Motherboard and processor swap, new windows install?

dtokez · 11 Sep 2015 at 18:51

Hi all. I'm going from a gigabyte z87 ud4hh with a g3258 to a Asus z97 gaming with a 4690k.

If i use the old ssd windows instal, obviously I will have some drivers to install, but is there any issues doing this? Is there a simple way to remove the drivers for the hardware on the old board?

Really CBA to install windows and all my programs again lol

pastymuncher · 11 Sep 2015 at 19:29

I can understand the cpu change but not the motherboard change. Replacing a Z87 board with a Z97 board gain's you very little apart from the M2 slot. Performance will be about the same.

koolpc · 11 Sep 2015 at 19:37

You need to install from fresh

dtokez · 11 Sep 2015 at 19:40

Got the board for a good price and the z87 board is going in another system with the g3258 anyway

koolpc said:
You need to install from fresh

Howcome I would need a fresh instal?

snips86x · 11 Sep 2015 at 19:43

Which OS are you running? 8.1 and 10 are pretty good at managing driver changes when upgrading between platforms.

dtokez · 11 Sep 2015 at 19:52

Sorry should have said bud, running windows 7

spoffle · 11 Sep 2015 at 19:54

koolpc said:
You need to install from fresh

No you don't. As has been said, Windows 8 and above handle changes quite well. I've got one PC I've changed the motherboard and CPU on about 3-4 times now and it worked fine every time.

eyezpy · 11 Sep 2015 at 20:24

Although its a pita, I would still do a fresh install. SSD space is still a premium I feel and its nice to know that the register is clean again. Installing window on a SSD is quick, its mainly the windows update. You can get away without reinstalling your games if you put them in a different partition and ninite is useful for programs.
Having said that it should work fine without reinstalling Window.

dtokez · 11 Sep 2015 at 23:34

Yeah windows updates take hours on my connection. Also I've got loads of programs, lightroom, photoshop, premier pro, after effects etc etc all set up the way I want them so its a big job to get everything back to how I want it.

If I install all the drivers for the new mobo, is there a method I can use to remove the unused drivers for the old hardware?

spoffle · 11 Sep 2015 at 23:48

You won't have to remove the drivers. A lot of them will be the same, you'll just have to install what isn't already there.