What will happen when I replace my CPU and Hard drive?

Sep 17, 2018
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Hey guys,
So I have recently purchased a new CPU and SSD for my PC, I have already triple checked that everything is compatible, Replacing my A8-9600 with a Ryzen 3 1200 and adding a Samsung 860 EVO 500gb. I was just wondering what replacing a CPU and adding an SSD will do to my computer and if I will have to reinstall all my applications onto the SSD or can I just clone my HDD and paste that onto my SSD with windows 10 and everything. And what will happen when I replace my CPU, any input will be super helpful :)

Regards
 
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As far as I tested myself with intel cpu upgrades, that won't affect your windows install. As far as moving everything from hdd to ssd, lots can go wrong but it is very do-able.

Personally I would reinstall my windows fresh on the ssd and purge the remnants from the hdd. You never go wrong with a fresh install and you still get to keep you hdd with all your files on it so no formatting required unless you want to.

Good luck on the cloning

Khalietal

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As far as I tested myself with intel cpu upgrades, that won't affect your windows install. As far as moving everything from hdd to ssd, lots can go wrong but it is very do-able.

Personally I would reinstall my windows fresh on the ssd and purge the remnants from the hdd. You never go wrong with a fresh install and you still get to keep you hdd with all your files on it so no formatting required unless you want to.

Good luck on the cloning
 
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kraelic

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There should be no issue, the majority of the activation hash is from the motherboard I think. But going from an APU to a R3, do you have a dedicated GPU? You may want to go with a 2200G if not. Update the BIOS before removing the old chip. Be sure to use the samsung data migration software to clone, then undo the hdd to make sure the ssd boots fine.

https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/download/tools/
 
I would do each thing separately. I'd replace the CPU first. Reboot the computer and run a few tests afterwards. The idea is to verify that it works, that the CPU is running at the clockspeed that is should be running, and that temperatures are normal. If all looks good then I'd use Samsung's tool to clone the old drive. As long as you have more space on the SSD then what you are cloning, there shouldn't be a problem.