Which installation option is best?

I was wondering what the best installation option is for me. I've read about "Archive and Install," "Upgrade," and lastly completely whipping the HDD and then installing.
I have a MacBook Pro(the original - 1st Gen), and I currently have 33.94G used and 40.27G free. The majority of my harddrive is taken up by music and movies(which I would like to not lose, but they can be obtained again after some work). I don't think I have anything super important to save, since I have my English papers on a flash drive.
I'm not sure what option is best for me, or which option would be better for my computer since I'd like it to run smoothly. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

see and existing thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1196130&tstart=0

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