CPU and Motherboard swamp

[The Halo Don]

So I've already posted earlier today and I already need some more help haha!

My friend will be building a hackintosh on Sunday, which leaves his old computer to sit in a lonely corner, which is good for me because he has agreed to let me have his old processor + motherboard in exchange for mine. (His being a Phenom II X4 965, mine being a Phenom II X4 840)

My question is, would we need to format our hard drives and re-install windows once we swamp motherboards and CPUs?

I planned on reformatting mine anyway, but he doesn't really want to reformat it.

 

[Supernova1138]

It depends on how similar the chipsets are. Windows might boot up fine with the swap if the motherboard chipsets are similar enough. If not, you would have to do a repair installation at least to get Windows back up and running, then install the appropriate drivers for the motherboard devices. You'll also likely have to reactivate Windows as well.

You don't have to reformat your drives. You might have to reinstall Windows if the repair installation doesn't work.

 

[The Halo Don]

I'm pretty sure they are the same chipsets. (If not, then extremely similar)

Hopefully Windows lets us boot. And about the reactivating Windows, we are aware of that!

Thanks for your answer!

 

[The Halo Don]

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[Proximon]

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