getting new motherboard

[Ross227]

I am thinking of swapping my old motherboard for a Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58. My motherboard i have just now came with a pre built system from pc world and theres no info on my board. All i know is its acer. So if i swap my boards will i need a new operating system because i dont know if my vista x64 is oem or not and if i do will a Windows 7 Home Premium (Upgrade) Operating System, Retail work?

 

[S_I_N]

might wanna check everything out lol I was going to upgrade a mono from a dell rig not long ago so my daughter would have a comp to play with as shes getting old enough to learn about computers. Anywho I couldnt just change the mobo due to the case being dell all the mobo connectors are specific to dell so I had to change cases as well. Something to look at. But if it does change over for you there is no reason that software shouldnt work out ok for you.

 

[Ross227]

I have replaced nearly everything from this acer pc except from the mobo ram and cpu the only thing i plan on keeping in is the cpu a core i7 920.

 

[marsey99]

If you still have the license sticker for the os install you can phone Ms and reactivate the install if you need to, if not you will need a new windows too.