Installation of the Mother Board
Installation of the Mother Board
OK SO AFTER MUCH DEBATE I AM PLANNING ON REPLACING MY MOTHERBOARD AS WELL AS MY CPU. NOW I AM AN EXTREME NOVICE IN DEALING WITH PCS AND COMPONENTS. MY HANDS ON EXPERIENCE CONSISTS OF REPLACING RAM STICKS AND REPLACING A CPU FAN WITH AN AIO. BOTH OF THOSE WENT SMOOTH SO I DONT THINK I WILL HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THE HARDWARE. I WOULD BE SWAPPING A GIGABYTE B550M DS3H FOR AN ASUS ROG STRIX B550 GAMING F MOTHERBOARD. AND ALSO INSTALLING A R9 5900X. I WOULD BE SWAPPING OVER MY EXISTING PARTS SUCH AS RAM, SSD, GPU. WOULD THAT CAUSE ME ANY TROUBLE? IM ASSUMING WINDOWS WILL AUTOMATICALLY BOOT UP SINCE IT IS INSTALLED ON MY SSD AND I WILL MOST LIKELY HAVE TO PURCHASE A NEW PRODUCT KEY. I GUESS WHAT IM ASKING IS BY USING MY EXISTING SSD WITH ALL MY STUFF ON IT, GAMES, ETC. WILL I HAVE ANY ISSUES UPON START UP. IVE READ THINGS ABOUT EXISTING DRIVERS ON USED SSD CONFLICTING WITH NEW DRIVERS I'D NEED FOR THE MOBO. ALSO I SHOULDNT NEED A THUMB DRIVE WITH WINDOWS TO GET IT GOING SINCE ITS ON MY SSD ALREADY SHOULD I? I COULD JUST PURCHASE A NEW KEY AND ROLL WITH IT? THIS IS A PREBUILT I BOUGHT A YEAR AGO AND IT HAS FUNCTIONED FLAWLESSLY AND ID SURE HATE TO MESS IT UP WITH MY IGNORANCE. I REALLY DONT KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AND MY KNOWLEDGE IN THE CATEGORY IS ALMOST NON EXISTENT. IM SORRY FOR THE LONG AND POSSIBLY CONFUSING QUESTION, BUT ANY GUIDANCE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. I ASKED UNDER ANOTHER THREAD BUT I DIDNT REALLY ELABORATE TOO MUCH ON THIS PART. THANKS AGAIN. MY CURRENT SPECS ARE AS FOLLOWS PREBUILT ABS PC: GIGABYTE B550M DS3H RYZEN 7 3700X INTEL 660P 1TB M.2 NVME SSD MSI VENTUS 2X 3070 32 GB CORSAIR VENGEANCE 3600MHZ NZXT KRAKEN Z53 AIO CPU COOLER (240MM) 650 WATT 80 PLUS GOLD PSU
CHANGING THE MOBILE PART AND PROCESSOR IS QUITE SIMPLE, BUT IT FEELS LIKE ASSEMBLING A COMPLETE NEW COMPUTER. YOU CAN FIND THE RIGHT SOFTWARE TO HELP AND PICK UP YOUR CURRENT WINDOWS SETTINGS. I THINK A COMPLETE WINDOWS INSTALL WOULD BE BEST TO AVOID PROBLEMS WITH DRIVERS.
Why are we yelling?! It's really important to understand the situation!