some things iv always wonderd

[Bananasplit_00]

first of will i have to format my hard drives when i put them in my new PC? and will a 500W powersuply be enugh for a I5 4460 no OC and a G1 GTX 970? thanks for any awnser

[Enderman]

1) yes

when installing windows it will give you the option to format your drive before installing

when youre done installing windows you should go to disk management and format+partition any other drives you have to assign them a letter

 

2) yes

as long as its a good quality PSU and not some cheap chinese brand it should be safe

[Xaring]

NOpe, no need to format, and yes, 500 W willbe enough, if no OC is planned.

[Godlygamer23]

Are they just storage drives? If so, no you don't need to format them.

[ZetZet]

1) yes

 

2) yes

1 not necessarily. 2 defo.

[Bananasplit_00]

1) yes

when installing windows it will give you the option to format your drive before installing

when youre done installing windows you should go to disk management and format+partition any other drives you have to assign them a letter

 

2) yes

as long as its a good quality PSU and not some cheap chinese brand it should be safe

well my drives already have windows on them and im usind them right now on the verry pc im wrighting this will those have to be formated?

[Xaring]

1) yes

 

 

There is no need to format a disk in order to put it on a new/different system, you wiull need to install/remove drivers and such, but both windows and Linux include Kernels for both AMD and Nvidia.

 

It is recommended to format, but nothing stops you from not doing it. YOu can keep using your previous installation and only format if you find any kind of hardware incompatibilities (There is a threat of constant BSODs if some piece of hardware can't stand the old installation, but not too likely, and then you'd have to format).

[Bananasplit_00]

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[Xaring]

ok so wats BSOD and jardware then?

Blue Screen of Death - Windows crashes.

Hardware - the physical elements that make your PC, motherboard, GPU, RAM, CPU, Drives, Wifi-cards etc

[Enderman]

well my drives already have windows on them and im usind them right now on the verry pc im wrighting this will those have to be formated?

well you should format and reinstall windows when moving it to a new PC to avoid a bunch of issues

unless the PC youre moving to is going to use the same motherboard or similar parts

data drives with just files wont need to be formatted, those will work fine

 

oh and btw if you use AHCI on the new PC but youre not using that on your current PC you 100% do need to reinstall windows

[Enderman]

 

 

 

I thought OP was talking about brand new drives he was going to buy for the new PC

[STRMfrmXMN]

first of will i have to format my hard drives when i put them in my new PC? and will a 500W powersuply be enugh for a I5 4460 no OC and a G1 GTX 970? thanks for any awnser

When you setup Windows it should format them for you unless they're storage drive. For the PSU, not just any 500 W will do but 500W is more than enough on that build, yes. I'd estimate about 200W under load from that PC.

 

EDIT: OH you've installed Windows on them already. Yeah, you can delete all that's on the drive during the Windows setup. If you motherboard supports it (and it should if you're getting a Haswell i5) then make sure to install Windows EFI-style. I can talk you through that if you want.

[Bananasplit_00]

When you setup Windows it should format them for you unless they're storage drive. For the PSU, not just any 500 W will do but 500W is more than enough on that build, yes. I'd estimate about 200W under load from that PC.

 

EDIT: OH you've installed Windows on them already. Yeah, you can delete all that's on the drive during the Windows setup. If you motherboard supports it (and it should if you're getting a Haswell i5) then make sure to install Windows EFI-style. I can talk you through that if you want.

thanks for the ofer but im not gona have any money untill 2/3 months from now

[Bananasplit_00]

well you should format and reinstall windows when moving it to a new PC to avoid a bunch of issues

unless the PC youre moving to is going to use the same motherboard or similar parts

data drives with just files wont need to be formatted, those will work fine

 

oh and btw if you use AHCI on the new PC but youre not using that on your current PC you 100% do need to reinstall windows

not really sure what AHCI is and im probably not going to use it

[STRMfrmXMN]

thanks for the ofer but im not gona have any money untill 2/3 months from now

OK, feel free to hit me up or even just Google when the time comes

[Enderman]

not really sure what AHCI is and im probably not going to use it

its a newer and better storage controller interface which gives much faster speeds

nobody should be using IDE any more, everything should be AHCI

[Bananasplit_00]

Blue Screen of Death - Windows crashes.

Hardware - the physical elements that make your PC, motherboard, GPU, RAM, CPU, Drives, Wifi-cards etc

lol i derped with the BSOD and im pritty sure i know what hardwere is, it just says jardwere and i was like WTF..

[STRMfrmXMN]

not really sure what AHCI is and im probably not going to use it

Yes, yes you are going to use AHCI

RAID is an option if you have multiple drives. IDE is an old fashioned style that SHOULD BE AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS

[Bananasplit_00]

its a newer and better storage controller interface which gives much faster speeds

nobody should be using IDE any more, everything should be AHCI

well i guess il consider it, but its not like im getting my new stuff soon anyway

[Bananasplit_00]

well im gona go look for the ssd i use as my boot drive thats lost somewere in the case, bye

[Enderman]

well i guess il consider it, but its not like im getting my new stuff soon anyway

if youre using an SSD and you dont have AHCI enabled youre just wasting performance and slowing it down...

[Xaring]

lol i derped with the BSOD and im pritty sure i know what hardwere is, it just says jardwere and i was like WTF..

Omg my eyes, I didnt spot that typo after typing it sry

[Bananasplit_00]

if youre using an SSD and you dont have AHCI enabled youre just wasting performance and slowing it down...

well i found the ssd, coverd in dust and mounted ontop of my cd drive... and when i booted back up i looked and im using AHCI