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Is PC heart replacement practical?
My pc is running out of power - or more precisely I am running ever increasingly more powerful video editing software - so I need to acquire more power.
8 years ago I built the system - and it still works just as perfectly as the day it was built. All I really need is more/faster memory and a faster more powerful processor.
I am thinking - can I replace motherboard processor and memory - and continue to use GPU card case PSU keyboard mouse 2xscreens speakers HDs etc?
It would be lovely to think that replacing only those items that it would all power up and continue running W7 as though nothing had happened, but I do accept that a W7 rebuild may be necessary (it lives on its own partition so that's not too much of an issue).
In time screens HDs spkrs etc may be replaced but the motherboard is the heart of the system so hence the title. I may also upgrade to 64bit but undecided atm.
Any thoughts out there? False economy? Compatability issues? Driver issues?