Who wants to purchase Win7 just to swap out a mobo? not me, help
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Ok guys, some of you may not know me (i hang out with the gfx guys ![:sol:]( ":sol:")
), so hi xD
So, in a stupid move by me, i happened to purchase a Compaq PC about last year. I've upgraded to a 750Watt OCZ psu and a new 4870 but of course, my beauty of a cpu (Athlon x2 4800+) is holding me back a little. However, since this is an ECS Iris8, the overclocking is locked. Also i've always wanted a crossfire setup so my best option at the moment is to upgrade to an Am2+ motherboard and with the overclock, i should be able to hold off on purchasing a Phenom II for a bit longer. But.... as most of you guys probably know, to swap motherboards people say that you need to reformat your hdd and reinstall windows. I dont have a disc =(. can you guys make any recommendations that would help me avoid shelling out 200 bucks on Bill Gates' latest 20GB of crap and is there a way around reformatting? thanks.
), so hi xD So, in a stupid move by me, i happened to purchase a Compaq PC about last year. I've upgraded to a 750Watt OCZ psu and a new 4870 but of course, my beauty of a cpu (Athlon x2 4800+) is holding me back a little. However, since this is an ECS Iris8, the overclocking is locked. Also i've always wanted a crossfire setup so my best option at the moment is to upgrade to an Am2+ motherboard and with the overclock, i should be able to hold off on purchasing a Phenom II for a bit longer. But.... as most of you guys probably know, to swap motherboards people say that you need to reformat your hdd and reinstall windows. I dont have a disc =(. can you guys make any recommendations that would help me avoid shelling out 200 bucks on Bill Gates' latest 20GB of crap and is there a way around reformatting? thanks.
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well i keep seeing articles explaining how to do it without formatting, but none of them seem reliable enough to take the risk.
about using the RC : don't they not let you install it after a certain time (possibly official release)?
also i cant take the risk of RC expiring without buying the retail version, i'd be stuck on Linux (love it but not for gaming![;)]( ";)")
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about using the RC : don't they not let you install it after a certain time (possibly official release)?
also i cant take the risk of RC expiring without buying the retail version, i'd be stuck on Linux (love it but not for gaming
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