What are the main drivers needed to update on a newly built PC?

Ferrariassassin · Oct 4, 2014

What do i need to update, the Motherboard, CPU, Optical Drive, HDD, SSD, or anything else? What do i do, what is needed to be updated? Will my Windows 8.1 update everything itself and tell me whats outdated or do i do everything manually?

Andrei_316 · Oct 4, 2014

You will need to run windows update which will update important things for windows (security, features, stability etc.) and you will need your GPU drivers, just download the amd catalyst off amd's website. You don't need drivers for your cpu, hdd, you might for ssd... What you want to get drivers or update is your windows, gpu, mobo aaannnd that about it....

Ferrariassassin · Oct 4, 2014

Andrei_316 :

My SSD is a Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD, how do i update it? I found Drivers for my Motherboard, GPU, Windows, but dont know how for my ssd. lso would a HDD need an update? and does a CPU update?

boosted1g · Oct 4, 2014

Needed Drivers for a desktop:
GPU (might also be called VGA)
Chipset
Audio
Lan

Needed if it is an option:
USB 3.0
HDMI

AHCI is needed if using an SSD drive or wanting to hot-swap drives.

RAID is needed if doing RAID.

Paul NZ · Oct 4, 2014

You can get samsung fw updates here.

But its probably up to date already. You dont get CPU updates but you can update a BIOS. You should install chipset drivers

Ferrariassassin · Oct 4, 2014

boosted1g :

So i require to have AHCI to be ale to use a SSD? And the Chipset is within the Motherboard correct?

boosted1g · Oct 4, 2014

No drivers for cpu or hard drive.

Your os and board probably defaulted to AHCI for the SSD drive so there is no other drivers for that. Get the samsung magician program that will optimize OS and will also find any firmware updates for the ssd.

Ferrariassassin · Oct 4, 2014

Paul NZ :

Thanks

do i download Data Migration? or just the firmware for my SSD?

Paul NZ · Oct 4, 2014

You should use AHCI, but not a good idea to change from IDE to AHCI in the BIOS after. It'll crash. You should change it to AHCI before you install windows not after

Up to you if you want the software. If youre transferring data from one hdd to the SSD you can use it

boosted1g · Oct 4, 2014

DataMigration is only if you need to transfer an exsisting intall.

Dont do Bios if you dont need to, its always a risk when updating bios. Modern boards have reduced the risk greatly with Dual Bios, but still, dont do it unless you need to.

Ferrariassassin · Oct 4, 2014

Paul NZ :

Well it is a new PC i just put together, everything is brand new. I will just be installing Windows to the SSD and nothing more. What is AHCI anyways? Do i need to update my SSD or will it not be worth it in the end?

Paul NZ · Oct 4, 2014

Up to you if you want to update the SSD. Its probably up to date now anyway

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