Question Pc part upgrade swap, anything to be careful of?

[diondb]

hi so i have had a pc for 5 years and it is very due for a upgrade, basically I have broken my GPU from cleaning it and other stuff and definitely due for an upgrade. i am going from a am4 chipset to am5 so I have bought a new

GPU (4060) (other one is broken)
Cpu (7600x)
ddr5 (6000 at cl30)
motherboard (b650)
all other parts I will be taking from old PC as they are good as new, like case, PSU, AIO, M.2, HDD.

- now the question I have, is there anything I need to do first on old PC to prep the new one or can I start taking it apart?

- is there anything I need to be careful of doing that might fri my new stuff (for example I made the silly mistake of using a different psu cord on a new one I fried some stuff, dw I have learned now) so is there anything I need to make sure not to do?

thanks for all the help.

 

[Lafong]

You should plan on doing a clean install of Windows 11 onto the new drive.

That would eliminate whatever is now on that drive, so you need to back up anything of importance on that drive. ANYTHING, including email, pictures, videos, documents, browser bookmarks, etc.

Have just ONE drive connected to the new PC when you attempt to clean install Windows 11.

You might face issues activating Windows 11 on the new hardware, depending on your license situation.

 

[diondb]

You should plan on doing a clean install of Windows 11 onto the new drive.

That would eliminate whatever is now on that drive, so you need to back up anything of importance on that drive. ANYTHING, including email, pictures, videos, documents, browser bookmarks, etc.

Have just ONE drive connected to the new PC when you attempt to clean install Windows 11.

You might face issues activating Windows 11 on the new hardware, depending on your license situation.

so you are saying i should fully factory reset my old PC and then take the PC apart? So Windows is fully wiped?

 

[USAFRet]

so you are saying i should fully factory reset my old PC and then take the PC apart? So Windows is fully wiped?

A new motherboard needs a new OS install.

 

[ohio_buckeye]

If your windows license is an oem license you may find that you need to purchase a new license. But on a new build you always want to do a clean install.

 

[diondb]

If your windows license is an oem license you may find that you need to purchase a new license. But on a new build you always want to do a clean install.

sweet i will just fully wipe everything and do the new install when setting up the new PC. thank you

 

[Lafong]

so you are saying i should fully factory reset my old PC and then take the PC apart? So Windows is fully wiped?

No.

Not a "factory reset".

Windows would be "wiped" during the clean install process itself. You DON'T have to "wipe" the drive before beginning that clean install. The install process will do all that is necessary...deleting existing partitions, making new partitions, etc.

Shortly after it completes, you should concern yourself with Windows Updates and activating the brand new install.

 

[ohio_buckeye]

Exactly. Take a blank USB drive and use them Windows 11 media creation tool to create a windows 11 installer and boot the new build from that USB when you get it assembled.

 

[USAFRet]

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[Moonstick2]

Make absolutely sure that your data is saved onto another drive (have copies on two drives if you can) and as implied above, make sure the drive with your data on isn't even in the PC while you're installing Windows and getting it working.

What is the make and model of your PSU that you're intending to re-use? Even if it's as good as new (although after five years...), that doesn't necessarily mean it's good enough for your new system. At least though the 4060 isn't that demanding.