I'm tired of my FM1 socket, and want a better processor. I already am using an AMD A8 Llano, but it's not quite getting there. My current motherboard is an ASRock A55M-HVS I'm looking to get a similar mobo with an AM3+ socket, the: ASRock 960GM/U3S3 FX. As far as I was concerned, it'd be as simple as upgrading any other part, simply remove drivers and old part, then install drivers and new part. But after reading up a bit, I was quite confused. All of the sudden, there were things like re-buying a my Windows 7 copy, and the possibility of losing stored data. So, what exactly do I need to know, or have, in swapping out a mobo?