Well, I finished my new motherboard install - my Dell Inspiron 545 was stripped of the processor, the DVD drives, the HDD, the power supply and my graphics card. Now installed on a ASRock P45XE motherboard in a NZXT M59 case. I was surprised that my Dell OEM Vista OS actually booted without trouble, and when I typed in the activation key, it worked fine, even with a different motherboard. Installed Windows 7, and now just doing all the driver updates and such.
Specs:
Case: NZXT M59
Motherboard: ASRock P45XE
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
Graphics Card: Powercolor HD4890 PCS+
PSU: Antec Basiq 550W+
CPU Cooler: Artic Cooling Freezer Pro
It's all going swimmingly so far, and I do like 7. Don't like IE8 though - it seems to 'split' when you scroll up and down. Just set Firefox back to my main browser - lovely!
I got the Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade with the student discount scheme, so got it for £30!
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