- Oct 14, 2013
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i got a new rig about a week ago. fx-6350, gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 mobo, 8gb corsair ddr3 1333, 1tb hard drive. had win7 (though my old system wouldn't let it install) power supply and chassis already. microcenter had a good deal where i got the cpu, mobo, memory, hdd for 275 even paying tax in the store. best i could do online with something similar was almost 330.
so incredibly nice to get out of the dark ages. was running the same rig i had built in 06. Pentium d 820, 2 gb ddr2 533.
sorry to ramble i just can't believe how much cooler it is to have something work so well and fast and modern. also had a little to drink and its late.
okay to the point of the thread.
i am new to win7 and to me already its xp done right!
installing win7 64 bit pro. it cranks up and everything and installs fine. I'm using it obviously. when it goes to the hard drive screen where you could format and what not there was a setting where you could manually set the hard drive capacity. my hard drive only showed up as 931 gb and i have 1tb. its a big drive and i know the numbers don't work out but that's enough of a difference to make me wonder after the fact. i really wouldn't care but I've not had this big of a drive before. should i reinstall the os and change the capacity or just leave it. I've eaten up over 100gb and i haven't even pulled any of my files yet off of my old hdd yet.
also the other thing that was strange to me (also from being in the dark ages) is it wouldn't let me format my drive before the install.
so incredibly nice to get out of the dark ages. was running the same rig i had built in 06. Pentium d 820, 2 gb ddr2 533.
sorry to ramble i just can't believe how much cooler it is to have something work so well and fast and modern. also had a little to drink and its late.
okay to the point of the thread.
i am new to win7 and to me already its xp done right!
installing win7 64 bit pro. it cranks up and everything and installs fine. I'm using it obviously. when it goes to the hard drive screen where you could format and what not there was a setting where you could manually set the hard drive capacity. my hard drive only showed up as 931 gb and i have 1tb. its a big drive and i know the numbers don't work out but that's enough of a difference to make me wonder after the fact. i really wouldn't care but I've not had this big of a drive before. should i reinstall the os and change the capacity or just leave it. I've eaten up over 100gb and i haven't even pulled any of my files yet off of my old hdd yet.
also the other thing that was strange to me (also from being in the dark ages) is it wouldn't let me format my drive before the install.
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