solved! CPU upgrade and a windows install

[PaintedWolf007]

So I am currently running an i5-2500k in my current gaming computer, and am planning to upgrade to a Ryzen 5 2600 6 core, I was wondering if I have to reinstall windows and drivers in order to get it to work with the new cpu. 

[Radium_Angel]

2 minutes ago, PaintedWolf007 said:

reinstall windows and drivers

Yes and no.

 

In an ideal situation, yes. Cleans out all the cruft, allows you to start fresh.

Reality, no, windows should pick up the new mobo on the fly, though you may have to install fresh drivers for the hardware it doesn't see

[5x5]

3 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Yes and no.

 

In an ideal situation, yes. Cleans out all the cruft, allows you to start fresh.

Reality, no, windows should pick up the new mobo on the fly, though you may have to install fresh drivers for the hardware it doesn't see

It will create quite a few conflicts with chipset drivers and firmware. He's not moving from Skylake to Skylake+ - he's moving from a 2011 Intel platform to a 2018 AMD platform. A fresh install is the way to go.

[Haro]

7 minutes ago, PaintedWolf007 said:

core, I was wondering if I have to reinstall windows and drivers in order to get it to work with the new cpu. 

Technically it will work. Preferably reinstall windows. But if no problems occur then it's fine. 

[PaintedWolf007]

11 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Yes and no.

 

In an ideal situation, yes. Cleans out all the cruft, allows you to start fresh.

Reality, no, windows should pick up the new mobo on the fly, though you may have to install fresh drivers for the hardware it doesn't see

 

7 minutes ago, 5x5 said:

It will create quite a few conflicts with chipset drivers and firmware. He's not moving from Skylake to Skylake+ - he's moving from a 2011 Intel platform to a 2018 AMD platform. A fresh install is the way to go.

 

7 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

Technically it will work. Preferably reinstall windows. But if no problems occur then it's fine. 

I just reinstalled windows about a month ago if that helps

[Kilrah]

No, doesn't matter. Still a completely different platform. 

[Haro]

8 minutes ago, PaintedWolf007 said:

 

 

I just reinstalled windows about a month ago if that helps

Doesn't change anything sadly. 

Reinstalling is advised. 

[Lipe123]

Not sure why so many recommend a reinstall. 

 

The drivers are based on hardware Id's and once the old hardware is gone those drivers won't be loaded.

The only issue with the change is some sofware apps like audio driver console etc. will try and run still. 

So before you put in the new motherboard and cpu uninstall as many things from the old board as you can, things like:

Realtek audio driver

Intel networking and wireless software

Any other network drivers etc.

 

Then power down and put the new hardware in.

 

Worst case scenario if you do encounter issues you can reinstall after.