Hey guys, the question I have for the gurus out there is this,I want to get the new 980 i7 processor to replace my i7 920, will I need to reinstall my OS afterwards, or will it just be good to go.I know I have to update my BIOS to take advantage of the 6 cores.Thanks

PingPong: I don't know about your BIOS, but you should not have to reinstall your OS. Just put the new processor in per the manufacturer's instructions, fire everything up and you should be good to go. Assuming you're on a post-Win2000 OS and not something like Widows 95 or ME or something like that . . . :(

Hey guys, the question I have for the gurus out there is this,I want to get the new 980 i7 processor to replace my i7 920, will I need to reinstall my OS afterwards, or will it just be good to go.I know I have to update my BIOS to take advantage of the 6 cores.Thanks

i JUST REPLACED MY E6600 WITH A Q9550 AND EVERYTHING STARTED UP FINE, BUT i DID READ AN ASUS THREAD STATING, ENTER BIOS AND LOAD SYSTEM DEFAULTS BEFORE THE SWAP

Hey guys, the question I have for the gurus out there is this,I want to get the new 980 i7 processor to replace my i7 920, will I need to reinstall my OS afterwards, or will it just be good to go.I know I have to update my BIOS to take advantage of the 6 cores.Thanks

You'll be fine, however some of your software my decide that you have changed enough hardware that it needs to reverify licenses.Paul

I want to get the new 980 i7 processor to replace my i7 920, will I need to reinstall my OS afterwards, or will it just be good to go.I know I have to update my BIOS to take advantage of the 6 cores.Thanks

It's highly recommended that you do a fresh OS install with that upgrade. I don't know what you are using for a motherboard but most X58 mobo's got Gulftown BIOS updates late last year. ASUS Rampage II Extreme (1802 BIOS)Intel Core i7-975 Extreme Edition w/Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme 1366 RTMushkin Redline Ascent 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) (6-7-6-18-1N)Asus/ATI 5870 (Catalyst 10.2)Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1tyWD VelociRaptor 150GB

p.s. In your sig you list that your i7 920 is clocked to 4.2GHz while your more pricey first-gen extreme chip is only at 4.0 LOL! What's the point?

It's highly recommended that you do a fresh OS install with that upgrade.

Since when, why do you say this and where is it highly reccomended?Its the same chipset, same drivers so there is nothing to loose or gain. Are we suposed to re-install the OS everytime we disable or re-enable cores, or when we over clock or under clock, install new ram? No.Paul

p.s. In your sig you list that your i7 920 is clocked to 4.2GHz while your more pricey first-gen extreme chip is only at 4.0 LOL! What's the point?

Being said by a man using really ancient hardware :( Some of the first generation processers and from some manufacturing batches was impossilbe to OC as high as processor from other batches. AnandTech had an article where they compared different 920 processors and some of the processors wouldn't allow an OC above 3.8GHz while others easily reached over 4GHz.EDITED: Ryan, I just read your post about your dream build. Finally :(

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Since when, why do you say this and where is it highly reccomended?Its the same chipset, same drivers so there is nothing to loose or gain. Are we suposed to re-install the OS everytime we disable or re-enable cores, or when we over clock or under clock, install new ram? No.Paul

In most of the US, Daylight Savings Time starts tomorrow night: don't you know the old addage? Turn all your clocks ahead 1 hour, check the batteries in your smoke detectors, and be sure to do a complete reinstall of your entire operating system and programs. :(

Being said by a man using really ancient hardware :( EDITED: Ryan, I just read your post about your dream build. Finally :(

lol, isn't it amazing when a 3GHz AMD cpu is called ancient? And I agree with you. Tech moves fast these days.Anyway, the title was more than appropriate - I'm not sure if that purchase will ever be made... I have things going on in life at the moment.

lol, isn't it amazing when a 3GHz AMD cpu is called ancient? And I agree with you. Tech moves fast these days.Anyway, the title was more than appropriate - I'm not sure if that purchase will ever be made... I have things going on in life at the moment.

I hope that you'll get your dream build :(

Since when, why do you say this and where is it highly reccomended?

Really nothing to gain or loose?Take a look at the stories in the video card section of this forum alone and tell us that there's nothing to

Maybe a solution and end to this discussion could be:

1. Benchmark your system.
2. Install the new processor and fire up Windows. Restart windows a couple of times.
3. Benchmark your system.
4. Compare to your previous benchmark. Do you get the expected performance compared to other benchmarks of similar systems? If the system doesn't perform as expected - reinstall Windows.

My two cents :(

Really nothing to gain or loose?Take a look at the stories in the video card section of this forum alone and tell us that there's nothing to

So noob.

That wasn't nice. I would appreciate if you choose not to post that kind of provocative answers. Thanks :(