PC upgrade, OS and everything help!

[hunter63]

Current PC - 

CPU - Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4670K CPU @ 3.40GHz 4 Cores

MOBO - MSI Z87-G45

RAM - 8GB

GPU - Radeon (TM) RX 480 Graphics
PSU - corsair bronze 650 (3 month old)

 

Display - 3 x 1080p - 1 x ASUS MG248 - 2 x ASUS VS238

OS - Windows 10 (updated from 8 )

SSD1 120gb - OS etc.

SSD2 120gb - games

HDD1 1tb - files and folders, mostly work orientated, documents etc. 

HDD2 1tb - games, media etc.

 

Upgrading to - 

CPU - Ryzen 5 3600

MOBO - MSI B450 gaming plus max

RAM - 16GB 3200mhz ddr4

GPU - Radeon (TM) RX 480 Graphics
PSU - corsair bronze 650 (3 month old)

 

So, as you can see im going to be installing a new MOBO, CPU and trimmings tomorrow. The help i am asking is the software side of things where i am getting a bit confused about what is the best route to go down.

As i currently have my OS on SSD1 i guess i can disconnect the other 3 hardrives to safely do what i need to do to SSD1. 

There are many conflicting ideas floating around about fresh installs of the OS, drivers, etc when changing the MOBO and CPU. Is this the best way to do it? should i format SSD1 prior to changing the hardware and then fresh install windows 10 onto SSD1? Or is this a waste of time? Also, of note as i updated from window 8, i dont have a W10 product key, and i also dont have a disk drive installed so would somehow need to get a copy of windows to install from USB. 

 

Any help about how to carry out the installs, what to install, any helpful programs, or any videos that may be useful would be great! Theres so much conflicting information im a bit lost at what to do. 

Thank You!!

 

 

[mahyar]

well  your boot drive should work with new system but if it gave you errors or blue screen no worries run windows in safe mode and install chipset and other drivers but make sure your windows is up to date before switch