changing motherboard intel to amd without reinstalling windows

[bry.yyyy]

hi tommorow i'm gonna install ryzen on my system 

my current procie is i7 6700k 

gigabyte z270 gaming k3

and i install my windows on my m2 ssd 

can i just plug my m2 ssd and boot like normally without reinstalling windows? 

(sorry for the broken english mate i live in the country who doesn't speak english)

[Slottr]

You can, but it won't work very well

Windows does an okay job at replacing drivers, but it still sucks at getting everything operational without failure

 

Reinstall windows when you get a new motherboard, just as a common rule

[bry.yyyy]

3 minutes ago, Slottr said:

You can, but it won't work very well

Windows does an okay job at replacing drivers, but it still sucks at getting everything operational without failure

 

Reinstall windows when you get a new motherboard, just as a common rule

okay thanks mate for the answer!

[Constantin]

9 minutes ago, Slottr said:

You can, but it won't work very well

Windows does an okay job at replacing drivers, but it still sucks at getting everything operational without failure

 

Reinstall windows when you get a new motherboard, just as a common rule

Even if it is from Intel to Intel

[Radium_Angel]

19 minutes ago, Constantin said:

Even if it is from Intel to Intel

I am the voice of dissension here at LTT, my experience shows a re-install isn't needed even when changing platforms (however, this was almost required in the XP/7 days) but a swap from Intel to newer Intel, you should be just fine, unless you are going from 1st gen to 9th gen or something where it's all radically new tech, then Win10 may squeak.

[homeap5]

Reinstalling is not common rule, is more like common myth.

 

You don't need to reinstall Windows. You can however remove old drivers using Ghostbuster tool. Windows do not use drivers for devices that are not present in the system, so don't worry.

 

I made lot of that type changes with many completely different configurations (even from core duo to Ryzen with win7) and never had any issues. So in this case "best answer" is at most "common answer".