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I basically screwed up my CPU and MOBO and i bought a new one and they are getting sent with my new case. Now i have my old hard drive from my old PC with vista but i found out that a new motherboard = getting a new key. vista was an OEM so it was tied to my now dead motherboard and now i need a new OS. The question is if i should go ahead and buy Windows 7 full retail, the update retail, or another OEM?
I would get the update but if my computer doesn't accept Vista(OEM) wouldn't that mean there is nothing to update? The full one is a whopping 100 bucks more so that sucks. But there is also the OEM version which ties itself to my motherboard and i don't know if i am going to update it in the future.
if someone could give me some help on this is will be SUPER. I need to know which to buy so i don't fuck up and waste $$$$ on something i can't use.
Thank you in advance
P.S: google was not my friend on this
I basically screwed up my CPU and MOBO and i bought a new one and they are getting sent with my new case. Now i have my old hard drive from my old PC with vista but i found out that a new motherboard = getting a new key. vista was an OEM so it was tied to my now dead motherboard and now i need a new OS. The question is if i should go ahead and buy Windows 7 full retail, the update retail, or another OEM?
I would get the update but if my computer doesn't accept Vista(OEM) wouldn't that mean there is nothing to update? The full one is a whopping 100 bucks more so that sucks. But there is also the OEM version which ties itself to my motherboard and i don't know if i am going to update it in the future.
if someone could give me some help on this is will be SUPER. I need to know which to buy so i don't fuck up and waste $$$$ on something i can't use.
Thank you in advance
P.S: google was not my friend on this