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Do i need to reinstall windows after motherboard upgrade?

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Hey so i just bought a new mobo Gigabyte Z370P D3, and a new CPU Intel i5-8400.In my system i have a MSI B85-G41 pc mate mobo, and Intel i3-4170 cpu.Also i have reinstalled windows  10 recently.I was wondering when i put my new mobo and cpu in my pc will i have to reinstall windows 10.I have read several sources online,and some say that i just need to install the new mobos drivers and it will work,and some say it wont work at all.What do you guys think?

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Personally I'd do a full reinstall. 

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Is it 100% necessary? no. Is it highly recommended? Yes. Reason being is driver conflicts. You could spend hours troubleshooting a problem sometimes and never understand the why or how. This is why we recommend when you upgrade your Motherboard, to do a 100% fresh install from scratch to not have any driver conflicts. 

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You don't have to reinstall, but it's best to do so. 

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Better to start out clean. 

 

It will work, but uninstalling old drivers won't remove all their files completely. 

 

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You're going Intel-Intel. I'd backup and reinstall. I just went from AMD-Intel and only had one driver issue, but that's best case scenario.

If you're savvy enough, you could take the time to remove any/all old drivers and install the latest compatible ones...but that's quite a bit of work. I mean I did it with my upgrade anyway and it wasn't massive amounts of fun, though I do enjoy the odd bit of registry cleaning every now and then xD

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Put all your data on an external drive and reinstall windows to make sure your drivers don't conflict.

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