cwr89
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Heres the specs of my current rig; (I first thought to put it in the high performance but its not that great)
XP Pro
Intel Core 2 Quad 2.33GHz processor
4 Gb Corsair Ballistix DDR2 800 ram
Asus P5Q Pro mobo
Radeon HD 4850
Antec Sonata II case
Antec 1000W PSU
In the last about 2 weeks I've been experiencing intermittent system failing. BSOD to several different stop codes. I've run tons of virus scans and I am currently in the 5th stage of a HDD CHKDSK. but I am leaning more towards this being a hardware issue.
I am thinking now that the options for me are one of the following:
1) reload windows XP
or
2) Buy a new HDD and 4 more gigs of ram, and make the switch right now to windows 7.
I am currently a college student so I have access to 7 ultimate upgrade at a decently low price.
The system was originally built for gaming but I have actually been using it for my school work as I am now doing heavy amounts of video editing in 1080p.
So the upgrade, I would roughly be thinking $80 for the next 1TB hdd and then $45 for 2 more 2 gig sticks of ballistix ram (I am going to stay at 800 even though my mobo's standard is 1200) and then $15 for 7 ultimate upgrade.
you're probably saying why get a new HDD? Well I have a tendency to fill all the space I have, being in film school and working in HD kills space. I like to add new drives and take out the older ones as I shift my work so I really never loose anything without really having to back up anything. It made the last upgrade and fresh windows install (about a year ago) take about 45 minutes.
current drive configuration is 1TB C drive 500GB D drive and 500GB E drive.
I guess my real question lies in the OS. I love XP and I don't hate vista but I am still fighting with it. I still liked the file system that XP had. vista makes things a bit harder to find for me. The gadgets bar is pretty nice, I did install that on XP. Is it possible in 7 to set my "theme" to windows classic (2000) look? I have always like the look of my original gray task bar. in both the vista machine and the XP machine I've got a windows 2000 look. and I want to keep that.
so please let me know what your opinions on my situation are. and I'll shut up for now. thanks!
~Casey
XP Pro
Intel Core 2 Quad 2.33GHz processor
4 Gb Corsair Ballistix DDR2 800 ram
Asus P5Q Pro mobo
Radeon HD 4850
Antec Sonata II case
Antec 1000W PSU
In the last about 2 weeks I've been experiencing intermittent system failing. BSOD to several different stop codes. I've run tons of virus scans and I am currently in the 5th stage of a HDD CHKDSK. but I am leaning more towards this being a hardware issue.
I am thinking now that the options for me are one of the following:
1) reload windows XP
or
2) Buy a new HDD and 4 more gigs of ram, and make the switch right now to windows 7.
I am currently a college student so I have access to 7 ultimate upgrade at a decently low price.
The system was originally built for gaming but I have actually been using it for my school work as I am now doing heavy amounts of video editing in 1080p.
So the upgrade, I would roughly be thinking $80 for the next 1TB hdd and then $45 for 2 more 2 gig sticks of ballistix ram (I am going to stay at 800 even though my mobo's standard is 1200) and then $15 for 7 ultimate upgrade.
you're probably saying why get a new HDD? Well I have a tendency to fill all the space I have, being in film school and working in HD kills space. I like to add new drives and take out the older ones as I shift my work so I really never loose anything without really having to back up anything. It made the last upgrade and fresh windows install (about a year ago) take about 45 minutes.
current drive configuration is 1TB C drive 500GB D drive and 500GB E drive.
I guess my real question lies in the OS. I love XP and I don't hate vista but I am still fighting with it. I still liked the file system that XP had. vista makes things a bit harder to find for me. The gadgets bar is pretty nice, I did install that on XP. Is it possible in 7 to set my "theme" to windows classic (2000) look? I have always like the look of my original gray task bar. in both the vista machine and the XP machine I've got a windows 2000 look. and I want to keep that.
so please let me know what your opinions on my situation are. and I'll shut up for now. thanks!
~Casey