Posted November 26, 2019 So I had a pretty serious hardware crash and I've been fixing things, upgrading and re-examining my set up. I do love Win 7 but loosing support means I should probably move on soon. Could use some advice and perspective, not been keeping abreast of the OS behaviour and/or performance. So, what should do move to? WIn 8x or Win 10? Any advice on Pro's / Con's? I use it mainly for Photography (Photoshop and Lightroom) and Gaming, lost of gaming. Planning on dual booting Linux as well but I have 700 games most of which dont run on Linux so Windows is a must Rough hardware: MSI Z77 mpower i7 3770K 16 gig ram (soon to be 32 gig) 1600 ghz Asus 1070 8gig OS 3x 4tb HDD 1x 128 SSD 1x 256 SSD Never trust a man, who, when left alone with a tea cosey... Doesn't try it on. Billy ConnollyMarriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit. Billy Connolly Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. After that, who cares? He's a mile away and you've got his shoes. Billy Connolly Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1127648-on-win-7-upgrading-advice/ Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 26, 2019 lol. Windows 8... Definitely go for Windows 10. CPU: Ryzen 9 5900 Cooler: EVGA CLC280 Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Pro AX RAM: Kingston Hyper X 32GB 3200mhz Storage: WD 750 SE 500GB, WD 730 SE 1TB GPU: EVGA RTX 3070 Ti PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Streacom DA2 Monitor: LG 27GL83B Mouse: Razer Basilisk V2 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red Speakers: Mackie CR5BT MiniPC - Sold for $100 Profit Spoiler CPU: Intel i3 4160 Cooler: Integrated Motherboard: Integrated RAM: G.Skill RipJaws 16GB DDR3 Storage: Transcend MSA370 128GB GPU: Intel 4400 Graphics PSU: Integrated Case: Shuttle XPC Slim Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red Budget Rig 1 - Sold For $750 Profit Spoiler CPU: Intel i5 7600k Cooler: CryOrig H7 Motherboard: MSI Z270 M5 RAM: Crucial LPX 16GB DDR4 Storage: Intel S3510 800GB GPU: Nvidia GTX 980 PSU: Corsair CX650M Case: EVGA DG73 Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red OG Gaming Rig - Gone Spoiler CPU: Intel i5 4690k Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 Motherboard: MSI Z97i AC ITX RAM: Crucial Ballistix 16GB DDR3 Storage: Kingston Fury 240GB GPU: Asus Strix GTX 970 PSU: Thermaltake TR2 Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX Monitor: Dell P2214H x2 Mouse: Logitech MX Master Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1127648-on-win-7-upgrading-advice/#findComment-13077441 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 26, 2019 go straight to WIn 10. as far as i know, if you have a legit copy of win 7, you can upgrade to win 10 for free. though you might want to upgrade that CPU soon. Im with the mentaility of "IF IM NOT SURE IF ITS ENOUGH COOLING, GO OVERKILL" CURRENT PC SPECS CPU : Ryzen 5 3600 (Formerly Ryzen 3 1200) GPU : ASUS RX 580 Dual OC (Formerly ASUS GTX 1060 but it got corroded for some odd reasons) GPU COOOER : ID Cooling Frostflow 120 VGA (Stock cooler overheats even when undervolted ) MOBO : MSI B350m Bazooka MEMORY : Team Group Elite TUF DDR4 3600 Mhz CL 16 STORAGE : Seagate Baracudda 1TB and Kingston SSD PSU : Thermaltake Lite power 550W (Gonna change soon as i dont trust this) CASE : Rakk Anyag Frost CPU COOLER : ID-Cooling SE 207 CASE FANS : Mix of ID cooling fans, Corsair fans and Rakk Ounos (planned change to ID Cooling) DISPLAY : SpectrePro XTNS24 144hz Curved VA panel MOUSE : Logitech G603 Lightspeed KEYBOARD : Rakk Lam Ang HEADSET : Plantronics RIG 500HD Kingston Hyper X Stinger and a whole lot of LED everywhere(behind the monitor, behind the desk, behind the shelf of the PC mount and inside the case) Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1127648-on-win-7-upgrading-advice/#findComment-13077443 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 26, 2019 Go with Windows 10. You also gain DirectX12 in addition, with Win10, thanks to WSL (Windows subsystem for Linux), you don't need to dual boot Linux. You can run Linux distro in Windows 10. You have so far, Ubuntu, OpenSuse, Kali Linux, Alpine, Debian, Pengwin, and unofficial paying (2$) CentOS 7, I never tried it. Something. to look for. I use WSL extensively for work I'm soft dev. It's great, as you have full system performance (beside translator performance cost), Linux user processes apears in Task Manager of Windows, as you near native run them as if it was your main OS, and no resource reservations like using VMs. WSL2, that is coming up, is even better Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1127648-on-win-7-upgrading-advice/#findComment-13077723 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 26, 2019 Definitely go right to Windows 10, or you'll just be delaying the same problem you already have with support rather than solving it. You should even be able to upgrade for free using your existing key, so try that before resorting to buying a new copy. Solve your own audio issues | First Steps with RPi 3 | Humidity & Condensation | Sleep & Hibernation | Overclocking RAM | Making Backups | Displays | 4K / 8K / 16K / etc. | Do I need 80+ Platinum? If you can read this you're using the wrong theme. You can change it at the bottom. Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1127648-on-win-7-upgrading-advice/#findComment-13077989 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 26, 2019 Author Thank you all, I figured but thought I'd make sure. I over analyse so this way I'm confident. 17 hours ago, Martin2132 said: go straight to WIn 10. as far as i know, if you have a legit copy of win 7, you can upgrade to win 10 for free. though you might want to upgrade that CPU soon. I'm going to buy a legit copy, I think the previous version I had was OEM or something and I had a nightmare moving it to my PC from the ... Laptop if I remember (it was almost a decade if not longer ago) Ssspensive but.... fk it, might as well buy a copy outright for once (anything legit has been OEM before), I've been using Windows software in one way of another for ... 20+ years First time the charm Thanks again all Never trust a man, who, when left alone with a tea cosey... Doesn't try it on. Billy ConnollyMarriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit. Billy Connolly Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. After that, who cares? He's a mile away and you've got his shoes. Billy Connolly Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1127648-on-win-7-upgrading-advice/#findComment-13079559 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 26, 2019 2 hours ago, Ethnod said: I'm going to buy a legit copy, I think the previous version I had was OEM or something and I had a nightmare moving it to my PC from the ... Laptop if I remember (it was almost a decade if not longer ago) It shouldn't even be possible to move an OEM copy, that's the point of them, so the fact you managed that is good I guess. However, if you're just reinstalling on the same hardware there shouldn't be any messing around or trouble whatsoever. Solve your own audio issues | First Steps with RPi 3 | Humidity & Condensation | Sleep & Hibernation | Overclocking RAM | Making Backups | Displays | 4K / 8K / 16K / etc. | Do I need 80+ Platinum? If you can read this you're using the wrong theme. You can change it at the bottom. Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1127648-on-win-7-upgrading-advice/#findComment-13079989 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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