Hi All,

 

I will be moving to a new skylake processor, mobo etc in 2 months.

 

Too lazy to reinstall fsxaddons etc, will I be able to move the existing ssd's , I have one for is and other for fsx to the new machine ?

 

Will it work ?'or will I have issues.

 

Apart from cpu, mobo, ram, will also be getting a new gtx 970.

 

Thanks

 

Harishanker

I just did exactly that; from i7 920 to i5 6600k. It worked fine. Just make sure you deactivate your addons before the switch. I had read it is best to reinstall, but I had no issues.

 

By the way, my 6600k overclocked to 4.7 GHz and I get about 50% more fps. It is a beast, I love it!

I just did exactly that; from i7 920 to i5 6600k. It worked fine. Just make sure you deactivate your addons before the switch. I had read it is best to reinstall, but I had no issues.

By the way, my 6600k overclocked to 4.7 GHz and I get about 50% more fps. It is a beast, I love it!

Thanks mate, I have everything setup the way I want, cannot go through the agony of reinstall, configure again.

 

Your experience has given me confidence it can be done.

 

Deactivate addons? Any specific ones ? Or all of them.

 

I have fsuipc, pmdg 777 flytampa sydney, airport enhancer, gsx and mce.

Yeah I felt the same way.

 

For deactivation, just the:

* PMDG NGX and 777 (via the FMC under license)

* FS Dream Team addons/sceneries via the addon manager (FSX menu).

It's probably not critical to deactive, but those addons will sense a hardware change. Deactivating before a hardware change saves you an activation on your credits (I think you get like 5 before you have to contact the vendor).

 

I was also worried about Windows 7 OEM activation, but I just had to press online validation and it worked fine (no repurchase required).

 

I forgot to mention, when you first boot up Windows, have the motherboard driver installation disk and run the setup so it will go through the driver install process. After a few installs/restarts you should be up and running.

 

Enjoy! I think you will be shocked by the difference.

Yeah I felt the same way.

For deactivation, just the:

* PMDG NGX and 777 (via the FMC under license)

* FS Dream Team addons/sceneries via the addon manager (FSX menu).

It's probably not critical to deactive, but those addons will sense a hardware change. Deactivating before a hardware change saves you an activation on your credits (I think you get like 5 before you have to contact the vendor).

I was also worried about Windows 7 OEM activation, but I just had to press online validation and it worked fine (no repurchase required).

I forgot to mention, when you first boot up Windows, have the motherboard driver installation disk and run the setup so it will go through the driver install process. After a few installs/restarts you should be up and running.

Enjoy! I think you will be shocked by the difference.

Thanks for all the info, now feel am ready for the challenge.

 

Now to look for bargains... :-)