lazy upgrade, is it do able?

[lokiguesty]

Hi all

wanna do an upgrade on the GF's PC.

i have a spare Mobo and cpu that are much better than what she has.

BUT

im feeling lazy and cant be bothered to do a back up of all her stuff, format the HD install the new comps and rebuild the software on the system,

so, is it possible to replace the mobo and cpu, install the mobo drivers over the top of the old drivers and use the pc as it is?

or will this make it incredibly unstable?

any tips or ideas appreciated

Loki

 

[lokiguesty]

its some sort of dodgy compaq pc so god knows what is inside it, i'l be replacing it with a gigabyte motherboard that will have a E6600 Intel cpu in it, sorry i cant remember te exact model number of he motherboard.