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What to do when swapping cpu?

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As far as software goes, as long as Windows doesn't complain about it and say you need to reactivate it, you should be good to go.

 

On the hardware side, you'll want to clean the old thermal paste off your cooler and the old CPU with some isopropyl alcohol, and put fresh thermal paste on the new CPU once it's installed.

 

Given that the 1700 and 2700 have similar power draws, your cooler should be able to handle the upgrade, but you'll also want to check thermals under load just to make sure it's still sufficient and that you mounted the cooler correctly.

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Make sure your board is running a new enough BIOS to support the 2700. There shouldn't be any more to it than that. (Besides the usual rules of thumb around installing CPU coolers.)

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As far as software goes, as long as Windows doesn't complain about it and say you need to reactivate it, you should be good to go.

 

On the hardware side, you'll want to clean the old thermal paste off your cooler and the old CPU with some isopropyl alcohol, and put fresh thermal paste on the new CPU once it's installed.

 

Given that the 1700 and 2700 have similar power draws, your cooler should be able to handle the upgrade, but you'll also want to check thermals under load just to make sure it's still sufficient and that you mounted the cooler correctly.

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