Posted February 7, 2022 OK SO AFTER MUCH DEBATE I AM PLANNING ON REPLACING MY MOTHERBOARD AS WELL AS MY CPU. NOW I AM AN EXTREME NOVICE IN DEALING WITH PCS AND COMPONENTS. MY HANDS ON EXPERIENCE CONSISTS OF REPLACING RAM STICKS AND REPLACING A CPU FAN WITH AN AIO. BOTH OF THOSE WENT SMOOTH SO I DONT THINK I WILL HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THE HARDWARE. I WOULD BE SWAPPING A GIGABYTE B550M DS3H FOR AN ASUS ROG STRIX B550 GAMING F MOTHERBOARD. AND ALSO INSTALLING A R9 5900X. I WOULD BE SWAPPING OVER MY EXISTING PARTS SUCH AS RAM, SSD, GPU. WOULD THAT CAUSE ME ANY TROUBLE? IM ASSUMING WINDOWS WILL AUTOMATICALLY BOOT UP SINCE IT IS INSTALLED ON MY SSD AND I WILL MOST LIKELY HAVE TO PURCHASE A NEW PRODUCT KEY. I GUESS WHAT IM ASKING IS BY USING MY EXISTING SSD WITH ALL MY STUFF ON IT, GAMES, ETC. WILL I HAVE ANY ISSUES UPON START UP. IVE READ THINGS ABOUT EXISTING DRIVERS ON USED SSD CONFLICTING WITH NEW DRIVERS I'D NEED FOR THE MOBO. ALSO I SHOULDNT NEED A THUMB DRIVE WITH WINDOWS TO GET IT GOING SINCE ITS ON MY SSD ALREADY SHOULD I? I COULD JUST PURCHASE A NEW KEY AND ROLL WITH IT? THIS IS A PREBUILT I BOUGHT A YEAR AGO AND IT HAS FUNCTIONED FLAWLESSLY AND ID SURE HATE TO MESS IT UP WITH MY IGNORANCE. I REALLY DONT KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AND MY KNOWLEDGE IN THE CATEGORY IS ALMOST NON EXISTENT. IM SORRY FOR THE LONG AND POSSIBLY CONFUSING QUESTION, BUT ANY GUIDANCE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. I ASKED UNDER ANOTHER THREAD BUT I DIDNT REALLY ELABORATE TOO MUCH ON THIS PART. THANKS AGAIN. MY CURRENT SPECS ARE AS FOLLOWS PREBUILT ABS PC: GIGABYTE B550M DS3H RYZEN 7 3700X INTEL 660P 1TB M.2 NVME SSD MSI VENTUS 2X 3070 32 GB CORSAIR VENGEANCE 3600MHZ NZXT KRAKEN Z53 AIO CPU COOLER (240MM) 650 WATT 80 PLUS GOLD PSU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 7, 2022 SWITCHING OUT MOBO AND CPU IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT IT IS ESSENTIALLY "BUILDING AN ENTIRE NEW PC" AS IT HAS JUST ABOUT AS MUCH LABOR TO IT. THERE IS SOFTWARE TO LOCATE/GIVE YOU YOUR CURRENT WINDOWS KEY TO REUSE. I WOULD REALLY JUST DO A FRESH WINDOWS INSTALL TO PREVENT ANY INCOMPATIBILITY ISSUES WITH DRIVERS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 7, 2022 1 minute ago, Jack Dvorak said: SWITCHING OUT MOBO AND CPU IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT IT IS ESSENTIALLY "BUILDING AN ENTIRE NEW PC" AS IT HAS JUST ABOUT AS MUCH LABOR TO IT. THERE IS SOFTWARE TO LOCATE/GIVE YOU YOUR CURRENT WINDOWS KEY TO REUSE. I WOULD REALLY JUST DO A FRESH WINDOWS INSTALL TO PREVENT ANY INCOMPATIBILITY ISSUES WITH DRIVERS. AGREED Hope my response helps GPU MSI Gaming Ventus OC RTX 2060 | CPU Intel Core i5-12600k | Motherboard Gigabyte Z690 Gaming X | Memory Crucial DDR5 4800 | Storage Western Digital SN850 500gb | PSU Corsair RM650x (2018) | CPU cooler Corsair H150i Elite Capellix | Monitor MSI | Mouse Logitech G305 White | Keyboard Royal Kludge RK61 (Cherry MX Reds) | Headset Logitech G533 | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 7, 2022 Author 7 minutes ago, Jack Dvorak said: SWITCHING OUT MOBO AND CPU IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT IT IS ESSENTIALLY "BUILDING AN ENTIRE NEW PC" AS IT HAS JUST ABOUT AS MUCH LABOR TO IT. THERE IS SOFTWARE TO LOCATE/GIVE YOU YOUR CURRENT WINDOWS KEY TO REUSE. I WOULD REALLY JUST DO A FRESH WINDOWS INSTALL TO PREVENT ANY INCOMPATIBILITY ISSUES WITH DRIVERS. OK HERE IS WHERE MY IGNORANCE KICKS IN. HOW DO I GO ABOUT DOING THAT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 7, 2022 WHY ARE WE SHOUTING!!!!???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 7, 2022 I CAN'T HEAR YOU..... "If you ever need anything please don't hesitate to ask someone else first"..... Nirvana "Whadda ya mean I ain't kind? Just not your kind"..... Megadeth Speaking of things being "All Inclusive", Hell itself is too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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