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EerieFishy
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Hi! Im planning to upgrade my Ryzen 5 1400 with an A320 mobo to a Ryzen 7 3700x with a ASUS TUF X570 Plus. Will I have to reinstall Windows or can I just boot it from BIOs fine?

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4 minutes ago, EerieFishy said:

Hi! Im planning to upgrade my Ryzen 5 1400 with an A320 mobo to a Ryzen 7 3700x with a ASUS TUF X570 Plus. Will I have to reinstall Windows or can I just boot it from BIOs fine?

 

Since you are not changing the platform, meaning you are going from AMD to AMD then you should be fine with keeping the current Windows installation. 

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3 minutes ago, Analog said:

 

Since you are not changing the platform, meaning you are going from AMD to AMD then you should be fine with keeping the current Windows installation. 

This is wrong.

9 minutes ago, EerieFishy said:

Hi! Im planning to upgrade my Ryzen 5 1400 with an A320 mobo to a Ryzen 7 3700x with a ASUS TUF X570 Plus. Will I have to reinstall Windows or can I just boot it from BIOs fine?

You will have to reinstall because of a chipset change.

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2 minutes ago, ragnarok0273 said:

This is wrong. You will have to reinstall because of a chipset change.

 

I don't think that the chipset change in this occasion will note make enough of a difference to warrant a complete Windows reinstall. It's not like he is moving to Threadripper or Intel. 

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Just now, Analog said:

 

I don't think that the chipset change in this occasion will note make enough of a difference to warrant a complete Windows reinstall. 

You forget that it's Windows.

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Just now, ragnarok0273 said:

You forget that it's Windows.

 

I guess you are right on that. Windows can be fiddly. But still he can give it a try. If the OP gets random BSODs or something he can always reinstall Windows then. 

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In theory, Windows should be able to compensate for a chipset change with its built in drivers. Keep in mind, however, that Windows is unpredictable. Last year I decided to boot into an old Windows install after upgrading from a 1700 on B350 to a 3900X on X570. This caused Windows to enter a Blue Screen boot loop.

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