Getting new hardware except GPU and SSD

[Aschu]

First off, I'm not that good with computers, I know basic terminology and have experience building computers. 

I'm upgrading my system, I'm keeping my ssd and GPU, I will be upgrading the motherboard, cpu, and ram. I remember seeing Linus' video "Why does Linus pirate windows" (or something like that) and he mentioned upgrading things like motherboard and cpu could cause the OS to not work, however he showed a solution, and I could also just call Microsoft support. 

What should I expect when I install all the hardware, and what do I do? I don't know where else to go

[Slottr]

Assuming you have W10, the os is tied to your motherboard. You can change this by signing into your microsoft account through windows and tying it to that. Then when you reinstall it in the future, you can sign in to your ms account and use the windows key thats tied to your account.

 

When you do an overhaul of new hardware like you're doing, reinstall windows completely- don't keep the old install. You could face driver conflicts that would cause a bunch of issues. Usually windows is pretty good about new hardware and replacing the drivers, but I'd rather be safe than sorry 

[phongle123]

Not a great time to do a CPU upgrade. Related to your OS swap problem, I can assure you (pretty good chance) that you will not have a problem. Usually, OS tie-ins are for OEM products (i.e. laptops, pre-builts). If you previously did a manual install of your W10 OS on your SSD then you *should* be able to swap between motherboards.

 

7nm Ryzen and 10nm Intel (supposively) next year. 

Since Intel has released 10nm NUC i3 CPUs in large batches recently. 

[Aschu]

4 hours ago, Slottr said:

Assuming you have W10, the os is tied to your motherboard. You can change this by signing into your microsoft account through windows and tying it to that. Then when you reinstall it in the future, you can sign in to your ms account and use the windows key thats tied to your account.

 

When you do an overhaul of new hardware like you're doing, reinstall windows completely- don't keep the old install. You could face driver conflicts that would cause a bunch of issues. Usually windows is pretty good about new hardware and replacing the drivers, but I'd rather be safe than sorry 

So when I do reinstall windows will I also have to reinstall all the things I currently have installed on my SSD? I just ran into a problem, using the netgear pl1200 I have the modem and router on the other side of the house, I'm able to connect with ethernet through the wall using that connected to outlets, however after a year of use it suddenly decide to stop working properly and am getting under half the download speed I should be getting. This isn't the worst thing but it sure is annoying.

[Slottr]

7 hours ago, Aschu said:

 

You'll be set on a clean slate. Back up your important files and everything else will be gone.

[Aschu]

On 12/21/2018 at 8:38 AM, Slottr said:

You'll be set on a clean slate. Back up your important files and everything else will be gone.

How does this work? Why would everything be gone? I don't have anything that I really need to back up other than games but I don't know if I will do that and just go ahead and reinstall them later when I have the thing built. Would you recommend I do that? Is there anything else I should take into consideration? I'm going to have a friend with me to help so I don't mess everything up but I would like to know more haha.

[Slottr]

When you reinstall windows your data on that drive will be gone. If your games are on a seperate drive don't worry about it

[Aschu]

On 12/28/2018 at 10:29 AM, Slottr said:

When you reinstall windows your data on that drive will be gone. If your games are on a seperate drive don't worry about it

Okay cool I got a few on a separate SSD. Thanks for the help!