A mate of mine has just acquired a lovely new Asus P5Q Deluxe mobo following the recommendations of some of you good people on this forum. We have conducted many new builds in the past but have no previous experience of merely replacing a mobo - which, by the way is not a like for like swap with his previous board.
Essentially, he just wants to swap all his old bits into this build using the new mobo but I'm sure I have read somewhere in the past that he risks running all manner of corruptions unless he reformats and reinstalls the OS - basically starting from scratch approach.
What are your opinions on this. Do any of you just port over your old bits onto a new mobo or would you recommend reinstalling the OS etc?
Cheers in anticipation
Essentially, he just wants to swap all his old bits into this build using the new mobo but I'm sure I have read somewhere in the past that he risks running all manner of corruptions unless he reformats and reinstalls the OS - basically starting from scratch approach.
What are your opinions on this. Do any of you just port over your old bits onto a new mobo or would you recommend reinstalling the OS etc?
Cheers in anticipation