So a couple days ago I purchased a set of parts to build my first PC, as I have watched many videos on how to do it over the last year or so. Now that parts are shipping and the build is happening I am coming to realize I have no clue how to deal with bios related stuff as well as how to move over my current HDD whilst also getting windows OS and games to boot of my new fancy RGB m.2 SSD. (yes I bought one of those it just looked so damn pretty lol)
Ultimately I have a few questions I will list as well as state the extent of my current knowledge, so you can correct me if I'm wrong or gauge if I'm heading in the right direction and if there's more I should know, please do let me know.
Ultimately I have a few questions I will list as well as state the extent of my current knowledge, so you can correct me if I'm wrong or gauge if I'm heading in the right direction and if there's more I should know, please do let me know.
- How will I transfer over my current HDD, but get the previously mentioned things to boot off the SSD
- As far as I know from the little research I have done, it seems you can't simply move this stuff over in any way unless you're transferring everything. Am I correct in my assumption that first, internal hardware drivers for my current PC related to things such as mobo and GPU should be uninstalled on my current HDD first as to not interfere with new hardware, then I need to either find my product key, or if not, buy one off kinguin for cheap, get that onto a USB drive, and in the bios of my new PC, get it to boot off that drive to install windows onto the SSD, then when that's said and done, power off and put in my HDD and good to go? As for games running off SSD I am entirely clueless there. I would guess they must be reinstalled onto the SSD
- What all do I do in the BIOS when I start my new PC aside from the previous storage stuff?
- I know you want to check to make sure all parts/drives are recognized, enable XMP so memory runs at rated speed, and select boot drive. Anything else I should know here? Should this all be done on the first run through before installing windows or after? Does that even matter?
- What happens next?
- Just installing divers right? NVIDIA drivers, drivers for onboard wifi and Bluetooth, RGB software, and then anything related to my peripherals should be there and good to go from my HDD, correct?