Hey Guys - I am contemplating upgrading my PC hardware without going for a brand new PC. I have a HP Pavilion Elite e9180t and I want to move the CPU onto an ASUS P6T and mount everything in a new case. I would also like to upgrade my graphics card and PSU, but that will come later after I switch mobo's and cases.
This will be my first attept at doing this kind of work in my PC. Do I need to worry about my OS? I bought a windows 7 upgrade online, so I don't have a physical disc. My 1TB HDD would not be getting replaced (I don't have SSD to boot from), so I just want to be sure my OS will still work after the move.
If I do want to upgrade to getting a SSD for my boot drive, how does one go about moving the OS onto that? Is this even an option since I don't have the physical disc?
Any other advice you can give a noob starting off would be great too. Thanks!
This will be my first attept at doing this kind of work in my PC. Do I need to worry about my OS? I bought a windows 7 upgrade online, so I don't have a physical disc. My 1TB HDD would not be getting replaced (I don't have SSD to boot from), so I just want to be sure my OS will still work after the move.
If I do want to upgrade to getting a SSD for my boot drive, how does one go about moving the OS onto that? Is this even an option since I don't have the physical disc?
Any other advice you can give a noob starting off would be great too. Thanks!