Driver Disks that come with PC Parts - are they Useful?

[Aleksbgbg]

So I just put together my first PC, just missing the RAM at the moment, however I have installation disks for my Motherboard and GPU and I have never used these, so I was wondering if they serve any crucial purpose?

 

Do these provide anything that you wouldn't find on the internet, or are they just for people not using the internet? When I boot up my new PC for real, should I install these? Anything else you know?

 

Thanks

[mluton]

As you said for offline drivers, that's all i have ever used them for and offline manuals.

[typographie]

I assume they're still included for the less tech savvy customers who may not be aware how frequently drivers are updated or where to get them. There's still an "average consumer" who is probably expecting to have the included disc do everything they need.

 

But you're savvy enough to ask this question, so you should be getting up-to-date drivers from the websites whenever possible.

 

Edit: There is one situation I can think of where you might want to use a driver CD: when you can't use the internet because Windows doesn't automatically provide a compatible driver for your LAN controller. Even then, most people today have other internet-connected devices available to get around that.

[kristaps552]

Basically, you will only ever need them if when you first boot your machine and install windows, the network drivers are not installed. Thats it, that's the only circumstance when you might need the mobo driver cd. You would then still update the network driver afterwards with the latest one.

[GeekJump]

I didn't use any of the disks. I put the networks drivers on a USB and install them to a fresh PC. After that I installed other drivers from their online sources.

 

Found most CDs included are outdated and need to be updated online anyway or come with some bloatware I don't necessarily need (this issue more with peripherals).

[Norseman4]

So I just put together my first PC, just missing the RAM at the moment, however I have installation disks for my Motherboard and GPU and I have never used these, so I was wondering if they serve any crucial purpose?

 

Do these provide anything that you wouldn't find on the internet, or are they just for people not using the internet? When I boot up my new PC for real, should I install these? Anything else you know?

 

Thanks

My most recent build had a killer NIC that my installation of Win10 did not have a working, or generic driver for, and had misplaced the disc. Downloaded the MB and network drivers onto another machine, copied them over, installed the NIC (only). The rest were able to be automatically detected and updated from the web.

[deWaardt]

My Ethernet worked out of the box, so I went directly to my mobo's website and downloaded the newest drivers, same goes for all other parts.

[ohJey]

Only needed if you networking on your mobo doesn't work.  Once you have the internet, toss those CDs like a Frisbee out the window