Intel to AMD

[duStyy]

Hi!

For this Black Friday, I'm planning on switching from Intel to AMD. I will be going from i5 6400 to Ryzen 7 2700X. Is there anything I need to do before or after switching motherboards and CPU's? Will windows work fine with the same SSD?

Thanks in advance

[Princess Luna]

Why are you choosing the R7 2700X? What is your purpose for the PC?

[boggy77]

3 minutes ago, duStyy said:

Hi!

For this Black Friday, I'm planning on switching from Intel to AMD. I will be going from i5 6400 to Ryzen 7 2700X. Is there anything I need to do before or after switching motherboards and CPU's? Will windows work fine with the same SSD?

Thanks in advance

Usually if you change motherboards you will need a fresh windows install.

[KingZarathos]

The Amd Ryzen x-series isn't really worth it. You can buy a 2700, overclock it a bit and bam, you got a 2700x.

[Mira Yurizaki]

4 minutes ago, duStyy said:

Will windows work fine with the same SSD?

Technically yes, but unless you bought a retail key, you're going to have to buy a new license.

 

However, to minimize issues, it's usually best to install Windows for the new machine.

[JoostinOnline]

2 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

Usually if you change motherboards you will need a fresh windows install.

But if you have a Microsoft account things will probably go fine.

[Otto_iii]

1 hour ago, boggy77 said:

Usually if you change motherboards you will need a fresh windows install.

you often don't NEED a fresh install, but the computer will run much better if you do a fresh install as various registry etc issues can remain.  it should run relatively well overall though so long as chipset driver is updated for new CPU though, if one has to be lazy about it. 

i agree with others, one should wipe the SSD and reinstall windows eventually (you can wipe it during reinstall of windows very easily), but if you have to be lazy about it get the chipset driver, that will take care of a large chunk of issues most people have when doing simple HDD/SSD swaps from system to system with win10, won't solve every potential problem though as you could have literally 0 to dozens of potential issues just swapping HDD/SSD like this.  General stability and comparing benchmarks in games etc should tell you about how well its handling the swap. 

i feel like mentioning, with good internet and a SSD a fresh install of windows only takes like 20-30 minutes, reinstalling games is the longest part.