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Hello!

 

I'm going to upgrade my i5 6400 to AMD Ryzen 7 CPU and for that I of course need to change my motherboard. I'm wondering that do I need to do something before changing the motherboard? Uninstall drivers for example? I have FPP license for Windows and if I  have understood correctly I don't need to install WIndows again, right?

 

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Changing from Intel to AMD would mean a Windows reinstall, its possible without but not recommended.

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Ryzen 7 3800X | Asus ROG Strix X570-F Gaming | 16GB Team Group Dark Pro 3600Mhz | Corsair MP600 1TB PCIe Gen 4 | Sapphire 5700 XT Pulse | Corsair H115i Platinum | WD Black 1TB | WD Green 4TB | EVGA SuperNOVA G3 650W | Asus TUF GT501 | Samsung C27HG70 1440p 144hz HDR FreeSync 2 | Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS |

 

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Just now, Varpin said:

@Master Disaster I have my OS on a SSD and all my games and on a HDD. Do I need to delete them from the HDD now and then re-install them after I have done the upgrade?

Steam library or disc installs?

 

Disc installs will need reinstalling too but Steam, Origin, Uplay and GOG are all very good at reacquiring old files.

Main Rig:-

Ryzen 7 3800X | Asus ROG Strix X570-F Gaming | 16GB Team Group Dark Pro 3600Mhz | Corsair MP600 1TB PCIe Gen 4 | Sapphire 5700 XT Pulse | Corsair H115i Platinum | WD Black 1TB | WD Green 4TB | EVGA SuperNOVA G3 650W | Asus TUF GT501 | Samsung C27HG70 1440p 144hz HDR FreeSync 2 | Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS |

 

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Intel NUC running Server 2019 + Synology DSM218+ with 2 x 4TB Toshiba NAS Ready HDDs (RAID0)

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Just now, Varpin said:

@Master Disaster Steam. So no need to re-install everything?

Nope, after the reinstall goto Steams options, create a steam library folder, point it to your existing folder and it will import your games.

Main Rig:-

Ryzen 7 3800X | Asus ROG Strix X570-F Gaming | 16GB Team Group Dark Pro 3600Mhz | Corsair MP600 1TB PCIe Gen 4 | Sapphire 5700 XT Pulse | Corsair H115i Platinum | WD Black 1TB | WD Green 4TB | EVGA SuperNOVA G3 650W | Asus TUF GT501 | Samsung C27HG70 1440p 144hz HDR FreeSync 2 | Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS |

 

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Intel NUC running Server 2019 + Synology DSM218+ with 2 x 4TB Toshiba NAS Ready HDDs (RAID0)

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