Replacing mobo, not sure if I should also replace drive

[Knight Solaire]

I wasn't quite sure what section to put this in, so I put in "system." My build is as follows:
NZXT Full Tower (complete overkill, I know, but I was young and stupid)
ASUS A78M-A mATX (about to be replaced with ASUS M5A97 R2.0)
AMD A10-7700k (about to be replaced with AMD FX-6350 Black Edition)
AMD Radron Sapphire HD 7850
12GB RAM (mushkin silverline 3x4GB)
standard 5400rpm hdd (not sure what make or model)
Windows 7 home premium

I guess my question is, it seems I'll have to reinstall my OS for my new mobo (I know there's ways not to, but I don't know enough about computers to mess with that), and I was thinking about upgrading to Windows 10; would it be worth it to get a new 1TB drive, probably an SSHD, and just start fresh? The main problem is that I don't have an install disc for win7, and even if I did Microsoft hates us all and seems to have removed the anytime upgrade feature. So, should I get a new drive and get Windows 10, which I should be able to get for free or at least reduced price from my university, or should I try and get a win7 disc and try and write over, or wipe in worst case scenario, my old hdd?

 

[ajpaolello]

Hm. You would see an improvement getting a 7200 RPM drive (I don't recommend SSHD just because I feel like an SSD is always better but if you want it you can get it.) Also for most the upgrade period has expired, so I would say get the new drive and Windows 10.

Also I'm going to add the storage tag so some storage experts could possibly see this and give some commentary if you are alright with tthat.

 

[King Dranzer]

If you think the data and programs on old drive are very important. First of all I would like you to check the CPU architecture you are swapping SSDH from. If it is same you will have better possibility of running it without any problems. If it is of same architecture then swap the SSDH and install the new drivers you got with the Mobo on it. If not same architecture then still it will work but some applications may not accept it and will not work but basic ones will do.
Presently I am using this scrappy HP laptop with Intel Pentium CPUB980(32-bit) processor and 2GB RAM, one day its HDD stopped working. I had Lenovo 64-bit Laptop I was using it with Windows 10 Pro(64-bit) then Lenovo's screen stopped working so I simply swapped HP HDD with Lenovo's HDD and installed drivers it is working well without any problem some rare apps don't work.

 

[Knight Solaire]

On mobile right now, so I don't know how to reply to answers. I went ahead and bought the SSHD, but now I have another problem- looks like my gpu may have faulty ports 😛
Thanks for the help guys

 

[ajpaolello]

Yikes. Good luck man.