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im getting ready to buy a new motherboard cpu and memory and i dont know how Windows will react to a system change like this. anyone have an idea?
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Im no expert but you might find you have to setup all your BIOS and may have few registry issues but you may also have no issue

When i swapped HDD over on my pc when i was having issues with my new SSD i put in normal HDD with a different win 7 installation from a old Acer PC and only issue i had was drive name C: etc because i run 4 HDD this was on brand new pc i had built
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Best to make a fresh W7 install and make an external backup of your important files (saves :whistle: ) first.
That way you won't get compatibility issues.

You will have to reactivate with M$ anyway.

PS Maybe get a small SSD for the OS. It rocks.

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no extra money. it was a hard enough sell to my wife to let me spend as much as i am. i had a bit of good luck at work, my boss landed a federal contract thats paying $30/hour. last weeks check i payed all the bills and rent, this weeks check is for me, and ill get one more next week and be done with the job.

my current setup is a 2.7 ghz amd64x2 with 2 gb of 800mhz ddr2. its going on 6 years old and is ready for retirement.
im getting an AMD 8 core Vishera 4.2 ghz with 8 gb of 2133mhz ddr3. i had to have a motherboard with the 990fx chipset so im getting a $150 Asus and will cost a total of $435 delivered.about a month ago i spent $99 on an nvidia 650, not the best card but it does work better than my old 9800, i figure it should be enough till the 760's come down in price ($250 right now).once i get a 760 i figure i should have enough hardware to last another 5-6 years.

im on the fence right now about a new monitor because the Oculus Rift is almost ready for release, and i want to wait and see what happens.they are supposed to be around $300,the cost of a midrange monitor.
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You can always try to give it a shot. Maybe it works. Windows 7 is very clever.
But you probably need CCleaner or 360Amigo or similar to remove broken links and traces from old drivers. Worth a try.

Anyway, good luck with the build. ;)

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wow, UPS is on the ball this week. i ordered the super egg saver shipping (4-7 buisness days) so i could save $10 on Sunday. i wasnt expecting it till friday but UPS is fast this week and it was waiting for me when i got home.coolness.

lol, time to see how windows is going to like it.
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Good news let me know how it goes :banana-dance:
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I did end up buying a new copy of windows, but that was because I bought a new hard drive. the new system is a monster. the cmos,called the bios utility is done with a graphic layout that even uses a mouse. there are three big buttons, slow is 3.5 ghz,medium is 4.0 ghz, and fast is running at 4.369 ghz. the memory is a simple pull-down that I set at 2133 mhz. I also set the hyper-transport to 2600.

the main reason for getting this is my Battleground Europe game, its the most cpu intensive. in a normal medium size battle my fps would run between 8-12 with player visibility set to medium (128 players) and corpse count set to 0. last night I was in a good medium size battle that would run at 8-12. now it ran between 35-45 with player visibility set at high (196) and corpse count set to 100 for 30 minutes.

during this time my HW monitor said I reached a max temp of 42 degrees. very happy with everything. all I need now is a 760gt and ill be set for the next 5-6 years
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Nice, good to hear. :handgestures-thumbup:

Enjoy your new rig 8-)

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Sound awesome, I'm jealous :drool:
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