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Upgrading motherboard...totally a newbie

billyrichar
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I'm totally new to the world of pcs. Long story short: I purchased a prebuilt about a year ago. I've gradually been upgrading it piece by piece. I just purchased a pretty good motherboard on Newegg. I was trying to sleep. Anway, it hit me hard. Once the new mobo is installed--I'm in trouble. I have no idea where to go after that. Here are a few of my questions. 

1. Will the pc even boot with my current M.2?

2. Do I have to reinstall windows because it's an OEM?

3. If I have to reinstall Windows, do I have to buy an activation key first and put it on a thumb drive? Or will it allow me to do it from the pc? I have an account that's linked to Microsoft.

4. Will I lose all of my games? My son and I have accumulated plenty of games this last year.

5. Are there any other issues that might arise?

 

I'm not very skilled with computers. I've fallen in love with them. But that doesn't help me much. I'd like to apologize in advance if I've broken any rules or posted on the wrong bored. I'm just starting to stress out.

Thanks for any help.

 

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Depends on what exactly you upgraded

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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1. Yes it should boot with no issue with a new motherboard, if the drive isn't encrypted, which is likely isn't or you would know.

2. No reinstallation should be needed but (3.) you might need to activate Windows again with a new key. It will allow you to do that while in Windows.

4. I don't see why you would lose your games. As long as all your Harddrives will be plugged in again, your games should show up aswell.

 

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