What should i prepare before upgrading my motherboard

[poorlydrawntv]

Just bought a B450 board upgrading from my A320 board, i'm planning to move everything later this day, is there anything i need to know before moving all parts like NVME SSD, CPU, etc? except backup windows obviously

[The_russian]

Make sure you have enough thermal paste to reapply, you probably won’t have to reinstall windows but there is a small chance you might have some driver weirdness.

[Moonzy]

27 minutes ago, poorlydrawntv said:

backup windows obviously

backup as an image so you can recover in case things go south, and keep a copy in copy pasted form in case you need anything from it

 

i recommend a fresh OS install when upgrading motherboard, it's not needed but it can be good in multiple ways

[poorlydrawntv]

29 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

backup as an image so you can recover in case things go south, and keep a copy in copy pasted form in case you need anything from it

 

i recommend a fresh OS install when upgrading motherboard, it's not needed but it can be good in multiple ways

 

33 minutes ago, The_russian said:

Make sure you have enough thermal paste to reapply, you probably won’t have to reinstall windows but there is a small chance you might have some driver weirdness.

alright, thanks for the input

[poorlydrawntv]

1 hour ago, The_russian said:

Make sure you have enough thermal paste to reapply, you probably won’t have to reinstall windows but there is a small chance you might have some driver weirdness.

PS: i'm gonna upgrade my cooler from Ryzen stock to Hyper 212 RGB Black so nothing to worry about on the thermal paste side