Swapping A Motherboard

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I have a friend who bought a new PC and is giving me the parts of his old PC. I have prior knowledge to building PC's. I have a decent PC but my motherboard and processor are lacking while his old PC's motherboard and processor are a step up from mine. So, I was wondering if I could take his motherboard and processor and put them into my current PC. Would it be a simple swap or would I have to do anything else besides taking out the old and replacing with the new?
 
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If the new motherboard uses the same chipset as the old, it will probably run. Only some driver updates from the new motherboard cd would be needed.
It is worth a try.

If the motherboards are too different, you will not be able to boot, and a clean reinstall of windows will be required.
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If the new motherboard uses the same chipset as the old, it will probably run. Only some driver updates from the new motherboard cd would be needed.
It is worth a try.

If the motherboards are too different, you will not be able to boot, and a clean reinstall of windows will be required.
 
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His old PC had windows 8 while my current set up has windows 7. You are saying that if I install his motherboard, processor, and hard drive into my rig than I would have to re-install windows. Thought I could side step this since I am using his motherboard, processor, and if need be his hard drive.
 
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