	WD black 500GB	Liteon	Coolermaster Hyper 212+ EVO
OS	Monitor	Power	Case
Win 7 ultimate	Samsung Syncmaster 932gwe+	OCZ ZT series 550W	Coolermaster 410
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CPU	Motherboard	RAM	Hard Drive
1.67Ghz Atom	stock	1GB DDR2	2 x 500GB Western Digital Cavier Blacks [RAID 1]
Cooling	OS	Power	Case
stock	DSM3.2 [built on linux]	stock	stock
Other	Other
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