Computer upgrade...

why would u need to buy a new os? ud keep same hard drive unless im missing something? ive been up for 40 hrs out of the last 44 so if im half asleep and if i missed something sorry. as for ur motherboard barely powering ur current chip what do you mean? If ur in the search for new stuff both tigerdirect and newegg have memorial day specials running right now and i seen a cpl motherboard cpu combos. several for intel and several for amd. id go amd but thats cuz im a penny pincher and i can get great value without sacrificing too much top end.

haha wake up King! lol jk, may be he has a 32 bit windows edition, and since he's going to upgrade the RAM to up to 4 gb's he will definitely require a 64 bit windows version so it will be able to recognize the total Ram.

also..idk if this has happened to anyone else before...when I put the new video card in my computer and booted it up, when windows started said "your computer hardware has drastically changed since the last boot, and requires windows to be activated again." no clue why this happened...had to get a freaking windows activator cuz both of my serial keys reached max usage

yeah but you can always re-activate either from windows or from an operator, the only reason i would guess he needs a new copy it's because he might have a 32 bit and will require a 64 bit version.

Since we both are norwegian i guess i can link you to the Komplett.no's upgrade page:
http://www.komplett.no/k/kl.aspx?bn=10297
You'll most likely find something there that you can use...
And Diskusjon.no got a forum made for questions just like this one! (not that i have any doubt in you guys )

What type of upgrades are you looking for? Casual or Enthusiast? I'd Recommend getting either intel i5 or intel i7, i5's are mid-range, and i7s are mid-very high end (mid = 800 series ~ $200, high = 940+ series ~ $300 to $1000)
with the i5 and lower i7s you'd get an intel socket 1156 motherboard, which supporsts up to 2 graphic cards and 16gb ddr3 ram at ~ $100 - $250
with the high end i7s you'd get an intel socket 1366 motherboard, which supports up to 4 graphics cards and 24gb ddr3 ram at ~ $200-$500

Intel i3, i5 and i7 are all currently better than AMD right now, while AMD is cheaper, they not nearly as powerful as any intel cpu.

Hm.. I always thought that AMD was very good... But thanks for the answers. I have to think it out a little more, cuz I dont have a job, and therefore hasnt got that much money. But as king said, I would also think that getting a quad core is a good idea. About that windows.. I have OEM, wich means that if i do major customizations to my computer, it will stop running. But all forms for piracy is stricktly forbidden in this house, and because my dad is an IT pro, he can always check wich sites i have been on without getting into my computer (I dont know how). And yes, my specs is in my sig.

[(TKC)-o]T3[o]

Yes, we really aren't suppose to be discussing warez anyway on this forum.

Essentially if you need to build a new computer, you need it to be as low cost as possible so you have something to shoot for.

Foffkillz, download and run this little app: http://www.cpuid.com/downloads/pc-wizard/2010.1.94-setup.exe. It'll tell us everything we need to know about your computer except your power supply. When it loads up, just right-click in the main window that comes up, click "Select All", right-click again, and click "Copy". Then you can paste what you get on here. From there we can make some suggestions on what to do. The biggest thing is we'll need to know what you budget would be.

King, even if he retains his current HDD, if he swaps mobo's he would have to re-install Windows. I just did some research and per Windows, you can change anything in a computer except the motherboard and keep your OEM copy of Windows. If you swap the mobo, per Windows, you have to get a new license.

If you're worried about having to get a new copy of windows, talk to (TKC) ME. he is an outstanding legally biding citizen.

Haha very funny T3

If you're worried about having to get a new copy of windows, talk to (TKC) ME. he is an outstanding legally biding citizen.

Haha very funny T3

Oh thanks...ffs...

That was me actually.

That was me actually.

haha ok then haha very funny Don

I assumed that since you had asked T3 to lock the thread in the complaints section, you didn't have the ability to modify posts.

That was me actually.

haha ok then haha very funny Don

I assumed that since you had asked T3 to lock the thread in the complaints section, you didn't have the ability to modify posts.

No, my permissions are jacked up in some of the forums.

That was me actually.

haha ok then haha very funny Don

I assumed that since you had asked T3 to lock the thread in the complaints section, you didn't have the ability to modify posts.

No, my permissions are jacked up in some of the forums.

ah, gotcha

What type of upgrades are you looking for? Casual or Enthusiast? I'd Recommend getting either intel i5 or intel i7, i5's are mid-range, and i7s are mid-very high end (mid = 800 series ~ $200, high = 940+ series ~ $300 to $1000)
with the i5 and lower i7s you'd get an intel socket 1156 motherboard, which supporsts up to 2 graphic cards and 16gb ddr3 ram at ~ $100 - $250
with the high end i7s you'd get an intel socket 1366 motherboard, which supports up to 4 graphics cards and 24gb ddr3 ram at ~ $200-$500

Intel i3, i5 and i7 are all currently better than AMD right now, while AMD is cheaper, they not nearly as powerful as any intel cpu.

Hm.. I always thought that AMD was very good... But thanks for the answers. I have to think it out a little more, cuz I dont have a job, and therefore hasnt got that much money. But as king said, I would also think that getting a quad core is a good idea. About that windows.. I have OEM, wich means that if i do major customizations to my computer, it will stop running. But all forms for piracy is stricktly forbidden in this house, and because my dad is an IT pro, he can always check wich sites i have been on without getting into my computer (I dont know how). And yes, my specs is in my sig.

All intel i3, i5 and i7 are quad core. If you want to get even more wait for the i9's or get the i7 980x (they are 6-core cpus) but the only one out right now is the 980x at it costs $1000

System:
Mainboard : Asus M2NPV-MX
Chipset : nVidia nForce 410
Processor : AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ @ 2100 MHz
Physical Memory : 2048 MB (2 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM )
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Hard Disk : ST325082 (250 GB)
Hard Disk : WDC (500 GB)
DVD-Rom Drive : Optiarc DVD RW AD-5170A ATA Device
DVD-Rom Drive : RYZULSL 1QZ8LAF SCSI CdRom Device
Monitor Type : Samsung SyncMaster - 22 inches
Operating System : Windows Vista (TM) Home Basic Home Edition 6.00.6002 Service Pack 2
DirectX : Version 11.00
Windows Performance Index : 4.8 on 5.9 (This is wierd, because my experience index says 5.1...)

My budget is on 1500kr, and 1 dollar is eh.. 6,5kr. 1500kr multiplied by 0,157= 235.5 USD... My budget is on 235 USD

Sweet, so do you know what your budget would be?

Hva er budsjettet? - Same thing in Norwegian (per Google Tranlate)

Yeah, thats in the previous post too. Just look.