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Win7 still in but the HDD is replaced with Crucial MX500 1TB SSD! As expected, very nice improvement in performance. Not like a PC manufactured in with a NVMe SSD (I have one) but pretty impressive for a six-year-old machine. Will move to Win10 later this year. Need to see how well some graphic...

To provide an update... I'm going to do a full-system backup on this PC, read up on performing the OS upgrade and then once all of that is good to go will save up some funds and upgrade the HDD to a high-quality 1 TB SSD. Targeting Crucial MX-500, Samsung 860 EVO, WD Blue 3D and SanDisk Ultra 3D.

Only one drive there at the moment, a 1TB HDD. I would love to keep it there and just ADD a SSD but I don't think that's an option. I'll probably just replace the existing drive with a 1TB SSD or, if I can move a ton of data out, will put in a 500GB drive. We'll see.

I've got a backup of all documents, pictures, etc on a separate HDD. Software I can reinstall if needed. So sounds like you recommend I should focus on MX and EVO series drives. Good to know - thank you.

Thanks. I understand those are top of the line choices for a home PC, right? I've got them on my radar. Any other strong/reliable options? I'm also doing research on some of the mid-tier choices like ADATA drives, Crucial BX series, etc. I've been thinking about moving some of the files -- a...

About 700GB. Most of it is pictures (many RAW), videos and such.

Yes, I have a 3TB external HDD with most of the space available. So should be ok with space. I imagine the backup will take quite a while given how much space is being used right now on this machine. Concurrently, I'll be on the lookout for the SSD. I imagine the SSD + Win 10 should be a good...

Thank you. Thoughts about steps to take pre-install? Full system back up using Macrium Relfect or not needed? Is there a file or DVD I can create to roll back to Win7 just in case (hope won't have to do that)?

Thanks for the response. About the OS... Are you suggesting I clone my Win7 set up (using Macrium Reflect perhaps?) and install on a SSD and then upgrade to 10? Or is there a better way to go? This PC was purchased new by me and has a legitimate Windows 7 license and I hope to keep it that way...

I'm considering upgrading the OS on this older machine from Windows 7 Home to Windows 10 Home either via the free upgrade (hopefully it's still doable) and replacing the HDD with SSD or by starting from scratch completely. I have no clue where the existing OS license key is -- the PC came with...

I'm considering upgrading the OS on this machine to Win10 assuming the free upgrade is still doable and, if that works, replacing the HDD with SSD. (I imagine the only SSD this MB will support is via SATA cables so won't be able to have HDD and SSD together without major modifications.) The...

Never have. Don't have a cleaner. When it works... it reads media very well.

I know, odd. But we should be good!

The annoying noise I was referring to earlier was the same for either CD or iPod plugged directly via the OEM USB cable. Could be heard either through speakers or headphones plugged in directly. Otherwise the player sounded fine. So I don't think the noise was mechanical. Still, kind of hard to...

After some additional testing it appears that temps are a huge factor in playback performance. The issues I described earlier go away once the unit is in warmer environment, i.e. mid-high 60's F or greater.