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    Windows 10 Upgrade Approach

    Okay, as usual it looks like the answer is somewhere in between. For those of you who are less squeamish about messing up a perfectly operating rig... http://www.howtogeek.com/220723/how-to-uninstall-windows-10-and-downgrade-to-windows-7-or-8.1/ Apparently you have a month to decide, and if...
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    Windows 10 Upgrade Approach

    Good morning, General. Was thinking about what you said yesterday and did some more research and I came across this which I found a little disconcerting... http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/191295-how-to-download-and-install-the-windows-10-technical-preview As always with beta and preview...
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    Windows 10 Upgrade Approach

    Microsoft has a long history of releasing a very good OS only to follow it up with a really bad one. If Windows 8 is any indication of that pattern, then Windows 10 is undoubtedly destined to be spectacularly good!
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    Windows 10 Upgrade Approach

    Hi folks. I'm currently running Windows 7 on a 250GB 850EVO SSD and an Asus P8Z77-V Pro motherboard. Many months ago I bought a 250GB 840EVO SSD...my intention at the time was to use it purely as a backup drive by occasionally cloning my primary drive to it. But I never got around to it and...
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    Hard Drive Alignment

    Earlier today I discovered that all 3 of my HDDs are misaligned. My primary drive is a 2TB WD SATA III Black which I have short-stroked to 100GB for the OS and apps while the remainder of the drive is a second partition used for file storage. Another HDD in my rig is a 1TB WD SATA II Black not...
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    I5-3570k performance help‏

    Came across this thread chasing down an exact same problem. In case you never figured it out... http://support.futuremark.com/futuremark/topics/cpu_and_gpu_reporting_incorrect_speeds_using_3dmark11_nvidia_gpus Turns out the problem is on Futuremark's side and not the user's end. I lost a...