Will I lose all my data in my HDD & SSD if put in to a brand new PC?

[GlenicoNico]

As many of you guys may or may not know, the new Z170 chipset has been announced. I'm planning to upgrade to the new Skylake CPUs. The PC that I'm using currently is the first PC I've ever built. I was wondering if I'm going to lose all my data in my HDD & SSD when I plug it in the new PC.

So, am I going to lose all my data?

Current specs: http://pcpartpicker.com/b/DrCypg
-Intel i5 4460
-H97 mITX MOBO
-8GB RAM DDR3
-120GB SSD
-1TB HDD
-GTX 970
-500W 80+ Bronze PSU

Upgrades: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/MjgsNG (ATX) / http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PjgsNG (mITX)
-Skylake CPU (not sure which one to pick)
-AIO liquid cooler
-Z170 ATX MOBO (mITX if available)
-16GB DDR4
-650W 80+ Gold
-New case (not getting one if I can find a mITX MOBO)

Is it worth the upgrade?

Any answer will be appreciated.

 

[azaran]

Nope, simply plugging your drives in to the new hardware wont delete anything. However you will need to reinstall your OS with the new hardware. That's where you can lose data if you don't have your stuff backed up. Make sure anything on your SSD that you need (documents, settings, bookmarks, serial codes, etc) are backed up before reloading. If you're using your HDD as a storage drive, that shouldn't be effected, but it cant hurt to plug it in after you've done the reinstall so you don't accidentally format the wrong drive.

As to if its worth it... you're making a one generation move. So unless the new hardware supports doing something specifically different than you've been doing with the z97 series stuff, you likely wont notice the difference in basic performance.

Also the corsair PSU you've picked out isn't the best in quality. Here's a good point to start looking at new PSU's
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

 

[GlenicoNico]

Thanks! I just want to start on overclocking my CPU, so if I wanna start and the new CPUs are coming, might as well just buy the new ones. I assume this will be a better PSU http://pcpartpicker.com/p/MCVnvK (ATX) / http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YqycK8 (mITX).

 

[azaran]

Yeah the new line up of EVGA models have been getting a lot of love lately, much better choice over the RM.

 

[GlenicoNico]

Yeah the new line up of EVGA models have been getting a lot of love lately, much better choice over the RM.

Alright, thanks for the tip!