New CPU - Old components?

[Lyrox]

I'm thinking about upgrading my CPU this may require a Mobo change, i was wondering if my old RAM, gfx card and hard drive would still work if i had to replace the mobo.

I have an intel now, and i would more than likely be sticking with intel, though im also interested to know if i switched to AMD would the old components still work?

 

[mkaibear]

Um, we need a *lot* more info before we can tell you whether it will work!

 

[impreza]

depends on the cpu and moterboard. there are dual memoy boards and boards with agp and pcie. socket 939 supports ddr and some old boards spport agp.

 

[thelvyn]

What components do you wish to carry over to the new build precisely ?
If you have at least ddr1 then you could get this board. If you still have pc100/pc133 or rdram then memory will have to be purchased.

ASRock 775Dual-VSTA Socket T (LGA 775) VIA PT880 PRO ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813157092

Supports AGP/Pci-express DDR1/DDR2 and conroe of course.

You can get this mb+6300 for about $250.00 shipped.
Then you can upgrade to pciexpress video card and ddr2 at your leisure.

 

[Lyrox]

I have an X800XT 256mb and 2gb of DDR2 RAM and a standard SATA hard drive that i wish to move over - And all my optical drives and such.

I'd obviously buy a board compatable, but i mainly want to know if componants can be used in another mobo after already being used in one before.

Also when i change mobo and CPU will windows be able to boot like before from my HD? Or will it all need formatting and re-installing?

I'd be doing from a single core P4 3.6ghz to a Core Duo i'd think. I may possible move to an AMD but not if its more complicated to do so.

 

[mkaibear]

With those components, you won't have nay trouble migrating them to a new board.

You can re-use components, as long as they will fit in the new board (which I assume they will - is it a PCIe X800XT?)

You will almost certainly need to reinstall windows.

 

[fjohn5068]

hey does that asrock board support dual channel memory mode, cause if not it may start to run into memory bottlenecks

 

[thelvyn]

yes it does
http://www.asrock.com/product/775Dual-VSTA.htm

They also have a socket939 board that does agp/pciexpress but it only supports ddr1(Cpu dependant)
http://www.asrock.com/product/939Dual-VSTA.htm

 

[Doughbuy]

Yes, moving over your hdd should work, but I would reinstall anyways because of potential driver problems and other quirks Windows might encounter. Your opticals shouldn't have a problem, your memory will be fine also. Everything sounds like it should work, so go for it.

 

[Lyrox]

Thanks for the help guys, one thing though:

When i 1st boot my P.C after the new mobo and CPU - Will i have to put the windows boot disk in and re-install like that? Will it 100% not let me boot from my original hard drive?

Thanks again

 

[impreza]

if you uninstall all the drivers you may be able to get away with not reloading windows but if you don't it will probably blue screen when booted.

 

[Dumbguy]

if you uninstall all the drivers you may be able to get away with not reloading windows but if you don't it will probably blue screen when booted.

Ditto. I went from Socket A to S939 without reinstalling. Fired up like a champ, he did. Atta boy!


Sweet! I have 40 posts!

 

[Lyrox]

You mean like video card drivers and sound drivers?

Noob question, but does the CPU have drivers or the mobo? and Where are they if i need to uninstall them