Need help really bad on what to do?

[tt75y]

Didnt know what section to put this on but currently i have a gigabyte mother board and a FX-6300 CPU im going to order a intel motherboard with an intel core i5-4690k what are the steps to doing this as in what will i have to do before the install like drivers and all that and after the install like i feel like i will screw something up really bad.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...re=intel_core_i5-4690k-_-19-117-372-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130699&cm_re=msi_b85-_-13-130-699-_-Product

 

[XavierMace]

You're going to have to reinstall Windows.

 

[tt75y]

You're going to have to reinstall Windows.

see like what do you mean? sorry lol did everything except this

 

[Smoblikat]

see like what do you mean? sorry lol did everything except this

Insert your USB/DVD, boot from it, and follow the pretty instructions displayed in the middle of your screen. In my experience, installing windows on intel boards is easier than AMD ones because windows usually has more built in drivers for intel.

 

[tt75y]

Insert your USB/DVD, boot from it, and follow the pretty instructions displayed in the middle of your screen. In my experience, installing windows on intel boards is easier than AMD ones because windows usually has more built in drivers for intel.

how do i back up all my files and stuff? and do i have to uninstall drivers before i take it out

 

[KingFatty]

Do you recall ever having a tricky driver or obscure installation for any of your old hardware that you plan to re-use? If so, you might want to backup that file, or your entire winSXS folder that has all your previous drivers.

But that's unlikely you'll need to do that, it's only when you have some weird hardware that won't be detected by windows automatically, and there is no driver available from the manufacturer.

But can you get an external USB hard drive? That's probably easiest for backing up your important stuff, where you just drag and drop it to the drive.

Another question is do you know where all your important stuff is, so you can find it and back it up? if not, then maybe use an automated backup that grabs everything for you, and then puts it on the external USB drive.

 

[Puffnstuff]

Here it is straight from the MS horses mouth http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/clean-install. If your new mb is uefi I would recommend a uefi installation of windows to make it perform at its best.

 

[tt75y]

the only important shit would be like nothing really lol


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[tt75y]

Here it is straight from the MS horses mouth http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/clean-install. If your new mb is uefi I would recommend a uefi installation of windows to make it perform at its best.

so besides backing up shit the only thing i have to do is just put everything togther i dont need to do any driver things or anything just put the new board and cpu in

 

[Smoblikat]

so besides backing up **** the only thing i have to do is just put everything togther i dont need to do any driver things or anything just put the new board and cpu in

No profanity in the tech section BTW.

Why dont you give it your best shot first, then come back to us with any problems you have. We cannot help you solve an issue you have not yet had.

But for the most part, plug the pieces together, insert your windows installation media, and then let windows boot and find its own drivers. You will definitely need your GPU driver if its a discrete card, and its always a good idea to have your NIC driver handy in case windows doesnt auto-detect it.