Ok so.. I am not a complete moron when it comes to PC stuff but I have been forgetful in the past and I still am running on quite out dated information... so... I figure let's start a little "help me" thread before I start doing stuff to my PC.
I planned to Format/Load brand new, with some pictures/movies etc backed up on CDs and Jump drives. However, I want to make sure I download everything I need first, and put on backups, so I can do this without net connection.
I will list my system specs soon, but I want something like AVG and malware protection and such as well as my general windows configuring for the best I can bring out of this computer.
I was going to do this when I got my 4890 GPU, and fresh install all my games, and that should be pretty soon - so I want to get things prepared now.
What I have:
Intel Core i7 920 (2.67GHz) (stock cooling/paste)
2.99 GB RAM (this is actually 6GB but I don't have a 64bit OS yet) (OCZ, Triple Channel 1600)
GPU is right now a Radeon x700 series, but I plan to go to a 4890
1 TB harddrive - Seagate Barracude 7200.11
ASUS P6T Deluxe motherboard.
I WILL have a HAF932 case so you get an idea of the air flow for my case.
What I want to do is reinstall, in proper order, everything I want to play my games, view websites (flash, etc) and keep my PC running the best it can (tweaking for performance, etc, as well as AVG antivirus [or other program] and anti-malware )
First things first I should probably get a 64 bit OS - there are some problems with this, I want windows 7 but currently one of the games I play will not play on windows 7 I do have windows 7 64 (and 32) bit Burned to DVDs that will last until June when the trial is over. Oh.. I would be willing to have a small secondary windows install (windows xp Pro SP3) so I can run the game, however I WILL require help to get a Windows 7 64bit/ WinXP SP3 dual boot set up.. I haven't had any luck in the past, it seems to just boot to Windows 7.
Let's just start with the start.
For this help.. let's say I have no idea what I am doing, walk me through what I need to download, and what I should install first, and what all I will need to get things running.
I am gathering my CDs that came with my parts so I can do drivers and all that, most have extra utilities as well which I may or may not require.
The biggest thing I have is how should I format my TB drive.. should I partition it to like 3 parts and run windows off another completely different harddrive, or should I do 4 parts, with a small 20ish GB partition for windows? or what... I want performance speed and gaming edge... the computer kind of stutters right now loading web pages and such and I am not fully sure what it is.
(Osiris malware removal was performed, it helped some but still kinda seems "sluggish" for this system specs)
I planned to Format/Load brand new, with some pictures/movies etc backed up on CDs and Jump drives. However, I want to make sure I download everything I need first, and put on backups, so I can do this without net connection.
I will list my system specs soon, but I want something like AVG and malware protection and such as well as my general windows configuring for the best I can bring out of this computer.
I was going to do this when I got my 4890 GPU, and fresh install all my games, and that should be pretty soon - so I want to get things prepared now.
What I have:
Intel Core i7 920 (2.67GHz) (stock cooling/paste)
2.99 GB RAM (this is actually 6GB but I don't have a 64bit OS yet) (OCZ, Triple Channel 1600)
GPU is right now a Radeon x700 series, but I plan to go to a 4890
1 TB harddrive - Seagate Barracude 7200.11
ASUS P6T Deluxe motherboard.
I WILL have a HAF932 case so you get an idea of the air flow for my case.
What I want to do is reinstall, in proper order, everything I want to play my games, view websites (flash, etc) and keep my PC running the best it can (tweaking for performance, etc, as well as AVG antivirus [or other program] and anti-malware )
First things first I should probably get a 64 bit OS - there are some problems with this, I want windows 7 but currently one of the games I play will not play on windows 7 I do have windows 7 64 (and 32) bit Burned to DVDs that will last until June when the trial is over. Oh.. I would be willing to have a small secondary windows install (windows xp Pro SP3) so I can run the game, however I WILL require help to get a Windows 7 64bit/ WinXP SP3 dual boot set up.. I haven't had any luck in the past, it seems to just boot to Windows 7.
Let's just start with the start.
For this help.. let's say I have no idea what I am doing, walk me through what I need to download, and what I should install first, and what all I will need to get things running.
I am gathering my CDs that came with my parts so I can do drivers and all that, most have extra utilities as well which I may or may not require.
The biggest thing I have is how should I format my TB drive.. should I partition it to like 3 parts and run windows off another completely different harddrive, or should I do 4 parts, with a small 20ish GB partition for windows? or what... I want performance speed and gaming edge... the computer kind of stutters right now loading web pages and such and I am not fully sure what it is.
(Osiris malware removal was performed, it helped some but still kinda seems "sluggish" for this system specs)