Drivers For New Build

[kishan666]

Hi guys i was just preparing everything for my first build tommorow and was wondering if i would need to download the drivers for the components before hand... and if soo would i need to install them prior installing the os

 

[ThundyCat]

Most components will come with drivers etc on a cd but it's always best to download the most current drivers of the Manufacturers website.

 

[Lemin]

Install them after installing the os.

 

[shotgun]

Yep install drivers after the OS and best to get the latest drivers from the manufactures website. I put them all on a USB pen drive so its quick and easy.

 

[valdai]

It can be convenient to get them all before hand, but there's no absolute need. As people have said, drivers off the CDs will be fine to get things going, then you can get the latest drivers once everything's running.

 

[JonJ678]

You get bonus points for installing drivers before you install the operating system.

The motherboard cd tends to come with a full suite of slightly outdated drivers, I tend to just use these then download whatever nvidia are offering at the time for the card. Downloading the latest is a better approach, but all except ethernet driver can generally be done on the computer you've just assembled anyway.

The ideal if you repeatedly trash the operating system (which I do at least) is slipstreaming the drivers onto the cd you install with, through nlite or vlite. This doesn't tend to work so well with sound or video drivers, but you can certainly reduce how much you do post install.