- May 3, 2016
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My current setup is Win 7 home 64 Bit on an Asus M5A 97 Pro rev. 2.0 Motherboard. AMD FX-8320 CPU , Gigabyte 1050 GTX Ti GPU.
I have 16GB (x4 4GB) of Corsair Vengance 1600mhz CL9 1.5v Low Profile RAM installed. I'm going to upgrade the RAM to 32GB of the same Corsair RAM as I have except in the form of x4 8GB Modules instead ofx4 4GB modules. I suspect they will work OK as the x4 4GB modules have performed flawlessly for four years now.
I also intend to clone my existing win7 setup to another drive in case it all goes pear shaped.
Although I like a bargain, I feel leery of these £10 OEM upgrades offered on ebay amazon, and so would prefer to install from installation media paying more, but knowing the license key is valid.
So the essence is: How do I do an in place upgrade Win7-Win10 and where do I buy Windows 10 64 Bit home retail on DVD or ISO in the UK ? No-one seems to sell an upgrade version that I can find. I understand I can do this direct from microsoft, but the instructions are not to clear.
If the inplace upgrade doesn't work out I assume that I can just do a fresh install OEM on a new hard drive from the same install media ?
I think a lot of people may recommend just doing the OEM upgrade, but my Win7 installation is very stable. I've had x6 BSODS in 4 years. Two of which were withing a couple of minutes of one another. I've had my system up for as long as 5.5 months before it needed a reboot due to becoming a bit flakey. My system is up 24/7/362, with only a few days downtime a year.
Any other relevant upgrading advice is appreciated
Thanks.
I have 16GB (x4 4GB) of Corsair Vengance 1600mhz CL9 1.5v Low Profile RAM installed. I'm going to upgrade the RAM to 32GB of the same Corsair RAM as I have except in the form of x4 8GB Modules instead ofx4 4GB modules. I suspect they will work OK as the x4 4GB modules have performed flawlessly for four years now.
I also intend to clone my existing win7 setup to another drive in case it all goes pear shaped.
Although I like a bargain, I feel leery of these £10 OEM upgrades offered on ebay amazon, and so would prefer to install from installation media paying more, but knowing the license key is valid.
So the essence is: How do I do an in place upgrade Win7-Win10 and where do I buy Windows 10 64 Bit home retail on DVD or ISO in the UK ? No-one seems to sell an upgrade version that I can find. I understand I can do this direct from microsoft, but the instructions are not to clear.
If the inplace upgrade doesn't work out I assume that I can just do a fresh install OEM on a new hard drive from the same install media ?
I think a lot of people may recommend just doing the OEM upgrade, but my Win7 installation is very stable. I've had x6 BSODS in 4 years. Two of which were withing a couple of minutes of one another. I've had my system up for as long as 5.5 months before it needed a reboot due to becoming a bit flakey. My system is up 24/7/362, with only a few days downtime a year.
Any other relevant upgrading advice is appreciated
Thanks.
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