Please help with drivers questions please!

[SomeRandomNerd]

Hello, I'm just a newb to computer building and I just have some questions about installing drivers as I only know the very basic stuff.

 

I do know that people say to install the Chipset and gpu VGA drivers from AMD or Intel or Nvidia themselves, but what are the exact details? I went with AMD for my cpu (5800x), so I need to get the other drivers it lists under the chipset driver (AMD RAID Installer, AMD RAID Driver, StoreMI)?

https://www.amd.com/en/support/chipsets/amd-socket-am4/x570

 

On my motherboard manufacturers (ASUS) website, for multiple drivers types- when you click 'See All Downloads' it lists other past released drivers with larger or different file sizes. Do I need to install just the latest released driver for each type? Or do I have to install all of them, and in what order?

https://rog.asus.com/ca-en/motherboards/rog-strix/rog-strix-x570-e-gaming-model/helpdesk_download

 

And lastly there are drivers listed on ASUS's website for LAN, Wireless, Audio, Chipset, VGA, Bluetooth, Utilities, SATA, Qualified Vendor List, which ones do I need? Should I just install all of them?

https://rog.asus.com/ca-en/motherboards/rog-strix/rog-strix-x570-e-gaming-model/helpdesk_download

 

[emosun]

Were your boards drivers not automatically installed with windows?

[Radium_Angel]

34 minutes ago, SomeRandomNerd said:

Do I need to install just the latest released driver for each type?

This is correct. 

34 minutes ago, SomeRandomNerd said:

And lastly there are drivers listed on ASUS's website for LAN, Wireless, Audio, Chipset, VGA, Bluetooth, Utilities, SATA Should I just install all of them?

This is also generally agreed upon to be correct.

VGA (graphics driver) only if you are not using a discrete video card.

[SomeRandomNerd]

56 minutes ago, emosun said:

Were your boards drivers not automatically installed with windows?

I thought you had to install them manually after you let windows do it's thing. Doesn't windows only install the basic drivers?

[Radium_Angel]

2 hours ago, SomeRandomNerd said:

I thought you had to install them manually after you let windows do it's thing. Doesn't windows only install the basic drivers?

Most of the drivers windows installs are a few months to years out of date, it's always best to keep up to date on drivers right from the manufacturer's site.