Latest driver help!

[schwatschko]

Building a PC today and after installing the included drivers, I'll probably want to update to the latest. I have a hard time determining which downloads are important (eg. I have the ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 AM3+ motherboard, but when I got to the Asus site there seem to be tons of options with regards to drivers...)

If anyone's willing, I'd really appreciate suggestions / links for the following hardware:

ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 AM3+
Sapphire Vapor-X R9 270x 2GB

And is anything needed for my Vishera FX-6300 (3.5ghz)?

Thanks a bunch!

Max

 

[Bossyfins]

What is your OS? 32/64? 8.1/7?

 

[schwatschko]

What is your OS? 32/64? 8.1/7?

Ah my mistake, forgot to include that. I'll be running Windows 8.1 64-bit!

 

[Bossyfins]

Motherboard:

- http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/SocketAM3+/M5A97_LE_R2.0/M5A97-LE-R20-ASUS-2501.zip
- http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/SocketAM3+/M5A97_LE_R2.0/M5A97-LE-R20-ASUS-2301.zip
- http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/lan/LAN_XPVistaWin7-8_8-1_V5814_V6251_V767_818.zip
- http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/misc/audio/Realtek_Audio_Win8-1_VER6017023.zip


GPU:
- http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?pid=2036#

: Go to the Downloads tab. Download the Catalyst Software Suite

 

[schwatschko]

Motherboard:

- http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/SocketAM3+/M5A97_LE_R2.0/M5A97-LE-R20-ASUS-2501.zip
- http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/SocketAM3+/M5A97_LE_R2.0/M5A97-LE-R20-ASUS-2301.zip
- http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/lan/LAN_XPVistaWin7-8_8-1_V5814_V6251_V767_818.zip
- http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/misc/audio/Realtek_Audio_Win8-1_VER6017023.zip


GPU:
- http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?pid=2036#

: Go to the Downloads tab. Download the Catalyst Software Suite

Super helpful, thanks a bunch. One last question! Do I have to uninstall the previous drivers before updating to those recent ones? Or will it just 'update'?

Thanks again, really appreciate the help.

 

[Bossyfins]

You should be able to just update them. IF you want, you can install and reinstall the new one. Obviously, it takes time, but it might be safer.

 

[schwatschko]

You should be able to just update them. IF you want, you can install and reinstall the new one. Obviously, it takes time, but it might be safer.

Sounds good. Thanks again for the quick replies - really helpful.

 

[Bossyfins]

No Problem