[SOLVED] Which drivers must I install after reinstalling Windows 10?

[albertlow_]

I'm going to reinstall Windows 10 and I want to know wich drivers I must install and in wich order. My specs:

CPU:Ryzen 5 2600
GPU: RTX 2060
Motherboard: GA-AB350M-Gaming 3

I saw this in my motherboard's website and I don't know wich one I have to download for chipset, AMD APU driver or the second one AMD Chipset driver? I'm confused about drivers so any help is appreciated <3

 

[ohio_buckeye]

Go to amd.com, under the support area they should let you pick motherboards and then b350 chipset. They should have new chipset drivers with the correct power plan etc. Since you have a 2600, you don’t have an apu so no need to worry about that. Of course don’t forget to go to nvidia’s website and download the latest driver for your graphics card.

The drivers on the other site look older. I just downloaded drivers for my asrock ab350 pro 4 last night and used the amd site.

As a side note, if you want to get an upgrade check this out. I think this shows your board as well. My point is it looks like there’s a bios update available for your board where you could jump to zen 3. For example, yes I’ve got a b350 board, but I’d updated the bios and had purchased a ryzen 5 5600x. Long story short I decided I wanted the 5900x and ended up selling the 5600x. It sold on eBay for $140 dollars. So you might look around because a ryzen 5600, 5700x etc would be a very nice upgrade from the 2600. You could probably also sell the 2600 to recoup some of the cost.

https://www.gigabyte.com/Ajax/Suppo...581&Socket=DDR4&Chipest=AMD B350&Type=Chipest

 

[albertlow_]

Thank you for helping, so I only need to install chipset drivers and GPU drivers? I don't need to install CPU drivers, LAN drivers or audio drivers?

About your recommendation of upgrading the CPU, I was looking to change all the components on my PC when the new NVIDIA graphics cards come out and the old ones come down in price, so when that happens maybe I'll ask for some recommendation on this forum.

 

[CountMike]

Thank you for helping, so I only need to install chipset drivers and GPU drivers? I don't need to install CPU drivers, LAN drivers or audio drivers?

About your recommendation of upgrading the CPU, I was looking to change all the components on my PC when the new NVIDIA graphics cards come out and the old ones come down in price, so when that happens maybe I'll ask for some recommendation on this forum.

There are no special drivers for CPU but everything else might also need to be updated as windows drivers tend to be somewhat out of date and do not have all controls.
Best to look at Device manager ans see if there are any unknown or under caution drivers.

 

[albertlow_]

There are no special drivers for CPU but everything else might also need to be updated as windows drivers tend to be somewhat out of date and do not have all controls.
Best to look at Device manager ans see if there are any unknown or under caution drivers.

If there is any unknown or under caution drivers should I update this through Device manager?

 

[drea.drechsler]

Thank you for helping, so I only need to install chipset drivers and GPU drivers? I don't need to install CPU drivers, LAN drivers or audio drivers?

About your recommendation of upgrading the CPU, I was looking to change all the components on my PC when the new NVIDIA graphics cards come out and the old ones come down in price, so when that happens maybe I'll ask for some recommendation on this forum.

The chipset drivers you got at AMD's support web site include any necessary CPU components.

I often just use the Windows default drivers (it installs them automatically during updates) for both LAN and audio. You might want to install LAN/network drivers or audio drivers from the motherboard mfr's support web site, that's your choice. You often get more/better controls for the LAN/network adapter but very few people need to change any of those settings and even fewer know what they all mean or do.

Many (mostly up-market) boards come with enhanced audio features like Dolby, DTS or enhanced audio mixing tools. You'll need to install the mfr's drivers in order to get and use those features.

As far as any other drivers, it depends entirely on whatever features your motherboard might have and whether or not Windows found default drivers to run them during setup. That's why checking out your motherboard feature set in the manual is important, and then check the mfr's support web site for appropriate drivers.

 

[Colif]

Apart from chipset drivers, most of the drivers mentioned on the website for motherboard would be in windows 10 now. If anything, it has newer versions - that mainly being Realtek audio & lan.

 

[ohio_buckeye]

You do want to install the amd chipset drivers though because that will enable different power plans. For cpu, you could pick up a 5700x or 5800x fairly cheap. I don’t think they will get outdated that quickly. Pretty happy with my 5900x atm.