CPU Upgrade Win 8

[guas5373]

Hello, I'm thinking of buying a i5 3570k to upgrade my dual core sandy bridge cpu. My question is if I will have any trouble with the operating system, such as having to reactivate again or system instability. I am not changing anything else, just the CPU.

Thanks.

 

P.S. I have installed the windows 8 "system builder" version.

[joelthezombie15]

nope you should be fine.

[unidentical]

You might have to reactivate, but I would doubt it. won't cause instability, most you should see is it asking you to redo with windows experience index thing.

[Godlygamer23]

You most likely will not need to reactivate. The most likely scenario that you'd have to reactivate is switching motherboards.

[Joshua]

Linus' tool kit video, carries an OS with him, that OS would have seen a whole bunch of Hardware, it's fine. You're alright.

[GuppyTech]

You will not have no issues whatsoever, just make sure your CPU is compatible with your MoBo.

[orangecat]

Reactivate should be the only issue I hate Windows 8. If you are using a Z68 board i would recommend getting a Z77. I run a 3570K on a Z68X-UD3H-B3 and its very buggy because of the ivy bridge not being natively supported.

[arkon]

Reactivate should be the only issue I hate Windows 8.

 

Because it's linked to the hardware, right?

[orangecat]

Because it's linked to the hardware, right?

Yes.

[guas5373]

Ok. Thanks for the replies everyone!

[Scia]

Hello, I'm thinking of buying a i5 3570k to upgrade my dual core sandy bridge cpu. My question is if I will have any trouble with the operating system, such as having to reactivate again or system instability. I am not changing anything else, just the CPU.

Thanks.

 

P.S. I have installed the windows 8 "system builder" version.

 

You probably will have to reactivate as it counts as a "big change of hardware" and "might be a new PC" but as long as you have your key, there should be no problem [used the key I am using right now on 4 machines before I decided to go Win 8 on my mainrig ^^ ]