Changing Motherboards Need To Have Same Chipset To Run Current OS?

CTside · Dec 29, 2015

Hey I was thinking of changing my motherboard soon to a ASUS Z97-A LGA 1150 Intel Z97 for my i7-4770 and GTX 970. I currently have a Alienware 0PGRP5 from a prebuilt alienware x51 r2 computer. my current alienware motherboard has a H87 chipset and the ASUS Z97-A I plan on buying is z97. I was looking into what I needed to do before upgrading a motherboard and it looks like if I don't want to buy a new OS I would need to buy a mobo of the same chipset? I have Windows 10 btw. Just making sure. Thanks

PC SPECS:

Case: Enermax Ostrog blk case w white
Power Supply: Thermaltake tr2 600w
OS: Windows 10 Home
Motherboard: alienware 0pgrp5
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 3.40 Ghz
Memory: 8GB DDR3
Hard Drive: 1TB
Video Card: msi GTX 970 OC

M0j0jojo · Dec 29, 2015

CTside :

Hey I was thinking of changing my motherboard soon to a ASUS Z97-A LGA 1150 Intel Z97 for my i7-4770 and GTX 970. I currently have a Alienware 0PGRP5 from a prebuilt alienware x51 r2 computer. my current alienware motherboard has a H87 chipset and the ASUS Z97-A I plan on buying is z97. I was looking into what I needed to do before upgrading a motherboard and it looks like if I don't want to buy a new OS I would need to buy a mobo of the same chipset? I have Windows 10 btw. Just making sure. Thanks

PC SPECS:

Case: Enermax Ostrog blk case w white
Power Supply: Thermaltake tr2 600w
OS: Windows 10 Home
Motherboard: alienware 0pgrp5
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 3.40 Ghz
Memory: 8GB DDR3
Hard Drive: 1TB
Video Card: msi GTX 970 OC

Why do you want to change your motherboard?

CTside · Dec 29, 2015

M0j0jojo :

I don't think my current motherboard can take my gpu and cpu being overclocked and it's causing my computer to fully freeze and crash every completely randomly here and there 2-3 times a day

OC SPECS (afterburner) :

Core Voltage: +3
Power Limit: 110%
Core Clock: +155
Memory Clock: +54

M0j0jojo · Dec 29, 2015

CTside :

M0j0jojo :

I don't think my current motherboard can take my gpu and cpu being overclocked and it's causing my computer to fully freeze and crash every completely randomly here and there 2-3 times a day

OC SPECS (afterburner) :

Core Voltage: +3
Power Limit: 110%
Core Clock: +155
Memory Clock: +54

You can overclock your GPU, you cannot overclock your CPU because it is not unlocked. Change your CPU clock to default, and the freezes should go away.

CTside · Dec 29, 2015

M0j0jojo :

CTside :

You can overclock your GPU, you cannot overclock your CPU because it is not unlocked. Change your CPU clock to default, and the freezes should go away.

Wait I thought it would still work if it was VERY little?

Tradesman1 · Dec 29, 2015

You can OC the CPU slightly via the BCLK - if doing so may need to raise vCore (CPU voltage as well as the VCCSA (system agent voltage) since increasing the BCLK affects the rest of the components also - not just the CPU

M0j0jojo · Dec 29, 2015

CTside :

M0j0jojo :

CTside :

You can overclock your GPU, you cannot overclock your CPU because it is not unlocked. Change your CPU clock to default, and the freezes should go away.

Wait I thought it would still work if it was VERY little?

Well yes if you overclock it using BCLK, which is a pain in the neck. But if you can master BCLK overclocking you can master any overclocking

CTside · Dec 29, 2015

Oh ok cool well that's interesting didn't know that. Well thanks for telling me that guys but, can someone still answer my question at first haha

M0j0jojo · Dec 29, 2015

CTside :

Yes if you do still wish to get a different motherboard it must be compatible with LGA 1150 CPUs like you have. and I'm not sure if you would have to re-install windows, maybe someone else can answer that. you probably have to because you would have to get different motherboard drivers.

CountMike · Dec 30, 2015

You might get awwy with Windows by just changing drivers but activation could be a problem with new MB if they are not retail version or upgraded from W7/8.1 retail version.

Tradesman1 · Dec 30, 2015

Your current mobo is from Alienware and the OS (unless YOU upgraded it) will be an OEM version that is tied to the mobo, MS might or might not reactivate it, no way of telling for sure, they often do, but again often don't

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