Do I need to install another update for the driver?

Kman2639 · Jul 13, 2016

I just built my first pc and my motherboard came with a cd that will update it to whatever version that one is. Do I need to go out of my way to find out how to update it to a more current version? I don't see an easy way to update it so I'm questioning whether it is necessary

Hlsgsz · Jul 13, 2016

Atleast get the latest drivers from the manufacturer's website + the latest GPu driver from Nvidia/AMD.
It's very important to have up to date drivers, just like it's important to have Windows up to date.

NEmpire95 · Jul 13, 2016

That disk that came with it will have all the drivers you need for the chipset and built in wireless card or whatever your mobo provides. You can also download all the drivers online through your mobo's site (look it up by model number). You usually don't need to do this however as windows (usually) downloads most, if not all, of them for you.

Kman2639 · Jul 13, 2016

Ok thank you, I installed everything off the cd thinking that is all I need. If I have a mother board from msi, is it worth getting msi live update 6 or will that just make things more confusing than it needs to be?

NEmpire95 · Jul 13, 2016

Kman2639 :

Up to you, but like I said usually windows will grab those updates for you. I would probably skip it but that's just me.

Kman2639 · Jul 13, 2016

NEmpire95 :

I appreciate it, thank you. I will just skip that part then.

Hlsgsz · Jul 13, 2016

Kman2639 :

What teh hell? No, man, don't rely on Windows to get all the drivers for you. The least you can do is install that utility from MSI and let it do it's thing(except updating teh BIOS)

NEmpire95 · Jul 13, 2016

Did I not say "Up to you" and "that's just me"?

Kman2639 · Jul 13, 2016

Hlsgsz :

Kman2639 :

What teh hell? No, man, don't rely on Windows to get all the drivers for you. The least you can do is install that utility from MSI and let it do it's thing(except updating teh BIOS)

I should download the utility? I will do that probably then I guess lol

Hlsgsz · Jul 13, 2016

Yes do that. Remember, don;t let it update teh BIOS.

Hlsgsz · Jul 13, 2016

NEmpire95 :

You did, but that's just telling OP what he wanted to hear lol

NEmpire95 · Jul 13, 2016

Hlsgsz :

Maybe, but that's also what I personally do and haven't had any issues thus far. Either way, doubt you will run into any problems.

Kman2639 · Jul 13, 2016

Ok I won't update the bios. I have seen people say that a lot, what's the reason for it?

Hlsgsz · Jul 13, 2016

Kman2639 :

You may brick your motherboard. So one should only do that if experiencing issues and NEVER do it in Windows. That's just asking for trouble.

Hlsgsz · Jul 13, 2016

NEmpire95 :

You'd be surprised. Granted, Intel MBs fare better, but AMD users often get 100% constant usage on their drives because of the generic SATA driver from Microsoft. And Windows never updates that. It sais it's teh latest version and that's that. Not to mention taht it performs significantly worst than teh one from Intel. You may test this: run crystaldiskmark on an ssd with teh drivers WIn got for you, then install the latest from intel and run it again. You will change your "lazy" habits

NEmpire95 · Jul 13, 2016

Haha no arguments on me being lazy. I've never had an amd CPU/APU so that could be why I haven't run into any issues. All good info^^

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