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Spartan
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United States2030 Posts
June 10 2009 22:45 GMT
#1
What parts can you upgrade on a PC without having to reformat and reinstall the OS? I know you can change RAM and add more HDs, but can you upgrade the processor to a new one of the same brand?

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b3h47pte
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States1317 Posts
June 10 2009 22:46 GMT
#2
Erm. I'm pretty sure you can do anything. if you go above 4GB of ram you should get a 64-bit OS but that's about it...
DragoonPK
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
3259 Posts
June 10 2009 22:51 GMT
#3
A PC's upgrade limitation is nearly non existent. You could literally change every piece of hardware except as b3h47pte said the switch from 32-bit to 64-bit.
dyodyo
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
Philippines578 Posts
June 10 2009 22:53 GMT
#4
On June 11 2009 07:46 b3h47pte wrote:
Erm. I'm pretty sure you can do anything. if you go above 4GB of ram you should get a 64-bit OS but that's about it...

Thats also what I know. The only issue I have encountered before is moving/upgrading windows from a Intel-based machine to an AMD-based one (or vice versa). It wouldn't boot for me so I had to reinstall the OS.
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Etherone
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States1898 Posts
June 10 2009 23:14 GMT
#5
did no one read the question?

"What parts can you upgrade on a PC without having to reformat and reinstall the OS?"

if you swap CPU's you don't need to reinstall your OS, but keep in mind that DRM locked software will recognize it as a new PC so, you may want to.

basically anything that isn't the Mobo, and swapping out your HDD for a new one, will not require OS reinstall. unfortunately for me my mobo is probably the next part i have to upgrade T.T
Manit0u
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Poland17700 Posts
June 10 2009 23:25 GMT
#6
Basically, if it's not the motherboard you don't need to reinstall your OS, just the drivers. But personally I'd suggest OS reinstall with mobo/proc changes, anything else is fine.
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R3condite
Profile Joined August 2008
Korea (South)1541 Posts
June 11 2009 00:15 GMT
#7
gpu, ram, hd, psu, anything but mobo is fine

CPU would allow the computer to work but depending on from wat to wat you are upgrading make fuk stuff over

also it's recommended taht u just redo the whole thing if u change either the cpu or the mobo (mobo is kind of forced, not just recommended)
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Flow.of.soul
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States210 Posts
June 11 2009 02:29 GMT
#8
Like people said you can pretty much swap out anything except for the motherboard (and the harddrive with your OS on it obviously). Its general rule of thumb though to reinstall the OS. Everything runs alot smoother that way and if you have not reinstalled your OS in a while it will get rid of alot of bitrot, speeding up your machine.
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