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Bobby, bro, YOU NEED AN SSD. For real. "More space" is not as good as "SOMETHING LIKE EIGHT ACTUAL TIMES FASTER EVERYTHING". It's the single biggest upgrade experience you can possibly do to a modern PC. Don't skimp on this one. Get a 1tb porn drive later if you have to.

@BobbyDigi said:
Prefer more space over SSD.

Sigh This is why MvM took forever. I still have an extra SSD if you would like it Bobby. Not the fastest, but she has it where it counts. Crucial M2 128GB.

I have had good success with a phone call to Microsoft explaining the situation. My PC had crashed and due to the rapid change in hardware, the motherboard I had wasn't available anymore. They always activated my install over the phone and sent me on my way. Once you actually talk to an actual person, the Microsoft support has always been really nice in my experiences.

Here is a slightly more expensive, but I think better bang for buck setup. Just under $300
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Tushon/saved/HX3J7P

Hybrid 1TB is a pretty good idea to get you boosted performance without going full SSD, so thanks for that @Cliff_Forster . I honestly kind of forgot they existed.