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replacing motherboard in Win 7 computer
I considered a new PC but aside from the cost it would be a massive hassle to set up old games and current programs on a new OS. The only real outdated part in my PC is the motherboard as the best CPU it can take is an E8600 and the GTX 750 TI card is badly bottlenecked by the PCIE 1X slot. There are apparently methods to continue using the hard drive & OS without reinstalling everything but I'm seeing various articles on that with different methods. Is that going to be more of a headache than I want?
I have an Acer EG43M board, looks like a later revision as most of them I find online aren't quite up to par with what I have. I also need help finding a board that will fit that case as I don't wish to buy a new case(though I'm concerned over the power button being compatible as well... the power button & card reader bank is one big chunk in top. It's a Gateway DX4822-01 PC).
As for the hard drive I plan to get a 1TB SSD and clone my current drive to it instead, keeping the old as a backup, before I switch boards.