switching to intel. what to do?

[jimbaw]

I wasnt sur where to put this so let me know if it's the wrong section.

I've put my gigabyte 990fxa ud5, my amd fx 8350 and a gtx660 for sale because I'm thinking of switching to the dark side of the force (intel) and I wanted to know if I could just plug my ssd back in, install the new mobo drivers and then be done or if I needed to do a full clean install.
I've got a back up on my hdd so would I need to change that as well.
Cheers

 

[jimbaw]

Ok it's what I thought then just checking if being lazy would work haha.
It won't be strainght away anyways since I doubt that I'll manage to sell anything on gumtree quickly enough but I'll see. Cheers guys

 

[jimbaw]

Haha thanks. I'll just transfer all my data to an external hard drive and do a fresh install on both drives then.

 

[jimbaw]

cheers for sharing your experiences guys. yes I do have windows 7.
if I do happen to ever have the cash to change, i'll do a clean install
thanks again

 

[jimbaw]

I was really just wondering if it were possible to use the lazy approach. it doesn't take that long to reinstall anyway and i'll just back up my data beforehand.
I can't see it happening anytime soon anyway with the interest i got on my ad so far.
might as well wait for broadwell and z97 (or go for haswell when it's cheaper).

 

[jimbaw]

Cheers for all the input guys. However I don't seem to be able to sell my current parts so looks like I'll be keeping my 8350.

 

[jimbaw]

you are a smart man

who, me? I know. my mum always said I was special.

 

[jimbaw]

if i ever can afford a new rig, i'll do a fresh install. i thought i was about to get a new rig when i created this thread but it kind of fell through so it's not really relevant anymore. but i appreciate the input.