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Hello everyone,
My current PC is a bit outdated and will be upgrading most of it's parts. Will I need to do a clean installation or would it be ok to get paragon p2p to delete the old drivers?
My current PC
nforce 630i mobo (Upgraded from integrated graphics to a GT 630 previously)
Intel Core 2 Quad 8200
4GB RAM DDR2 (800MHZ)
650GB (Windows 7 is on this)
500GB (Keep this for backups - no OS is installed on this drive)
Nvidia GT 630
500W Cooler Master PSU
Packard Bell case (no case fans
)
And I'm thinking of upgrading to these parts
I5 4690K (a big upgrade from the core 2 quad)
Gigabyte Z97P-D3 (needs a new socket)
Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600MHZ DDR3 (same thing for ram)
Zalman Z11 Plus Midi Tower Case (for case fans as its quite hot in it's current case)
And in a couple of months, I will be looking to upgrade the PSU and GPU to a 750w be quiet PSU and a R9 280X.
Though, my question is, is a clean install - NEEDED after the upgrade? Or can I use paragon p2p
My current PC is a bit outdated and will be upgrading most of it's parts. Will I need to do a clean installation or would it be ok to get paragon p2p to delete the old drivers?
My current PC
nforce 630i mobo (Upgraded from integrated graphics to a GT 630 previously)
Intel Core 2 Quad 8200
4GB RAM DDR2 (800MHZ)
650GB (Windows 7 is on this)
500GB (Keep this for backups - no OS is installed on this drive)
Nvidia GT 630
500W Cooler Master PSU
Packard Bell case (no case fans
)And I'm thinking of upgrading to these parts
I5 4690K (a big upgrade from the core 2 quad)
Gigabyte Z97P-D3 (needs a new socket)
Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600MHZ DDR3 (same thing for ram)
Zalman Z11 Plus Midi Tower Case (for case fans as its quite hot in it's current case)
And in a couple of months, I will be looking to upgrade the PSU and GPU to a 750w be quiet PSU and a R9 280X.
Though, my question is, is a clean install - NEEDED after the upgrade? Or can I use paragon p2p
Eximo said:
I successfully did a migration from an nforce2 (Athlon X2) chipset to X58 Intel. Did a clean wipe for Windows 8 + SSD + AHCI, then transferred that OS to a Z87 board. No software tools required.Paragon looks like a system image/sysprep shortcut for injecting drivers. Might give that a try myself later.
paragon is one of the best when migrating...but there are software that does not like it ...thus sometimes you will have BSOD. when using the program.
I successfully did a migration from an nforce2 (Athlon X2) chipset to X58 Intel. Did a clean wipe for Windows 8 + SSD + AHCI, then transferred that OS to a Z87 board. No software tools required.
Paragon looks like a system image/sysprep shortcut for injecting drivers. Might give that a try myself later.
Paragon looks like a system image/sysprep shortcut for injecting drivers. Might give that a try myself later.
Lordmetro
October 17, 2014 11:59:17 AM
Iankiller99 said:
I may be mistaken, but cant you just tell your computer to boot from the drive your os is on?Yes you can from the bios. The thing is actually booting it after a motherboard change.
qazzi said:
just clean install it. less hassle. Umph, I was thinking the same thing. My idea is to backup everything on the other hard drive I have and then after the clean install I can restore every file I have back to it. I just didn't want to consume time
Iankiller99
October 17, 2014 11:58:15 AM
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