Upgrading Parts, Do I Have To Reinstall Windows?

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Hi all,

So last week I did a fresh install on my computer, took me a couple of days to get all my software setup and to get windows 10 fully updated along with all my user settings ect.

I then used Macrium Reflect to make a backup of this new install. After that I have installed some new software and a lot of my steam games.

I then ended up buying some upgrades for my computer, I will be putting them in next week.

My problem is I would rather not have to reinstall everything again. I also know that Macrium Reflect has a feature to redeploy an image to new hardware. By that time the image will be a couple weeks old and I have made changes to software games ect.

So I was wondering do I have to reinstall from scratch after I change my parts, or would redeploying the image with new drivers be better. Or even better can I leave it as is and just install new driver?

Im replacing the following

Motherboard, my old one is a Gigabyte X99 and my new one is an Asus B250F
CPU, my old one is a 5th gen i7 and my new one is a 7th gen i7
RAM, my old ram was 12GB DDR4 and my new one is 32Gb DDR4
GPU, my old gpu was 2 gtx980ti's and my new one is a single gtx1080ti

So the GPU drivers should not matter as they are the same driver, the ram and cpu should not need any drivers. Its the motherboard that I imagine will be the issue?

I have already download all the drivers for the new motherboard and have placed them in a folder on my C drive.

So what is the best thing to do here? can I get away with just putting the new parts in then starting up and install the new drivers? or will I have to do it all from scratch or redeploy with new drivers, but the old image will still have my old drivers.

Thanks Joe.
 
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