Compete noob going crazy help

[1god1king]

Son wants gaming pc . Dad sure I will build on . Dad oh my not as easy as he thought please help

MSI PERFORMANCE GAMING B450 GAMING PRO CARBON
AMD RYZEN 5 2600X 6-Core 3.6 GHz (4.2 GHz
CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4
ASUS Rog STRIX GeForce GTX 1070 8g Gaming OC Edition

Everything installed and ready to go , but I don’t have the support cd for the gpu
Just confirming

Here are my questions or what I have found one the net

Make sure bios is up to date
Download the chipset for my mobo
Get all from manufacturer site

Since I have no support cd go to
Asus site down load vga and utilities install
Do I need to remove any drivers ?
Do I need to make any changes in the bios
And choose what pcie to use

I won’t be over clocking anything and my son will be playing overwatch and apex . He doesn’t live with me and and I want to make sure he doesn’t have any issues with his pc .

Are there any steps I am missing or don’t need to bother with thanks for you advice and help and next time dad will pay a professional.

 

[Pavel Zahourek]

The graphic drivers might have already been downloaded as you installed Windows on it. Do you have the computer connected to the internet?

 

[VirtualLarry]

What OS are you installing? OIf connected to the internet at time of install, Windows 10 shoiuld have downloaded GPU drivers. They may not be the latest, and you may need to update them from nvidia.com, but otherwise, Win10 should hav e loaded drivers.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Initial builds, get the driver's from the brands support site. IOW, get your Mobo drivers from MSI, get your VGA drivers from Asus.

Doing it this way means you can verify stability at the brands tested levels. MSI gave me a hard time about it like 15 years ago, so when I first put a system together or get new hardware, I just do it that way for a bit.

You cannot assuredly guarantee no issues with the PC, all you can do it test it for a week or two and verify its stable, then do the same thing at his house after you move it. At some point, computer troubleshooting will be required. This applies to all PC's, prebuilt, homebuilt, any technology really.

 

[Mantrid-Drone]

The rule with BIOS is simply - if it ain't broke leave it alone.

Updating the BIOS for no good reason, particularly just to make sure it is up to date is bad advice. Some manufacturers own instruction manuals/UEFI/BIOS update pages for MBs say as much too.

Just keep it simple to begin with and make sure that initially the MB settings are all the default ones ie. "Load Optimized Defaults". That gives you a solid base to work from and safety net you can use if necessary.

The rule with drivers, which is also in all the MB manuals I've read, is to install the OS first before doing anything else. Page 63 (BIOS Setup) of the manual for your MB infers that too: install Windows 10 first then use the MSI Driver disc that should have come with the MB.

As ^ Pavel Zahourek said the OS should install basic graphics and other drivers as part of the process. If there is some specific problem with the MB's supplied drivers, the GPU's or other drivers then they can be fixed afterwards. But unless there are some serious issues you should still have a working system.

In short: get the PC up and running with an OS before worrying about all those other things mentioned.