[jhb] Re: Computer upgrade advice please??
- From: "Paul Reynolds" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 15:41:40 +0100
The guidelines for OEM re-activation is whether the machine is primarily the
same machine. As you may be aware, OEM stands for Original Equipment
Manufacturer and allows PC builders to supply windows pre-installed. MS
will retail OEM Windows cheaper because any compatability issues should be
resolved by the manufacturer not them. As you are looking at replacing both
the Motherboard and Processor, MS could ligitimately claim this is not the
same machine and refuse re-activation. They would advise you to seek
redress from the manufacturer. If you do the upgrade yourself that would be
you and a new copy of Windows would be required. Then you would have a
choice of useing another OEM or getting the full version which if you did
the same again would be trasferrable provided it is running only on one PC
at a time.
Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Fossil
Sent: 02 August 2011 17:14
To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jhb] Re: Computer upgrade advice please??
Flight sims (or at least the MS products) were originally CPU intensive
because graphics cards in FS4 days were not that powerful. Despite the
evolution of the sim and the increasing need for a good graphics card it is
still true that the CPU does a lot of work so I suspect your Intel Core 2 is
throttling the system.
Dell, Compaq and HP machines used to require proprietary hardware which made
upgrading difficult and if this is still so your solution is correct. Get a
new case and bang in a new mobo/CPU/memory bundle. Add your PSU and GTX560
plus your hard drives and DVD player plus any other bits and pieces.
When you start the new machine Windows should run but it will probably come
up with a warning that new hardware has been detected and Windows will need
registering again. Depending on whether you had an OEM or full version this
may be OK or possibly MS may say no. I?ve had mixed results over the years
with them allowing some through but a couple of OEM upgrades were rejected.
bones
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From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of adamreed@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 02 August 2011 15:35
To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jhb] Computer upgrade advice please??
Hey Guys
Was speaking to Fred about this the other day as he has upgraded his pc,
anyway heres my story;
Right, I have a packard Bell intel core 2 quad Q8300 on a EG43M Motherboard.
Now I know I am VERY restricted to what I can upgrade on this as its
prebuilt (dont shoot me had it about 2 years I know I am silly), However I
brought a GTX 560ti from Scan and a 650w PSU a few weeks back.
I use Microsoft?s flight simulator, and have been told I am bottlenecking
quite badly with this as i am still getting poor FPS in flight simulators.
I've been advised that flight Sims run mostly off CPU not GPU, so how can i
go about upgrading this?
Would I be right in saying I could buy a case and then a CPU & Motherboard
and id be able to do this??
by the way, ive looked on Scan and found a prebuilt over clocked bundle,
Smart - Intel Core i5 2500K - Over clocked to 4.5Ghz - Updated August.
Does this sound viable or am I way off?? Also wasn?t looking to spend any
more than around £350 if that?s possible??
Thanks a lot, Adam.
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