Upgrading mobo and cpu, need help

[Nobaris]

Current build: R5 3600, B450 Tomahawk MAX (that is dead), 2x8gb 3200cl16, adata sx8200 pro 1tb ssd

 

Upgrading cpu and mobo to 5600x and b550 aorus pro ac

 

Is it just a plug and play process? As in transfer ram and m.2 ssd over to the new board, then reinstall it. Or do I need to do something more? All I want is convenience (not willing to spend days upon days upgrading 2 components) as well as not losing my game settings/files/all my data in general. But some say I need to wipe my drive clean, reinstall windows 10, etc etc but there's no way I'm doing that since I have nowhere to backup certain data like game settings and app preferences and stuff like that. What do I need to do/take note of? 

 

Thanks in advance to anyone who helps me out!

 

[Fasauceome]

1 hour ago, Nobaris said:

But some say I need to wipe my drive clean, reinstall windows 10, etc etc but there's no way I'm doing that

Then don't get a new motherboard. The only certainty for not requiring an OS install is to not get a new board, and there's nothing wrong with the tomahawk anyway. I suggest you send in your current motherboard for repair, then update it to the required Beta BIOS for 5000 series processors. In my opinion that's the most headache-free path.

[RONOTHAN##]

I'd highly suggest getting something from MSI if you want to upgrade the motherboard and nothing to break, preferably the B550 Tomahawk. I'd say with the Gigabyte board, there's a 85% chance that it would work perfectly fine out of the box and you won't need to worry about it, a 13% chance that one driver might cause some issues with the new board, and a 2% chance you won't make it to Windows. With an MSI board using almost the same components, I'd say the odds of it working without issues go up to 90-95%. The best case scenario is that you'll get the exact same motherboard, but it's not really recommended to run a B550 board with Ryzen 5000, so getting a B550 Tomahawk is probably your best bet. 

 

That being said, no matter what motherboard you get, you will almost definitely need to reactivate Windows.