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Update: I got Windows installed to the new drive, which was fantastic! Now though, I've got two drives each with Windows installed, and all of my programs stored on the HDD. No problem. I want them there so they aren't clogging up the SSD. My problem now is that, as far as I can tell, there is no way to run those programs from the SSD Windows installation. I know this probably seems obvious to more seasoned enthusiasts, but having never done this before, I'm a bit confused where to go from here. I want to be able to run the programs from the SSD while keeping the meat of the programs over on the HDD. Any advice? As it stands, I can boot from either drive. Edit: A handful of programs work. Most, including all Steam games, will not.

Sounds good to me. Is there a good site that shows how to do this without losing the license key?

Uh oh. When I used the clone disk utility, it was giving me a similar problem to Macrium. It says the destination is too small.

I know this has probably been brought up here in the past, but I'm looking to move my Windows installation from a 1 TB HDD to a 500GB SSD without taking all of my files along with it. Trouble is, every tutorial I can find involves bringing the files along, which is problematic, since the new drive doesn't have space for this. Is there any way I can make this migration work without moving everything, and without wiping my HDD?

That's the thing though. I can't poke the upper one down. There's an un-moveable bar in the way. Update: I still have no clue what to do about this.

That's the thing though. I can't poke the upper one down. There's an un-moveable bar in the way.

I am having a nightmarish time getting the latches for the power supply down in my Dell XPS 8700. One of them looks to have a metal bar blocking me from getting it down. I've looked at countless tutorials and none seem to reference this issue. Any ideas?

Forgive me for my ignorance, but what does it mean to have a locked CPU?

Hello, I have never bought computer components before, and am in serious need of an upgrade to my machine. I currently have a Dell XPS 8700 machine with an i7-4790 processor, a GTX 745 graphics card, a Dell 0KWVT8 motherboard and 16 GB of DDR3 memory. Right now, my machine rarely pulls more than 20 FPS on even fairly outdated games from around 2013. My hope was initially to upgrade to an RTX 2070, which would deliver far above my goal of 1080p at 60 frames per second with the added benefit of future proofing. Unfortunately, it looks like my processor can't handle this sort of load, and I definitely don't want to have to replace my whole motherboard and RAM in order to upgrade. I've been looking into some more economic options, and I am very curious what I can expect from each one. There is a GTX 1070 in my area that is selling for $220, a GTX 1060 6 GB for $165, and a GTX 1060 3 GB for $120. I know that all of these cards can deliver 1080p60 for the time being, but what is my best option when factoring the future? What if I become interested in 2K, 4K or high FPS gaming at some point? Is there a card that will give me the best bang for the buck? I am also curious what cards my machine is even compatible with, keeping in mind the quality of the processor. Would a higher end card like a GTX 1080 or 1080Ti experience a bottleneck? Would an RTX card connect to the motherboard at all? Like I said, I am very new to this whole process. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated, and if there's anything I left out, I'd be glad to give more details.