Hi all, hope someone can help.
I have some various PC hardware laying around that I wish to build a second computer in our household for my partner.
The specs are as follows:
Motherboard: Unknown Dell part number. (Was sold with prebuilt PC Dell XPS 810 over 5 years ago.)
CPU: i7-860 w/stock cooler
5GB DDR3 RAM
Nvidia GTX 660Ti
500Watt PSU
When purchased, the prebuilt PC came with 2 x 1TB Seagate Barracuda drives in a RAID configuration that expanded the data. Under My Computer there was one single "C" drive which the computer read as 2TB. Now, sadly I have misplaced one of these drives and understandably the PC will not boot with just the 1 I have. I have the option to format it under the RAID configuration that I can access by pressing CTRL + I on bootup.
So, I have a spare SSD that i'm not using, i'll use that 1TB drive as extra storage and I'll buy a Windows 10 licence. My question is now to do with drivers. If all the drivers are not installed automatically by Windows you can download them from the manufacturers website (link: http://www.dell.com/support/home/uk/en/ukbsdt1/product-support/product/studio-xps-8100/drivers)
My question lies there, the only OS that is supported is Windows 7 and I would really like to put Windows 10 on the machine. Will this be an issue or is this kind of thing not really a problem?
Thanks
I have some various PC hardware laying around that I wish to build a second computer in our household for my partner.
The specs are as follows:
Motherboard: Unknown Dell part number. (Was sold with prebuilt PC Dell XPS 810 over 5 years ago.)
CPU: i7-860 w/stock cooler
5GB DDR3 RAM
Nvidia GTX 660Ti
500Watt PSU
When purchased, the prebuilt PC came with 2 x 1TB Seagate Barracuda drives in a RAID configuration that expanded the data. Under My Computer there was one single "C" drive which the computer read as 2TB. Now, sadly I have misplaced one of these drives and understandably the PC will not boot with just the 1 I have. I have the option to format it under the RAID configuration that I can access by pressing CTRL + I on bootup.
So, I have a spare SSD that i'm not using, i'll use that 1TB drive as extra storage and I'll buy a Windows 10 licence. My question is now to do with drivers. If all the drivers are not installed automatically by Windows you can download them from the manufacturers website (link: http://www.dell.com/support/home/uk/en/ukbsdt1/product-support/product/studio-xps-8100/drivers)
My question lies there, the only OS that is supported is Windows 7 and I would really like to put Windows 10 on the machine. Will this be an issue or is this kind of thing not really a problem?
Thanks