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UPDATE: Swapped out the mobo and cpu last night...hooked back up the drives...Windows 8 chugged along for a bit with the spinning dots...."installing new hardware".....login like normal and good to go. A couple pieces of software to uninstall and old drivers to remove but overall fairly painless...

Well my daughters mobo bit the dust this week. It was an older socket 775 based system so instead of replacing I am going to upgrade a bit. My question is, back the last time I tried this in the Windows 2000/XP days, swapping out a mobo without any additional Windows prep was a big no-no...

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This is what I understood as well....so in a nutshell SATA III is backwards compatible with SATA II ONLY and SATA II is backwards compatible with SATA I ONLY Just looking for some clarification or real world experience with the same situation...

I am upgrading an old Toshiba laptop and need to buy a new hard drive. The laptop specifications list the hard drive as SATA Rev 1 (1.5Gbits)....can I use a more recent SATA III or even SSD drive (with obviously less throughput than designed) or am I limited to SATA II since it was backwards...

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What software is that screenshot from? And bump...

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I have a deal pending but I'll post an update if it falls through. Thanks for all the offers!

Well, the top combo is more or less what she is running now. Thank you for the offer and quick reply but I think I'll pass.

Need to upgrade my daughters ancient PC to something slightly more modern. Most intense usage will be Minecraft so I don't need anything pricey. Looking to spend around $55 shipped for the combo to zip 27408. Must be in known good working condition with no issues (i.e. Ethernet or a couple...

That is exactly the kind of real world example I was looking for...thanks for the reply

Thank you for the detailed reply, that makes sense. But I guess the second question would be is this in synthetic benchmarks since CPU World just mentions "a variety of tests" or real world performance as it relates to games such as Minecraft?

I am in the process of upgrading my younger kids computers. They both are starting to play Minecraft much more frequently and from what I have read the game is much more CPU dependent than anything. My question is should I focus solely on Ghz or is the generation of cpu have any bearing...

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