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Post by Nosferalatu on Jan 11, 2012 14:27:28 GMT -5
I actually have a question. I've wanted to upgrade to an i7 from an AMD. I'll need new Mobo... do I also need to buy another copy of win7? I always assumed windows pc identification was linked to mobo. Legally yes, technically no. The license from Microsoft is legally supposed to be tied to the CPU it is registered on. For all practical purposes though you can re-use your same copy and it will activate fine (and if it doesn't, just call them and tell them your motherboard died and you are reinstalling and they will activate over the phone). |
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Post by greentank on Jan 11, 2012 17:57:11 GMT -5
I feel comfortable installing my own stuff yes. But just did not want to initially got that route. This the 18 months free interest from best buy i could but a desktop, new power supply if need be and a graphics card.
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Post by Deeproot on Jan 11, 2012 19:10:58 GMT -5
Well, every cpu i've ever had had an intel, and they always felt sluggish to me (lol@ playing WoW on an old dell dimension e2350 or w/e it was) Granted this was back quite some time ago and the computer was an XP from early 2000's, but when I did get a new CPU w/ an Intel in it it still seemed to lack pep. As far as I care, my AMD works which is good enough for me  I'm not trying to say intel is bad or AMD is awesome, amd is what I payed for for sure, I might not have a blazing fast quad core I7 beastly CPU, but it runs and I don't do enough CPU intensive tasks anymore for it to really matter. However I do think I need to OC it some to get the best out of my RAM, it's not even running at it's max speed. And another note, if you do get a dell or something, expect there to be a *tad* bit of trouble getting a non-dell PSU or something inside. In my 1st computer (1st one I bought anyway) when I upgraded to a nvidia 9600gso I had to get a new PSU, and it wasn't pretty. The long and short, it didn't fit. I had to finagle it in there and snap off a few pieces of plastic garbage (mostly cable routing pieces mostly) to get it to get even close to fitting, and even then there was a piece of metal at the top that made it not quite sit right. I was afraid of it breaking at first, but it held for like 3 years so I can't complain. |
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Post by greentank on Jan 11, 2012 20:51:17 GMT -5
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Post by woggle on Jan 13, 2012 17:25:19 GMT -5
Not if you want something that uses any DirectX for even remotely decent performance. OpenGL is the lose. |
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Post by mayong on Jan 16, 2012 12:43:40 GMT -5
hard to go wrong with lenovo. Almost everyone I know in this area in the business side of IT is switching or has switched to Lenovo due to quality issues with Dell and HP desktops/laptops. The video card in that is a little weak but would probably work much better than your overall system now and you should still be able to change that video card to something like a 6850 or GTX460 and not have to upgrade your power supply.
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Post by greentank on Jan 16, 2012 22:51:50 GMT -5
hard to go wrong with lenovo. you should still be able to change that video card to something like a 6850 or GTX460 and not have to upgrade your power supply. thats what i was thinking, and ya its going to make a huge diffrence, will be here 18-23rd so....hopen for sonner then later |
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I'm not trying to say intel is bad or AMD is awesome, amd is what I payed for for sure, I might not have a blazing fast quad core I7 beastly CPU, but it runs and I don't do enough CPU intensive tasks anymore for it to really matter. However I do think I need to OC it some to get the best out of my RAM, it's not even running at it's max speed.