How do I download Mavericks to a new HDD

I'm just about to rebuild my old MacPro (2008) with a new WD VelociRaptor Hdd, just not sure about how to download the OS x to the drive and get it up and running as the bootable drive?
Thanks

You can restart while pressing the Command+R keys to boot into the OS X Mavericks Recovery HD. From the OS X Utilities menu you would choose the Reinstall OS X option. This will download OS X Mavericks and during the installation process you can tell it where to install by the View All Disks button or whatever that says.

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