Do I need to do anything when upgrading my cpu

[aidanopitz]

I’m currently upgrading my cpu, and I’m wondering if there’s any steps I need to do before I put it in. Would I be able to just replace it and not need to do anything ? I know about adding thermal compound, but is that all I need to do ?

Graphics card: GTX 1050
Current cpu: Intel pentium G4560
Motherboard: MSI B250M PRO-VD
Ram: 8gb ddr4
Upragding cpu to; Intel i7

 

[captaincharisma]

which i7 are you upgrading to? it may be best to make sure you have the latest BIOS for your motherboard before upgrading the CPU

 

[drea.drechsler]

I’m currently upgrading my cpu, and I’m wondering if there’s any steps I need to do before I put it in. Would I be able to just replace it and not need to do anything ? I know about adding thermal compound, but is that all I need to do ?

Graphics card: GTX 1050
Current cpu: Intel pentium G4560
Motherboard: MSI B250M PRO-VD
Ram: 8gb ddr4
Upragding cpu to; Intel i7

I'm not familiar with modern Intel systems but I think the smart thing to do would be to completely reset CMOS after shutting down just prior to the CPU swap. Probably the 'battery pull' method would offer greatest assurance that the next boot will be just like a 'first boot'.

But before even that, update to the latest BIOS rev.

 

[punkncat]

TBH other than the install, Win 10 will typically auto update your driver.
I had an issue on (a couple of) machines where the power scaling and turbo didn't work right until I actually did a fresh re-install. I had swapped the i3 and i5 to each others build mobo and it wasn't happy until doing so.

 

[theonerm2]

There's nothing you have to do. You only need to reset your cmos if you had an overclock on your old CPU because it will try to apply the oc to the new CPU and you might have stability issues.