New mobo New cpu Old hdd compatibility?

[SilentStorm16]

Im upgrading to a m3 gameing H170 and a i5 6500. i dont want to buy a new os and im fine with reformatting. How do i get this working?

 

[kanewolf]

You may not want to buy a new OS copy, but you may have to depending on what you are updating from and which OS version you have.

 

[SilentStorm16]

i have windows 10 and im bupgradeing form an i3 2100

 

[SilentStorm16]

could i just reformat windows 10?

 

[SilentStorm16]

what i did was just uninstall all the old drivers and install the new ones but it seems way slower than its suppose to be. there is also a Activate windows Text at the bottom of my screen and i cant get it off.

 

[kanewolf]

If your OS cam from an OEM then you can't reuse it. That is probably why you have an "activate" that you can't get rid of.

 

[beyondlogic]

what i did was just uninstall all the old drivers and install the new ones but it seems way slower than its suppose to be. there is also a Activate windows Text at the bottom of my screen and i cant get it off.

you will most likely have to buy a new os if you didnt buy the OS before a retail copy not a oem if you upgraded from a existing copy on a machine you bought then your pretty much need to buy a ( RETAIL) not oem copy of windows 10 so you dont get butt hurt ever however say for example that you did buy say 8.1 retail you could have used that

you cant simply rip out hardware and put new hardware in doesnt work that way its looking for more then windows drivers the os looks for bios drivers that dont exist

what is your motherboard anyway that had the i3

that and youd need ddr4 ram as well etc as ddr3 doesnt work with skylake

 

[SilentStorm16]

yea im using ddr4. so buying a new retail version of windows 10 will solve all my preformance issues?

 

[beyondlogic]

yea im using ddr4. so buying a new retail version of windows 10 will solve all my preformance issues?

if its locking up and freezing then yes its looking for drivers that it cant find

 

[SilentStorm16]

its not locking or freezing thou. the only problem is the activate now sticker and the performance as in speed.

 

[beyondlogic]

its not locking or freezing thou. the only problem is the activate now sticker and the performance as in speed.

can you do a print screen ?

 

[SilentStorm16]

how?

 

[beyondlogic]

how?

pull up what is happening on screen
hit the button print screen on keyboard

go into paint and click threw the options find paste and save the image in paint and upload it into tiny pic and link it here