Putting old Hard-drive into new PC

[Jack UK]

Ok so I'm about to start building my new PC and I am taking the HDD & RAM & CPU out of my old PC and installing them into my new PC, do I need to wipe the HDD before doing this?

 

[Computers Taste Like Metal]

Using an old windows install with new hardware can cause problems. I'd do a fresh install of whatever windows you're using, provided you have the installation disk/usb. So yes, I'd wipe it and then reinstall. (after backing up important items)

 

[clarkjd]

Are you sure that the new motherboard uses the same ram as your old one?

 

[USAFRet]

Ok so I'm about to start building my new PC and I am taking the HDD & RAM & CPU out of my old PC and installing them into my new PC, do I need to wipe the HDD before doing this?

If you're keeping the CPU/RAM/HDD...what are you changing with this new system?

 

[mjslakeridge]

Ok so I'm about to start building my new PC and I am taking the HDD & RAM & CPU out of my old PC and installing them into my new PC, do I need to wipe the HDD before doing this?

If you're keeping the CPU/RAM/HDD...what are you changing with this new system?

Perhaps the Mouse??

 

[Jack UK]

@clarkjd Yes, I managed to find a motherboard that was pretty good but old enough so that it would support my DDR3 ram and old CPU chipset.

@USAFRet @mjslakeridge new Case, Mobo, GPU and PSU. Yino, the four other major components 😉

 

[USAFRet]

@clarkjd Yes, I managed to find a motherboard that was pretty good but old enough so that it would support my DDR3 ram and old CPU chipset.

@USAFRet @mjslakeridge new Case, Mobo, GPU and PSU. Yino, the four other major components 😉

New motherboard leans heavily to a fresh OS install.
Quite possibly required.

 

[clarkjd]

@clarkjd Yes, I managed to find a motherboard that was pretty good but old enough so that it would support my DDR3 ram and old CPU chipset.

@USAFRet @mjslakeridge new Case, Mobo, GPU and PSU. Yino, the four other major components 😉

Ram can be tricky, just because the new motherboard supports DDR3 ram doesn't mean it will run with your old ram. Check the QVL for your motherboard to be sure.