Using old SSD in upgrade

[VB2001]

Hi all, 

 

My previous PC specs: AMD Ryzen 5500, Asus Prime B550 MOBO, 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3200MHz, Radeon RX6600, 750W EVGA PSU, 1TB Crucial P2 M.2 SSD (Windows 10 64-bit)

Purchased for upgrade: AMD Ryzen 7600X, Asus Prime B650 MOBO, 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000MHz, Radeon RX7700XT 

 

Essentially, I want to use the PSU and SSD from my old system in my new one. I have checked that the PSU will be able to power the new components with plenty of headroom, so I don't think that this will be an issue.

 

However, I am slightly worried about using my old SSD in the new system - mainly due to the drivers being for my old components. From my own research, it can be fine but I wanted to ask around before going ahead and booting to the SSD. 

 

Please could someone kindly help me with this? It would be much appreciated. 

 

Thank you

[Hinjima]

2 minutes ago, VB2001 said:

Hi all, 

 

My previous PC specs: AMD Ryzen 5500, Asus Prime B550 MOBO, 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3200MHz, Radeon RX6600, 750W EVGA PSU, 1TB Crucial P2 M.2 SSD (Windows 10 64-bit)

Purchased for upgrade: AMD Ryzen 7600X, Asus Prime B650 MOBO, 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000MHz, Radeon RX7700XT 

 

Essentially, I want to use the PSU and SSD from my old system in my new one. I have checked that the PSU will be able to power the new components with plenty of headroom, so I don't think that this will be an issue.

 

However, I am slightly worried about using my old SSD in the new system - mainly due to the drivers being for my old components. From my own research, it can be fine but I wanted to ask around before going ahead and booting to the SSD. 

 

Please could someone kindly help me with this? It would be much appreciated. 

 

Thank you

Using that SSD in your new system will work without any issues.

We usually do recommend reinstalling windows with such a major hardware change!. It might even be necessary.

After a fresh reinstall, you should be good to go  

[VB2001]

1 minute ago, Hinjima said:

Using that SSD in your new system will work without any issues.

We usually do recommend reinstalling windows with such a major hardware change!. I might even be necessary.

After a fresh reinstall, you should be good to go  

Hey! Thanks for such a quick response

 

Once I have done the Windows reinstall, will I need to delete old drivers/install new ones (for my MOBO, GPU etc.)? If so, do you think you could give me a quick run down of how to do so? 

 

Thanks again!

[Hinjima]

4 minutes ago, VB2001 said:

Hey! Thanks for such a quick response

 

Once I have done the Windows reinstall, will I need to delete old drivers/install new ones (for my MOBO, GPU etc.)? If so, do you think you could give me a quick run down of how to do so? 

 

Thanks again!

A fresh reinstall will completely remove any files on your old SSD, so if you have anything important like documents or pictures, remember to make a backup somewhere like on an external USB Flash Drive or External HDD.

It will basically be like getting a brand new computer that no one has used before.

 

It is absolutely recommended to install the required drivers for your new motherboard, GPU etc etc.

You will find this on the motherboards website and AMD website for the GPU drivers.

 

What exact ASUS PRIME B650 motherboard are you getting?

There are a few versions like ASUS Prime B650M-A WIFI II or ASUS Prime B650-PLUS.

I can link you to the correct website for the drivers  

I personally use ASUS's ArmoryCrate, its a program for ASUS motherboards and it will automatically download all the correct motherboard drivers and WIFI / Audio drivers.

[Poinkachu]

15 minutes ago, VB2001 said:

Hi all, 

 

My previous PC specs: AMD Ryzen 5500, Asus Prime B550 MOBO, 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3200MHz, Radeon RX6600, 750W EVGA PSU, 1TB Crucial P2 M.2 SSD (Windows 10 64-bit)

Purchased for upgrade: AMD Ryzen 7600X, Asus Prime B650 MOBO, 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000MHz, Radeon RX7700XT 

 

Essentially, I want to use the PSU and SSD from my old system in my new one. I have checked that the PSU will be able to power the new components with plenty of headroom, so I don't think that this will be an issue.

 

However, I am slightly worried about using my old SSD in the new system - mainly due to the drivers being for my old components. From my own research, it can be fine but I wanted to ask around before going ahead and booting to the SSD. 

 

Please could someone kindly help me with this? It would be much appreciated. 

 

Thank you

Last I checked the chipset drivers for B550 and B650 is the same revision number.

 

As for GPU driver just use DDU to uninstall the old one, and install the new one.

 

Other commonly used drivers (LAN & WIFI most likely) should be simple enough to be changed too I think.

 

 

I literally did those a few weeks ago.

Old system 5900x,B550, 3080 , New system 9800x3D, B850, 5080

 

Just try the without reinstalling windows first, and reinstall if needed.

[VB2001]

4 minutes ago, Hinjima said:

A fresh reinstall will completely remove any files on your old SSD, so if you have anything important like documents or pictures, remember to make a backup somewhere like on an external USB Flash Drive or External HDD.

It will basically be like getting a brand new computer that no one has used before.

 

It is absolutely recommended to install the required drivers for your new motherboard, GPU etc etc.

You will find this on the motherboards website and AMD website for the GPU drivers.

 

What exact ASUS PRIME B650 motherboard are you getting?

There are a few versions like ASUS Prime B650M-A WIFI II or ASUS Prime B650-PLUS.

I can link you to the correct website for the drivers  

I personally use ASUS's ArmoryCrate, its a program for ASUS motherboards and it will automatically download all the correct motherboard drivers and WIFI / Audio drivers.

 

To back up my files, would that be as simple as using the SSD to boot on my new system and transferring them to an external HDD before reinstalling windows? I have already sold the old parts in order to buy the new ones so will be unable to back them up on the old system (perhaps I should have thought ahead XD).

 

The motherboard is the Asus Prime B650-PLUS as I only use Ethernet. I will also use Armory Crate for the drivers, RGB controls, fan profiles etc.

[Poinkachu]

10 minutes ago, VB2001 said:

 

To back up my files, would that be as simple as using the SSD to boot on my new system and transferring them to an external HDD before reinstalling windows?

If you want a functional windows & installed programs, no. You need to clone using cloning software.

 

if you only transfer things like pictures, txts, pdfs, installers, and the likes. Yes. You can just copy paste or cut paste.

[VB2001]

4 minutes ago, Poinkachu said:

If you want a functional windows & installed programs, no. You need to clone using cloning software.

 

if you only transfer things like pictures, txts, pdfs, installers, and the likes. Yes. You can just copy paste or cut paste.

 

To be honest, it's mostly just pictures, videos and documents for work/university. So would it be okay to boot on my new system using the old SSD, move these files to an external HDD, and then reinstalling Windows?

 

Also, I read somewhere that Windows gives an option to keep personal files when reinstalling. Would this be okay?

[KidKid]

38 minutes ago, VB2001 said:

Hi all, 

 

My previous PC specs: AMD Ryzen 5500, Asus Prime B550 MOBO, 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3200MHz, Radeon RX6600, 750W EVGA PSU, 1TB Crucial P2 M.2 SSD (Windows 10 64-bit)

Purchased for upgrade: AMD Ryzen 7600X, Asus Prime B650 MOBO, 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000MHz, Radeon RX7700XT 

 

Essentially, I want to use the PSU and SSD from my old system in my new one. I have checked that the PSU will be able to power the new components with plenty of headroom, so I don't think that this will be an issue.

 

However, I am slightly worried about using my old SSD in the new system - mainly due to the drivers being for my old components. From my own research, it can be fine but I wanted to ask around before going ahead and booting to the SSD. 

 

Please could someone kindly help me with this? It would be much appreciated. 

 

Thank you

Using that SSD will not be a problem. You could even use a decade old HDD and it should still work just fine (but slow). So yes, go ahead; it'll be okay.

[Poinkachu]

3 minutes ago, VB2001 said:

 

To be honest, it's mostly just pictures, videos and documents for work/university. So would it be okay to boot on my new system using the old SSD, move these files to an external HDD, and then reinstalling Windows?

Yeah.

 

3 minutes ago, VB2001 said:

Also, I read somewhere that Windows gives an option to keep personal files when reinstalling. Would this be okay?

If you want clean install, there won't be any keeping. Windows installation process will format that drive.