The title says it all
4 months ago I bought a pre-built Cyberpower PC with a MINI ATX BOARD that I totally regret. (GA M68MT S2) It has a AMD FX-4100, 8gb of 1333 ram, a GT520, and OEM Windows.
When I bought this PC, i wasn't very smart at all in computers, and I thought that I would upgrade along the way. Now that I look inside my case, I see that if I got my GPU of choice, well, it would cover ALL of my MINI ATX sata ports.
So I plan to upgrade my Motherboard, such as a GA-Z77-D3H, http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-LGA1155-CrossFireX-Motherboard-GA-Z77-D3H/dp/B007R21K9E/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pdT1_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=1OIBDPCV1N2IS&coliid=IFY90QYJXDXCZ , with a 3570/k
And then I did more research and found out that I [can't?] upgrade my mobo without another copy of Windows 7. (Should I wait to upgrade when win8 comes out? will the prices lower?) Should I try my luck with the activation codes with the same OS?
PS I dont know alot about ram, will my old ram work with intel?
I am open to suggestions on all subjects, thank you Tomshardware community!
4 months ago I bought a pre-built Cyberpower PC with a MINI ATX BOARD that I totally regret. (GA M68MT S2) It has a AMD FX-4100, 8gb of 1333 ram, a GT520, and OEM Windows.
When I bought this PC, i wasn't very smart at all in computers, and I thought that I would upgrade along the way. Now that I look inside my case, I see that if I got my GPU of choice, well, it would cover ALL of my MINI ATX sata ports.
So I plan to upgrade my Motherboard, such as a GA-Z77-D3H, http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-LGA1155-CrossFireX-Motherboard-GA-Z77-D3H/dp/B007R21K9E/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pdT1_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=1OIBDPCV1N2IS&coliid=IFY90QYJXDXCZ , with a 3570/k
And then I did more research and found out that I [can't?] upgrade my mobo without another copy of Windows 7. (Should I wait to upgrade when win8 comes out? will the prices lower?) Should I try my luck with the activation codes with the same OS?
PS I dont know alot about ram, will my old ram work with intel?
I am open to suggestions on all subjects, thank you Tomshardware community!