CPU Upgrade

[Hatsune Miku 「 」]

If I were to upgrade my CPU, would I have to reinstall windows 7 or reactivate it?

[Held657]

Could be. Reactivate no as far as I know, but sometimes Winodws 7 has problems with major hardware changes like CPU and mainboard. So maybe you won't have to, but it could be.

[Tro]

I upgraded my CPU and mobo and i didn't have to reinstall anything. Was getting alot of lag problems, low FPS in games, and some other really bad problems, then i reinstalled Windows 8 and everything was fixed. 

[DIV1D3]

Nope, I just switched my CPU over 2 times yesterday, still using an outdated Win7 trial lol XP

[Wildlord12]

Everytime you upgrade a cpu or re-seat cpu, You need to re-install the windows but you need a new key. Or can cause problems if you don't re-install the windows.

[UnknownEngineer]

I had to re-install, just make sure you get have the correct key when reactivating. You will most-likely need to call them to verify the key.

I swapped my mobo and CPU.

[bradscoolio]

/* Hardware changes that require windows reinstall */

CPU = false;

RAM = false;

Graphics_Card = false;

Additional_HDD = false;

PSU = false;

Fans = false;

Motherboard = true;