Motherboard, CPU and ram upgrade

steveR

New Member
I installed a new motherboard, CPU and ram into my computer case. I left the drives there. When finished, Windows 10pro booted up perfectly. On all previous other builds, I've always done a fresh install. My computer at this time is running perfectly, and I've run several stress tests with no problems. Does anyone want to weigh in and tell me whether or not you have to do clean installs when installing the three components that I did?
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9600K CPU @ 3.70GHz, 3696 Mhz, 6 cores
16Gigs ram
Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING
Windows 10 pro
 

beers

Moderator
Staff member
Win10 is a lot more resilient than other versions when moving the same installation between hardware. XP/7 would BSOD hard the majority of the time, or just run like garbage.
 

steveR

New Member
Thanks for the quick response. It was just by luck that my flash drive with the Windows media creation tool wasn't plugged in at the time when the system left the bios screen and went straight into Windows10. Again, thanks.
 

Darren

Moderator
Staff member
I'd uninstall any and all drivers relating to your previous motherboard and install ones for the new one.

Personally I'd still nuke and reinstall but you're probably okay if nothing seems amiss.
 
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