Do I have to reinstall windows changing to intel to AMD or vise versa

[Sabbir Hassan]

Do I have to reinstall windows changing to intel to AMD or vise versa?

 

i have intel G3258 and asus z87-c. i want to change it to AMD6350 and asrock extreme 3 990fx

 

i have seen this video still want to confirm 

 

 

[JefferyD90]

2 minutes ago, Sabbir Hassan said:

Do I have to reinstall windows changing to intel to AMD or vise versa?

 

i have intel G3258 and asus z87-c. i want to change it to AMD6350 and asrock extreme 3 990fx

 

i have seen this video still want to confirm 

 

 

You should reinstall Windows every time you have a hardware change... but when you change your chipset, you're pretty much required.

[Energycore]

- No but you'll have to go through a process to reactivate your Windows if you change motherboard

- Don't get an FX-6350 when FX-8300s and 8320s are literally $10 more (in most countries)

- Definitely don't spend a fortune on a motherboard for these CPUs, since it can't house a high performance upgrade (8300 is as good as it gets, and while it's a fine gaming CPU, it's not better than a 2011 i7-2600).

[vorticalbox]

I change from i3 3100 to an AMD 8350 when the i3 died. I had no way of knowing if windows would boot or a way to create an installer but windows 10 configured it's self and everything worked fine. I did so a fresh install after just to be sure but it totally worked.

[Imglidinhere]

Don't upgrade yet dude, Zen is around the corner and even then... an i3 will be a better option than any FX chip out right now.

[Kamikaze+]

When I swapped my storage from an intel based system to a new AMD system, I had to reinstall windows. 

[Sir Asvald]

8 minutes ago, Imglidinhere said:

Don't upgrade yet dude, Zen is around the corner and even then... an i3 will be a better option than any FX chip out right now.

upgrade? He's downgrading. From Intel to AMD. 

[Sabbir Hassan]

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

- No but you'll have to go through a process to reactivate your Windows if you change motherboard

- Don't get an FX-6350 when FX-8300s and 8320s are literally $10 more (in most countries)

- Definitely don't spend a fortune on a motherboard for these CPUs, since it can't house a high performance upgrade (8300 is as good as it gets, and while it's a fine gaming CPU, it's not better than a 2011 i7-2600).

cant do anything, i need an update so i bought xeon 1231v3( i7 4790k or other K was not available for Z87-c motherboard) and so on so on.  so the concept its one pc which have G3258 and z87-c will be replace with AMD set and other pc will be updated with intel xeon. updated one will be reinstall. but trying to avoid installing on the other one

[Imglidinhere]

1 minute ago, Abdul201588 said:

upgrade? He's downgrading. From Intel to AMD. 

That's what I pointed out. Read mah post foo!

[Sabbir Hassan]

9 minutes ago, Imglidinhere said:

Don't upgrade yet dude, Zen is around the corner and even then... an i3 will be a better option than any FX chip out right now.

 

4 minutes ago, Imglidinhere said:

That's what I pointed out. Read mah post foo!

 

6 minutes ago, Abdul201588 said:

upgrade? He's downgrading. From Intel to AMD. 

 

11 minutes ago, Energycore said:

- No but you'll have to go through a process to reactivate your Windows if you change motherboard

- Don't get an FX-6350 when FX-8300s and 8320s are literally $10 more (in most countries)

- Definitely don't spend a fortune on a motherboard for these CPUs, since it can't house a high performance upgrade (8300 is as good as it gets, and while it's a fine gaming CPU, it's not better than a 2011 i7-2600).

sorry guys i have to go with what a got. Now so I will survive without issue if i change it for that pc without installing windows?

[Sabbir Hassan]

rest of the stuff(GPU,HDD RAM PSU) will stay same no change only the processor and motherboard change. 

[SCHISCHKA]

iv never changed the hardware on my win 10 computer, but you should be able to change hardware in windows 10 a lot easier than older versions by linking your windows license to your microsoft account. Older windows can blue screen if you change hardware

[SCHISCHKA]

btw it does depend on whether you have OEM, retail, or the free upgrade offer from older windows. I believe the free upgrade is treated like OEM and tied to the motherboard

[Sabbir Hassan]

dont worry about windows activation guys I will find what can I do after 30 days. now what is the conclusion ?

[Enderman]

Yes you should do a clean install if you want your OS to work correctly, all the drivers are different when you change motherboards.

 

Before you do anything, follow this process so that you can reactivate windows after changing the motherboard and reinstalling:

http://www.howtogeek.com/226510/how-to-use-your-free-windows-10-license-after-changing-your-pc’s-hardware/

[i_build_nanosuits]

1 hour ago, Sabbir Hassan said:

i have intel G3258 and asus z87-c. i want to change it to AMD6350 and asrock extreme 3 990fx

Oh god...don't do that man!

you have a good motherboard right there just get yourself a nice quad-core processor to drop in it and it will destroy the amd FX piece of shit in everything you can think of...

[belfouf]

OP, I changed from AMD to Intel a few months ago, and using sysprep i didn't loose ANYTHING

 

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/135077-windows-7-installation-transfer-new-computer.html

 

 

really easy to follow. No driver issues since it will install new ones