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Moving from AMD to Intel, total overhaul of system
Hello all,
I am getting ready to move from an AMD build over to an Kaby Lake i7 7700k that I won from work :) I am pretty much replacing everything save my disk drives (Samsung 512GB 850 Pro and WD Black 1.5TB, 64mb cache). I had a few questions before I make all this changes. First I'll tell you what I am replacing with what and then I'll ask my few questions.
AMD FX-8320 >>> Intel i7 7700k
G.Skill Ripjaw X Series DDR3 1866 >>> Corsair Dominator Platinum Series DDR4 3000
Asus M5A99X Evo >>> MSI 270 Titanium XPower Gaming
Don't recall PSU >>> EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G3
Hyper Evo 212 >>> Corsair Hydro Series H115i
120 mm random fans >>> Noctua 140mm NF-p14s redux-1500 RPM fans
Antec 1100 v2 >>> Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX, Tempered Glass Edition
Reusing my Samsung 512GB 850 Pro
Reusing my WD Black 1.5TB, will move to 5TB WD Black in future
Reusing 2 VS248s, will move to a pair of UHD displays in future
I am considering buying a Samsung 250GB 960 Evo/Pro to use as my OS drive. Then I can use my 850 Pro for all my games and the 1.5/5TB HDD for my data. To me it seems the performance boost from the 850 Pro to the 960 series is a rather significant jump which is why I am considering it. If I take this route what is the proper way to set this up? Plug in just M.2 drive to start, install OS and updates, then plug in 850 Pro and HDD? Please let me know best practice here.
Currently my 512GB SSD has my OS and some games and my 1.5TB has just data. I plan to start fresh with both what is the best way to format both of these drives completely to start fresh with a new Win 10 install. I presume the Windows 10 Clean Install guide is probably the best place for this info. (https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...n-install.html)
Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!