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Enerpi_0016

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Hi everyone! I bought some new hardware yesterday!

- AMD Ryzen 7 1700
- Gigabyte B350 Gaming 3 (ATX)
- Zotac 1060 6gb AMP Edition (Please comment about this one, is it good?)
- Silverstone 80Plus Bronze 550W
- New case.

The thing is, I ran out of budget for HDD. So I took my old HDD from my old CSU and put it in new one. It works, when I first boot my PC, it says something like it configuring new devices. I wait and it didn't took that long. And my PC boot as usual. But I don't feel any changes in my PC. Not that fast either. I already download all drivers. Is this safe? or should I reformat my HDD? Thanks. (I want to keep my Files)
 
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1. Assuming you were working with the Win 10 OS on your "old" boot HDD, consider the possibility of "transferring" your present HDD to the new system. We're assuming of course that the HDD is non-defective and basically operated without problems in your "old" system.

2. There's a good possibility that you can utilize that HDD as your boot drive through a simple transfer. If the transfer is successful all the present data on the HDD would be transferred intact. You would install whatever drivers are needed for your new Ryzen system from the new Gigabyte motherboard's driver installation CD/DVD during the initial boot to the HDD.

3. Now there are no guarantees the transfer will be successful. We've found our "rate of success" in this...
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My previous build was:
-AMD A6
- Gigabyte F-S..... I forgot what the model of my motherboard was. I already threw the packaging.
-Nvidia GTX 730
- Team (something) 8GB ram.

So are you saying that I need to format my HDD to make use of the parts I bought?
 
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ArtPog

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Enerpi:
There's no getting around it. With that AMD Ryzen 7 1700 system you MUST install a SSD as your boot drive and use the HDD as a secondary drive to install your games. (I assume you're chiefly a "gamer".)

I understand you ran out of $ budgeting for this system, but that Ryzen build simply cries out for a SSD boot drive. Try to raise the loot somehow/somewhere for a 250 GB/256 GB SSD if at all possible so that you can install the OS on the SSD boot drive + other programs & files you use fairly frequently, e.g., audio-visual, word processing, other personal files, and the like.

Now I understand the SSD won't play any major role in speeding up your game-playing to any special extent but will be of some value re loading the games. (At least that's what my gaming friends tell me - I'm not a "gamer").

But try, try to install a SSD as your boot drive, preferably one not less than 250 GB of disk-space. Do a bit of Google research on these SSDs.
 
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No, you do not need an SSD but it would be nice.

You cannot move a HDD from one chipset to another without *reinstalling* Windows. It will boot but there is a ton of leftover junk that windows is trying unsuccessfully to deal with.

Reinstall windows, install latest drivers from the mobo and gpu maker's site, win.

The only way this wont be faster is if you have a hardware issue as well but first things first.
 
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Enerpi:
I'll give this one more shot...

Yes, you do *NEED* a SSD boot drive with that new high-end AMD Ryzen system you plan to work with. There are no ifs, ands, or buts, about it. Without a SSD boot drive, for all intents & purposes you're crippling your system.

Of course the system will "work" without a SSD. But it will be akin to installing a Model T engine in a new Ferrari. (A bit overblown of course, but you get the picture, don't you?)

So please, give this some more thought.
 
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SSD affects boot, virus scan, and level load times. That is it. It does not affect framerate in any way UNLESS you're playing a game that can't load all textures at the same time and has to go out to the disk to pull new ones in. If you have a 60hz 1080p screen, given you have a 6GB GPU, that shouldn't be an issue. Surfing the web and rendering a page is a function of CPU and RAM, not HDD. You should also probably get 16GB of RAM when you can. Not *necessary* but can smooth things out.

Again, get an SSD as soon as you can afford it but the problems in your system are OS- and driver-related, not HDD related.

You can google the process for reinstalling your OS from scratch. Pay particular attention to OEM vs full version, Win 7 vs Win 10.
 
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Thank you for your suggestion! :) I'll try to earn some more cash to buy SSD. But I do have one question. If somehow I can't buy an SSD, can I reformat and install windows in my old HDD? I'm not that much of a gamer, but I will play some games. I don't think I can fill a 1TB HDD with all games XD
 
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Thank you for all of your thoughts and suggestions. I really appreciate it :D As for now, I can't really buy an SSD yet, but I will do my best to earn and buy one. So until I can't afford it, my temporary solution is: reformat my HDD and reinstall windows in it. I forgot to mention that I also bought a G. Skill Ripjaws V 16GB 2400. Any thoughts of my decision?
 
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1. Assuming you were working with the Win 10 OS on your "old" boot HDD, consider the possibility of "transferring" your present HDD to the new system. We're assuming of course that the HDD is non-defective and basically operated without problems in your "old" system.

2. There's a good possibility that you can utilize that HDD as your boot drive through a simple transfer. If the transfer is successful all the present data on the HDD would be transferred intact. You would install whatever drivers are needed for your new Ryzen system from the new Gigabyte motherboard's driver installation CD/DVD during the initial boot to the HDD.

3. Now there are no guarantees the transfer will be successful. We've found our "rate of success" in this approach dramatically increases when both the "old" & "new" systems are BOTH either Intel or AMD based (as in your case) and the PC's involved are NON-OEM machines (as they are in your case).

4. There's really little to lose should the transfer fail. You will always have the option of fresh-installing the Win 10 OS. (At least I trust you're working with that OS - I don't think you ever mentioned your OS).

5. As to your query re RAM. We too generally work with G.SKILL memory; by & large it's our preference. We generally prefer to use G.SKILL's Flare X Series or their Trident Z series with AMD Ryzen builds (we've spoken with G.SKILL techs re their recommendations), and have installed 2400 & 3200 frequency modules (16 GB & 32 GB) in some Ryzen builds. Frankly I couldn't detect any significant speed/performance differences between the two frequencies. In any event, the Ripjaws V 2400 memory you've chosen should work admirably in your new Ryzen system.
 
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