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Old June 16, 2012, 08:00 PM
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i want to upgrade my hardware in my HTPC,

current :
Intel Core 2 Duo e8400
Asus Striker Extreme
2x 2GB Corsair XMS2-8500
2x 9600GT

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Intel Core i7 960
MSI Big Bang X-Power X58
3x 4GB Corsair Vengence DDR3-1600
2x BFG OC GTX 275

by just swapping out the hardware excluding the video card, do i need to reinstall Windows 7 ?
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Old June 16, 2012, 08:11 PM
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Typically speaking, no you do not, but obviously it's recommended.

Intel to Intel should boot up fine. Intel to AMD or vice-versa is where it can be a little iffy.
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Old June 16, 2012, 08:27 PM
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Went from a dual core Intel rig (E8600) to a hex core AMD rig (Phenom II x6 1100T) without issue. Windows 7 is usually pretty good when it comes to big swaps, I just had to restart after it installed all the drivers and it's been running since.

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Old June 17, 2012, 12:09 AM
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blue screen after windows boot window -_-
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Old June 17, 2012, 09:01 AM
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blue screen after windows boot window -_-
That likely means your SATA mode is different. RAID, AHCI, IDE/Legacy? Needs to be the same as the previous board, otherwise you'll have to do some registry hacking to enable the necessary driver.
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