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Old March 4, 2010, 09:34 PM
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Default I7 920 to Core i7 980X Question
If you jump from 4 cores to 6 will you need to reinstall the OS?
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Old March 4, 2010, 09:59 PM
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no, windows simply adds the drivers for the new processor and you reboot. same thing swapping processors with the same amount of cores.
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Old March 4, 2010, 10:56 PM
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Old March 5, 2010, 03:54 AM
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Altough if you are on an oced CPu dont foret to clear Cmos. I did this once and destroyed my Os install !
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you probably don't even need anything for the OS at all

what you might need, is an updated BIOS.
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