very helpful! i was planning on only upgrading my ram, gpu, and ssd but I found out I'm an entire generation behind and need a new motherboard for DDR4 ram, and needing a new motherboard also means I need a new CPU since the socket I have is no longer supported on DDR4 motherboards. I'm basically buying all new parts now. intel is way too expensive so hopefully the switch to AMD goes as smoothly as yours did
Abu Bakar Mohd Aris, it’s not the cleanest way but it does work. You will probably not see the absolute best speeds this way but I’m still using it everyday. Although I’ve upgraded to 32 GB of Ram
Yeah same! It all started with my RAM, then I realized that I wanted DDR4 and AMD AND a new case, so I’m building a whole new PC except for the hard drives and graphics card.
Went off without a hitch. Swapped my old mobo/i7 3770 to an x570/r5 3600. All I had to do was change bios to detect Legacy hardware and the boot drive came up and I used driver booster to get the new amd drivers. Works great, huge upgrade!
Did this today! Switched from an old Intel board with an i7 2600 and 16gb of ddr3 memory to ryzen 5 2600x, rog b450f gaming and 16gb corsair vengeance 3200mhz and I didnt have to do anything prior to swapping parts; I just went into bios, turned on xmp profile and restarted. Worked spoothly for me
Thanks for this! I'm currently running on i7 3770 looking to switch back to my long time dream AMD platform. I can safely say that my next upgrade would be easy.
alright guys so I switched from i5-9600K to ryzen 9 5900X with X570-A pro mobo, changed RAM as well to 16 GB 3200 MHz. I thought that I would need to reinstall windows. But it booted up just fine after taking a few BIOS update and windows update. Games and all programs seem to be working all good.
@@lexex2550 oh yea an update on my previous comment. I didnt run into some issues after like a month or so. But after that my windows files got corrupt and wasnt able to fix it. Not sure what exactly caused it but I took a backup and reinstalled windows. Now its working fine again, better to just reinstall windows after some major hardware changes 👍🏽
@@lexex2550 then you can try factory resetting your windows if not an entire clean installation. That can work as well in restoring any missing or corrupt files 👍🏽
I had issues with my PC after some maintenance upgrade (PSU, cooler switch). I don't know anything about hardwares and how to connect them so I took my pc to a trustful computer store. When I got back my Intel pc my windows was not booting (it had ram issues I was not aware :D) so to make sure that the windows was on my ssd I went to my friend who actually put my ssd with windows on it into his computer he has an amd cpu but it worked fine :D. then we found out what the problem was thank god. Now Im still using this copy of windows on my intel cpu after it was booted up on an Amd pc. I experienced no issues
I switch Intel I7 8700 to AMD Ryzen 5 5500 I was planning to reinstalled windows, I was surprise my ssd when thru no issue with my windows keys in it. All of programs and games works fine I even stress it no problem.
Super Easy. Barely and Inconvenience. Cloned C: Drive from Intel based PC onto SSD, put SSD in new Ryzen system, booted right up. Then I updated the drivers that needed to be updated.
About to do the same thing soon. Upgrading from an 8600k to a 3900x so hoping swapping mobos would be seamless and easy process software wise with Windows.
Gonna find out later tonight or tomorrow how well this will go, my installation is only a couple of months old so fingers crossed. Though I've backupped appdata and programdata, so if need be I'll have most of my settings except for stuff in the registry. (rest of my stuff is redirected to onedrive)
Hi FluxGamess, I've recently moved on to a 7900 system, upgraded from this, so nothing remains apart from the case? the drives and the OS. The old system (the one in the video) didn't fail at all, no BSDs in the entire time I ran it, it was just time for an upgrade. Hope all went or goes well with yours.
@knewideas that's great know, glad it ran well, mines now all set up just waiting on the DDR5 then I can switch her back on whilst biting my nails haha. Thankyou for the reply :)
Very helpful video! I am going from AMD (Athlon 3000G) to an Intel platform and this has given me the inspiration to do the same with my SSD. I have so much installed on the drive that a clean install would be very time consuming.
Not a single problem, no blue screens, no fail to boot, nothing. It behaves much better than the old Intel CPU, that would give me failure to boot properly occasionally. I’m going to be upgrading again soon, maybe moving back to Intel so it will be interesting to see how that goes 😬
@@knewideas3860 yeah me too, i didnt counter any problem. My friend insist me to do fresh install but i dont want the hassle to reinstall window and all the game which take a significant of my time to re-download. How long you have done this upgrade? 4 years since then?
So i can easily switch my mainboard and the CPU using the same SSD (which has Windows) and installing my HDDs as Game Drives without reinstalling? What about the old Intel Drivers? Do i need to un install them though?
Well I didn’t uninstall anything and it worked fine. The only thing you might find is that old drivers left behind take up space. For example I had about 7GB of Realtek network drivers from the old motherboard that I didn’t need as the new board used an Intel network chip.
I've seen no issues so far. I was rocking a 4790k I7 and upgraded to an AMD Ryzen 9 3950X. New motherboard, CPU, DDR4 ram/memory and so far so good. I'm now trying to see how I can fit my OS onto the 500gb from my 250 gb 2.5 sata 3 SSD. I might just leave it as is to be honest. That said, I did delete some drivers from the Intel build and reinstalled drivers one at a time. Still good so far since switching to AMD 2.5 weeks ago. And to elude to the windows key. As long as you saved it or have it recorded, all you have to do is reenter the key on the AMD build and it's good to go. Also, memory, if only using two sticks, most times it should be inserted in dimm slots 2 and 4 anyways. But always good to check your motherboard manual and it should have a star next to the slots that should be populated first. And not because your CPU cooler is covering one of the slots.
I'm about to do this in a couple of weeks and I'm going to go with the manually uninstalling intel drivers route before I turn off my pc for the last time. Were there any specific labeled drivers needed to uninstall? Been searching everywhere & can't find a solid answer
@@knewideas3860 Hey I wanted to know if you can give me some help. Everything went mostly great with my swap. The only issue I have now is that in the BIOS the SSD where I have my OS says that "not supported" Idk if there is a way I can fix it. Thank you in advance.
Why do you have the CPU cooler mounted vertically? Wouldn't it be better to mount it sideways as to have it blow straight into the exhaust fan, so there is lesser heat being built up at the top of the case?
Bestage, the cooler will only mount that way. Yes ideally it would be mounted the way you say. In fact what I have done is fitted a new cooler which blows right to left.
I pretty much did the same, but when I turned my PC on, the screen was black. It wouldn't even go to BIOS, nothing. Lights and fans went on though, and no beeping sounds. Please help
Could be a number of things, I’d start with checking the memory, take and re-seat each module? Try with one stick first in the second socket from left to right counting from the processor.
I’d go for a bundle upgrade that includes a motherboard, cpu and memory. If you’re based in the UK have a look at www.cclonline.com/ Or www.scan.co.uk/ I’ve used both and can recommend them. There are quite a few options below £500.
I hope so too, most people will tell you not to try it, ‘it won’t work’. As long as you have a backup image of your C drive you don’t really have much to worry about. You can always go back to your pre upgrade hardware with the backup, just in case.
Thanks for the vid! Do I take it the other drives were accessible as well? I’ve made the mistake in the past of doing a fresh install on a new pc and my additional drives from my old pc were locked out and I had to use data recovery software to get to my old files. Looking to avoid that again. Lol.
Yes, the data was all there, I've done a few upgrades in my time and never had this happen. You might want to disconnect them on the first boot up and then go back and reconnect for the second time you power up.
@@knewideas3860 I think it was my trying to use the old drives under a new windows installation and the security features tied them to the old installation and locked them out. Going to use your method on a new pc I’m building as I really don’t want to reinstall and reconfigure everything again. Thanks again!
I don’t know why you did, but I’m just saying it’s better to make sure the bios is the latest version. It’s possible that the manufacturer didn’t provide the latest bios that supports your cpu. It has been known to happen.
Heat sinks blocking first ram slot so has to use slot 2 and 4.... 2 and 4 are default slots. basically those slots are the first slots you should use no? i mean unless you have a wacked out mobo???? Slot 1 and 3 is just backwards...
Hi there! Thanks for this great video! I was wondering how u transfer your old OS ssd to your new m.2 ssd? Or did u still use your old ssd as your os? Im currently using i5 6500 upgrading to r5 3600. Your kind help n ideas would be excellent!
You guessed it, I’m not using the NVME drive as an OS drive. It’s being used as a cache drive for video editing. Although transferring isn’t difficult, some drives come with a link to software (Samsung do). Good luck, hope all goes well
It was so long ago now, an Asus Motherboard an Intel Core 2 Duo, 16GB of RAM (4x4GB) a 620W PSU. An nvidia 750Ti and an SSD and a couple of HDDs. Most of it sold on apart from the PSU which I’m still using. The case was an Akasa one, sorry can’t remember which, it had a side window and I think a 200mm top exhaust fan. Sorry I can’t be more specific but I sold the parts about three years ago.
@@knewideas3860 Thank you very much for your kind answer. Did you experience any blue screen afterward? Or you just simply installed the motherboard updated drivers and were good to go. I assume that you boot up your pc for the first time (after upgrading your hardware), using only your system drive and later on you plug your peripheral drives, with the least USB devices as possible... Right? Thank you very much I'm in the same predicament, I DONT want to have to reinstall all my system from scratch. Again thank you for your kindness.
How did it work out for you? i'm going from an intel i7-7700k --> AMD Ryzen 7 5800k. Installing a new CPU, MOBO, and RAM. Curious if after i've backed everything up to my HDD, if i can just boot everything up on my SSD (my boot priority right now) and be good to go? Would you recommend downloading the following to a flashdrive to install before installing everything?: Latest BIOS Version LAN Driver Chipset Driver Appreciate any and all help. First time switching to AMD chipsets!
Yes as you've changed your motherboard you'll need to make sure the drivers are installed. It might work but that depends on the type of chipset used in your network chip. It's best to install the drivers from your new motherboard's website. Then you need to uninstall the old one
This is for anyone watching this video today in 2022. i'm going from an intel i7-7700k --> AMD Ryzen 7 5800k. Installing a new CPU, MOBO, and RAM. Curious if after i've backed everything up to my HDD, if i can just boot everything up on my SATA SSD (my boot priority right now) and be good to go? I'm on Windows 10, and have my windows access activated with a digital license LINKED to my Microsoft account. Should be able to boot it up, and log into my Microsoft Account/Onedrive correct? (From the comments it seems JUST that easy. But before leaving the BIOS after first bootup, is there anything somebody recommends?) Would you recommend downloading the following to a flashdrive to install IN THE BIOS LATER, before adding in my new hardware?: -Latest BIOS Version -LAN/Audio/VGA/Utilities/SATA Driver -Chipset Driver Appreciate any and all help. First time switching to AMD chipsets!
it works but did you install any amd driver thing or not? i only have an APU so I think I need to update the graphics driver, or maybe mine was a whole new different case.
I did install the AMD drivers, but not until the first boot was over. I was using Ryzen 1700 X so no APU and the 1070ti, worked fine after I updated my drivers.
So I had a prebuilt that was intel, had an i7 9700f and a really cheap mobo, went to a ryzen 5 3600 and x570 msi gaming edge mobo, windows booted I could play games, but when I wanted to update windows it would go to automatic repair and couldn’t start in the new update. I wiped the whole computer and reinstalled windows, so far so good, should this have fixed evrything?
No, I made an image of the HD but that’s all, never needed to go back to it. Although if you’re going from Realtek to Intel networking (or vice versa) you may end up with a huge redundant driver that you may want to delete later.
@@knewideas3860 hey I'm planning to use all of my components from my old motherboard and the wifi card from it so I really don't need to delete any drivers right? Also would I need to back it up because I'm getting the same chipset motherboard and I'm not reinstalling windows. So if I just plug in my ssd and my components to the new mobo will windows just boot up?
is it a strait forward "change motherboard and cpu, configure the bios and you good to go" or you need real change stuff regarding old Intel CPU stuff in your C drive?
Hey bro do you think this process will do the same thing in my set up?? coz i want to swap amd to intel.i hope youll see this coz i really need your help.btw did you uninstall anything before swapping?
Don’t know about swapping the other way, should be ok - I didn’t uninstall anything. Have a look at the other comments, looks like it went well for everyone else.
So what you’re saying is I can take the SSD out of my intel PC and plug it into my soon to be AMD PC and it’ll boot up like normal, all my data still there, with no issues?
@@knewideas3860 I wanna come back and verify that this actually worked! I built my pc last week switching from a 6600k to a 3700x and there was no issue! just plugged in the old ssd into the new pc and it was like I did nothing! thanks for the video
so i have a latitude e6400 laptop with a intel cpu and i want to build my own pc but using ryzen 3 2200g, could ijust use the same ssd (plug in and done) without having to re install or even buy another ssd?
I’ve not tried going from laptop to desktop with the same drive so I can’t be certain. In theory it should work but as I’ve mentioned to other users here, I would recommend imaging your SSD before upgrading. This is just in case you need to go back to your original laptop and drive (image)
So you can literally just remove your old mobo and cpu and replace it with the new one and connect all the connectors? Im upgrading from i7 7700 to ryzen 5 3600
Great! Would this work on windows 7? I have a new motherboard and a ryzen to upgrade my workstation but can't allow myself to do a fresh installation of windows/softwares... Thanks a lot.
In would say the likelihood is that it will work as the underlying code base for Windows 10 is very similar. However I can’t guarantee it, like another commenter here I will make sure you have a full backup, which includes an image of the drive that you can restore from if it goes wrong.
So you’re telling me I can just take old motherboard, cpu and ram out, new motherboard cpu and ram in and plug the drives back in and it will work? No driver corruption and stuff?
Look for bad stories and you’ll find them, I can only tell you my experience. I was not expecting it to go so well. It very much depends on what the motherboard supports with regards to RAM as you don’t say what you have. You can’t use older DDR3 ram in a DDR4 board. As for SSD the same applies but generally you’ll find both NVME and SATA support on Ryzen boards.
So..what the worse things can happen that you know about. I don't care about any as long as I can recover my data when bad thing happen. I just so freaking lazy to buy a new hdd just to backup my current data just for installing a new Mobo..
Nothing really. The only thing inactivated windows does is it doesn't allow you to customize your themes and stuff. But it has full functionality otherwise. However, TechDeals UA-cam channel has a great website and discount codes to get an activation code for a REALLY good price. I've got a couple myself and all have worked just fine and were completely legitimate. But if you can deal with the watermark and lack of windows aesthetic customization. You don't ever need to activate.
Good luck, but I hope you don’t need it. I’ve done a few fresh installs is Windows over the years and this was much easier. I couldn’t be bothered with the hassle of reinstalling all my apps, thought I’d give it a go and yes it worked fine!
Hi, I’m upgrading from i5 7600k to ryzen 5 3600 and all I need to do is just swap out the mobo and cpu? Do I need to prep anything before changing it or what? Also I don’t need to redo windows 10 right?
I would image the hard drive just in case, but there was no need to reinstall Windows. Although you’ll probably get better performance if you do. You might need to install motherboard drivers
knewideas Image the hard drive? I also use my pc mainly for gaming and have like no important stuff on it that ill mind losing so If I change it just boot up normally
Ok, then I’m that case you don’t need to bother but if it all goes wrong you’ll have to reinstall the OS. Although I’ve not heard of anyone who has commented on this video who has a problem.
Could I ask because I’m getting a new mobo. What does happen when you put your old ssd that has windows installed on it into the new motherboard. I do not mind if windows automatically installs itself. But I need to know if the previous ssd will work so I don’t have to painfully get media creation tools. I know this is old but if you do see this I beg you respond.
Basically very little, you might need to install new drivers from your motherboard manufacturer but windows won’t reinstall. You may get the ‘activate windows’ nag on the desktop but on mine it went away after a couple of weeks. Windows won’t be lost but to be safe I’d always create a backup image on a separate HD or SDD.
Did you have to remove any old drivers after you got into windows to install the amd ones? If so, which drivers need to be removed? I'm planning to go from an intel i7 6700k to a ryzen 7 3800x
Just read some of your other replies and realised you didnt uninstall any but did install the new ones for the board. Do the old drivers still show up in device manager? Have you had any issues since with anything?
So it seems you were lucky I guess? Everything I read says reinstall Windows. Problem is, I don't have money for a backup hard drive for the system image. If Whenever I do, if I backup the system image and reinstall Windows, do I keep my files with the new windows? Or if I load the image it just boots back to the old? I understand this might not be your level of expertise but I just thought I'd ask.
The first thing to say is I don’t think I was lucky, it should work. Although you may end up with the activate windows nag on screen which should go away after a couple of weeks. It isn’t the best way to upgrade as a clean windows install will work better. That said when you do image the drive you only need to keep it for a couple of days and only go back to it if there’s a problem (and you have to go back to your old hardware too). It’s a fall back if there’s a real problem. When upgrading this way always have a plan to go back to the original hardware and software if it doesn’t work. I wouldn’t want to risk loosing a bootable system if things go awry.
@@knewideas3860 Ok well I just don't want to reinstall all my programs again and I was hoping to find a way to work around that. Thank you for your quick response.
Ya im in the same situation I am going to get off work in about an hr and do exactly what he just did. Hopefully all goes well and if not I have a clean install of windows plus a few games to reinstall nothing too bad, but I still dont really want to. I keep all my games on a different hard drive so hopefully no issues with those drives
@@FadedDream6969 What happened in your case? I"m going from an I7-7700k --> AMD Ryzen 7 5800k. I can just swap out all of my parts, keep the same SSD that i have my boot drive set to now, and boot it all up? My windows account is set to activation through my Account. Also have my files backed up onto my HDD and whatever windows saved to my ONEDRIVE. Just curious how your experience went, if i could load all my games up and stuff with zero issues. Thank you!
did the old drivers for the old parts automatically deleted? i am going to do the same tomorrow when my new mobo and cpu arrives. i was wondering what else did you do before the upgrade?? this is my first time to do a mobo and cpu upgrade. coming from intel to amd as well. tia!
Sorry can’t remember, I performed this upgrade more than 2 years ago. As long as you have the right RAM it shouldn’t be a problem. One tip is to back up or image the whole OS drive just in case you have to go back to the old hardware.
@@knewideas3860 so i did the upgrade just this morning. i did nothing but create a system image of my os drive. aside from that nothing else. i changed the motherboard cpu and ram then turned it on with clenched hands. and it worked normally. all the drivers are changed to amd's and up to now its working great and functioning well. just to let the others who are in the same place as i was. thanks for the vid anyway!
@@jujupogi9748 where did you create the system image of your os drive? to your secondary storage? I'm running windows on my SSD, but also have a 2TB HDD as well, that i've already backed up my computer files onto (also have whatever files my computer dumped into my OneDrive). Do you recommend doing the system image to my HDD? or some secondary flashdrive with like 32 gigs on it? Might do a system repair disc too just incase. Going from an Intel 7-7700k --> AMD Ryzen 7 5800x. New mobo, new ram as well. Additionally it says my Microsoft Activation is with a digital lisense linked to my Microsoft Account. So fingers crossed i can just swap out the parts, select my SSD as my primary boot drive, and be off to the races...
im in a similar boat in terms of OS, so would u recommend i switch over the OS SSD first, even tho all the new pc components say they only support win 10, and then do the upgrade on the new pc?
Your situation sounds different to mine, I wasn’t changing OS, only components. I can’t be 100% sure as you’d need to tell me exactly what you’re planning. However if you have components that only support windows 10 then you need to make sure the WINDOWS 10 OS is happy on the old components before installing the new ones. One major change at a time...
@@knewideas3860 well basically im running win 7 on an old intel pc, im building a new set right now (still buying parts), and its gonna be amd, and a lot of the new parts claim they only support win 10, so basically i have to upgrade from 7 to 10 sooner or later, im just not sure if i should upgrade now on the intel, then switch over, or switch first, and maybe run 7 in like a safe mode or something? then do the upgrade so the win 10 recognizes all the new hardware...the main question i have is im not sure if i can even run win 7 on the new hardware that supposedly do not support it
The biggest problem with switching motherboards is bios changing, your os is specifically catered towards that specific boot program, don't be surprised if you you have a boot error and have to reinstall windows
I was wondering if you could help me. Right now I have a Dell motherboard with a I5-4440 and 8gbs of ddr3. I am upgrading to a ryzen 3 2200g with an Asrock b450m motherboard and 8gbs of ddr4 ripjaws ram. Do you think everything on my hard drive will be fine? I am running windows 8.1
Also just be aware that you’ll need to re activate Windows, if you have original discs then it’ll be fine, if not you’ll probably have to contact Microsoft.
Hi, I’m upgrading from i5 7600k to ryzen 5 3600 and all I need to do is just swap out the mobo and cpu? Do I need to prep anything before changing it or what? Also I don’t need to redo windows 10 right?
Just saw a comment, I'll just paste that here, it's from a month ago (user juju pogi): "so i did the upgrade just this morning. i did nothing but create a system image of my os drive. aside from that nothing else. i changed the motherboard cpu and ram then turned it on with clenched hands. and it worked normally. all the drivers are changed to amd's and up to now its working great and functioning well. just to let the others who are in the same place as i was. thanks for the vid anyway!" Same goes for me, I did not uninstall anything beforehand, just made a backup of the disk (just in case) and then swapped the motherboard and CPU.
@@floo3108 (I also responded to Juju Pogi with this same question but:) where did you create the system image of your os drive? to your secondary storage? I'm running windows on my SSD, but also have a 2TB HDD as well, that i've already backed up my computer files onto (also have whatever files my computer dumped into my OneDrive). Do you recommend doing the system image to my HDD? or some secondary flashdrive with like 32 gigs on it? Might do a system repair disc too just incase. Going from an Intel 7-7700k --> AMD Ryzen 7 5800x. New mobo, new ram as well. Additionally it says my Microsoft Activation is with a digital lisense linked to my Microsoft Account. So fingers crossed i can just swap out the parts, select my SSD as my primary boot drive, and be off to the races...
very helpful! i was planning on only upgrading my ram, gpu, and ssd but I found out I'm an entire generation behind and need a new motherboard for DDR4 ram, and needing a new motherboard also means I need a new CPU since the socket I have is no longer supported on DDR4 motherboards. I'm basically buying all new parts now. intel is way too expensive so hopefully the switch to AMD goes as smoothly as yours did
You’re reason for upgrading is very similar to mine. Good luck
Abu Bakar Mohd Aris, it’s not the cleanest way but it does work. You will probably not see the absolute best speeds this way but I’m still using it everyday. Although I’ve upgraded to 32 GB of Ram
Yeah same! It all started with my RAM, then I realized that I wanted DDR4 and AMD AND a new case, so I’m building a whole new PC except for the hard drives and graphics card.
@@wuandondo4832 thats exactly what i ended up doing. just decided to go all in and build a fresh new pc, dont regret it a single bit
Went off without a hitch. Swapped my old mobo/i7 3770 to an x570/r5 3600. All I had to do was change bios to detect Legacy hardware and the boot drive came up and I used driver booster to get the new amd drivers. Works great, huge upgrade!
I have always ran an Intel system, now that it's time to upgrade I have this AMD board and processor and am so nervous about actually doing it.
Did this today! Switched from an old Intel board with an i7 2600 and 16gb of ddr3 memory to ryzen 5 2600x, rog b450f gaming and 16gb corsair vengeance 3200mhz and I didnt have to do anything prior to swapping parts; I just went into bios, turned on xmp profile and restarted. Worked spoothly for me
Pleased to hear another success story
Thanks for this! I'm currently running on i7 3770 looking to switch back to my long time dream AMD platform. I can safely say that my next upgrade would be easy.
Just made the same upgrade. What a difference!
so going from a 3770 to a ryzen 5 2600 shouldnt need a windows reinstall
@@k9burnouts544 Yep, I even cloned the drive to an NVME. Works fine.
Thank you for quelling my anxiety, I have an amd cpu and accompanying motherboard on the way and was very worried about my boot drive
If u have a newer 5000 series ryzen cpu, remember to flash ur bios and update it or u will get a black screen.
@@dmcc549 Thanks for this. It is a 4000 series so a bios update is all thats required. Ryzen 5 3600
alright guys so I switched from i5-9600K to ryzen 9 5900X with X570-A pro mobo, changed RAM as well to 16 GB 3200 MHz. I thought that I would need to reinstall windows. But it booted up just fine after taking a few BIOS update and windows update. Games and all programs seem to be working all good.
Not a single problem regarding the switching up to this day?
Because i just did today, from i7 skylake to the same Ryzen like yours.
@@lexex2550 oh yea an update on my previous comment. I didnt run into some issues after like a month or so. But after that my windows files got corrupt and wasnt able to fix it. Not sure what exactly caused it but I took a backup and reinstalled windows. Now its working fine again, better to just reinstall windows after some major hardware changes 👍🏽
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Very well, but how about the Key Registration?
Ain't windows gonna be bitching if we use our previous Key that we use?
@@lexex2550 then you can try factory resetting your windows if not an entire clean installation. That can work as well in restoring any missing or corrupt files 👍🏽
I had issues with my PC after some maintenance upgrade (PSU, cooler switch). I don't know anything about hardwares and how to connect them so I took my pc to a trustful computer store. When I got back my Intel pc my windows was not booting (it had ram issues I was not aware :D) so to make sure that the windows was on my ssd I went to my friend who actually put my ssd with windows on it into his computer he has an amd cpu but it worked fine :D. then we found out what the problem was thank god. Now Im still using this copy of windows on my intel cpu after it was booted up on an Amd pc. I experienced no issues
Thanks for taking the time to tell your story, interesting to hear.
I switch Intel I7 8700 to AMD Ryzen 5 5500 I was planning to reinstalled windows, I was surprise my ssd when thru no issue with my windows keys in it. All of programs and games works fine I even stress it no problem.
Super Easy. Barely and Inconvenience. Cloned C: Drive from Intel based PC onto SSD, put SSD in new Ryzen system, booted right up. Then I updated the drivers that needed to be updated.
Good to hear
Excellent video, great editing and easy to follow. Keep up the good work! Liked and subscribed!
LostInTokyo thanks very much
About to do the same thing soon. Upgrading from an 8600k to a 3900x so hoping swapping mobos would be seamless and easy process software wise with Windows.
How did it go?
Gonna find out later tonight or tomorrow how well this will go, my installation is only a couple of months old so fingers crossed. Though I've backupped appdata and programdata, so if need be I'll have most of my settings except for stuff in the registry. (rest of my stuff is redirected to onedrive)
Hope it went well
i know this is old but this has given me a spot of hope, moving from amd to intel tomorrow. see how it goes. hope your pc is still going strong.
Hi FluxGamess, I've recently moved on to a 7900 system, upgraded from this, so nothing remains apart from the case? the drives and the OS. The old system (the one in the video) didn't fail at all, no BSDs in the entire time I ran it, it was just time for an upgrade. Hope all went or goes well with yours.
@knewideas that's great know, glad it ran well, mines now all set up just waiting on the DDR5 then I can switch her back on whilst biting my nails haha. Thankyou for the reply :)
Covered exactly what I was looking for.
Very helpful video! I am going from AMD (Athlon 3000G) to an Intel platform and this has given me the inspiration to do the same with my SSD. I have so much installed on the drive that a clean install would be very time consuming.
It’s been very stable, I’ve been running it for a few years now and no issues.
@@knewideas3860 so you didnt had any bug or software problem all this year in your window without any fresh install?
Not a single problem, no blue screens, no fail to boot, nothing.
It behaves much better than the old Intel CPU, that would give me failure to boot properly occasionally.
I’m going to be upgrading again soon, maybe moving back to Intel so it will be interesting to see how that goes 😬
@@knewideas3860 yeah me too, i didnt counter any problem. My friend insist me to do fresh install but i dont want the hassle to reinstall window and all the game which take a significant of my time to re-download. How long you have done this upgrade? 4 years since then?
Yes, it’s been 4 years since that video, can’t believe it!
Just the kind of video i was looking for.. Im going for ryzen 3700x new mo bo and ram and want to swap my existing intel system
Go for it, lots of people have had success doing this.
@@knewideas3860 do i have to uninstall the existing intel chipsets and drivers and then install the Amd drivers or ot should be automatic?
Should be automatic, although you may need to install other drivers, audio, network etc for your motherboard
@@knewideas3860 gotcha thats gr8 thanks :)
haha same here im keeping my gtx 1060 and getting new ram, mobo and the 3700x
why is your cpu cooler facing vertical when you have a rear mounted fan... you should mount your cpu cooler horizontal.
As supplied the cooler bracket doesn’t allow you to mount the fan horizontally. This was swapped out a few weeks later.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I've been looking for a video like this hoping that someone did this before me
Glad I could help!
So i can easily switch my mainboard and the CPU using the same SSD (which has Windows) and installing my HDDs as Game Drives without reinstalling? What about the old Intel Drivers? Do i need to un install them though?
Well I didn’t uninstall anything and it worked fine. The only thing you might find is that old drivers left behind take up space. For example I had about 7GB of Realtek network drivers from the old motherboard that I didn’t need as the new board used an Intel network chip.
@@knewideas3860 just download a program that deletes old unused drivers.
I've seen no issues so far. I was rocking a 4790k I7 and upgraded to an AMD Ryzen 9 3950X. New motherboard, CPU, DDR4 ram/memory and so far so good. I'm now trying to see how I can fit my OS onto the 500gb from my 250 gb 2.5 sata 3 SSD. I might just leave it as is to be honest.
That said, I did delete some drivers from the Intel build and reinstalled drivers one at a time. Still good so far since switching to AMD 2.5 weeks ago. And to elude to the windows key. As long as you saved it or have it recorded, all you have to do is reenter the key on the AMD build and it's good to go.
Also, memory, if only using two sticks, most times it should be inserted in dimm slots 2 and 4 anyways. But always good to check your motherboard manual and it should have a star next to the slots that should be populated first. And not because your CPU cooler is covering one of the slots.
I'm about to do this in a couple of weeks and I'm going to go with the manually uninstalling intel drivers route before I turn off my pc for the last time. Were there any specific labeled drivers needed to uninstall? Been searching everywhere & can't find a solid answer
That was the problem I had as well
I am doing this same switch from Intel to AMD. I hope it goes as well as it did for you.
Your’re in good company, I’ve not heard of anyone here who’s had any issues really.
@@knewideas3860 Hey I wanted to know if you can give me some help. Everything went mostly great with my swap. The only issue I have now is that in the BIOS the SSD where I have my OS says that "not supported" Idk if there is a way I can fix it. Thank you in advance.
What sort of SSD are you using NVME or 2.5” SATA?
@@knewideas3860 is a sata.
Make sure your BIOS is set to AHCI not RAID.
Why do you have the CPU cooler mounted vertically? Wouldn't it be better to mount it sideways as to have it blow straight into the exhaust fan, so there is lesser heat being built up at the top of the case?
Bestage, the cooler will only mount that way. Yes ideally it would be mounted the way you say. In fact what I have done is fitted a new cooler which blows right to left.
Not only that hes taking heat from the gpu and blowing it to his cpu. Little to no cooling there....
I pretty much did the same, but when I turned my PC on, the screen was black. It wouldn't even go to BIOS, nothing. Lights and fans went on though, and no beeping sounds.
Please help
Could be a number of things, I’d start with checking the memory, take and re-seat each module? Try with one stick first in the second socket from left to right counting from the processor.
I hope this works for me too. Just placed an order for a AMD Ryzen 5 2600, gonna upgrade my Intel i3-7100 because 2 cores is not enough anymore.
ProtonPersona2010MD11 Any updates on how you went?
@@jaydenmathews9375 Yeah, they didn't ask me to reactivate windows haha. And everything worked fine.
why is it this video feels like im watching on Discovery Channel lol
Thanks
Haha yeah, it has a tourist documentary vibe. It's probably the music 😆
I am currently using a 1650, and an intel i7 3770k. Any recommendations on what to upgrade to. Please bare in mind that I have a strict budget of £500
What do you use your PC for primarily, gaming or something else?
@@knewideas3860 gaming, and modding
How much RAM do you have and are you using an SSD?
I’d go for a bundle upgrade that includes a motherboard, cpu and memory. If you’re based in the UK have a look at www.cclonline.com/
Or
www.scan.co.uk/
I’ve used both and can recommend them. There are quite a few options below £500.
@@knewideas3860 thanks
I’m upgrading my 9600k to a 5900x. Hopefully it’s a simple hardware swap and nothing else.
This still works for me, although it's a bit sluggish now. I'm seriously thinking that maybe I'll go back to Intel or upgrade to a 7900x.
I'm planning to upgrade my Haswell i5-4460 to a AMD Ryzen CPU. I hope it will work as flawless as it did for you.
I hope so too, most people will tell you not to try it, ‘it won’t work’. As long as you have a backup image of your C drive you don’t really have much to worry about. You can always go back to your pre upgrade hardware with the backup, just in case.
To what Ryzen cpu are you looking at? I have a i5-4570 and looking for a Ryzen 5 2600 or 3600 whichever will work best for my GTX 1060 6gb.
@@singwithme4480 I'm planning to upgrade to a R5 3700X
@@rabitec. Wow that's a big leap bro. Go for it!
Any old intel software left behind? Or amd clean all that up and replaced it as if it wasnt even there?
Lol just seen 6 years old daayum
About 6 months later I removed the old drivers for Ethernet and audio but I didn’t have to, just housekeeping.
Thanks for the vid! Do I take it the other drives were accessible as well? I’ve made the mistake in the past of doing a fresh install on a new pc and my additional drives from my old pc were locked out and I had to use data recovery software to get to my old files. Looking to avoid that again. Lol.
Yes, the data was all there, I've done a few upgrades in my time and never had this happen. You might want to disconnect them on the first boot up and then go back and reconnect for the second time you power up.
@@knewideas3860 I think it was my trying to use the old drives under a new windows installation and the security features tied them to the old installation and locked them out. Going to use your method on a new pc I’m building as I really don’t want to reinstall and reconfigure everything again. Thanks again!
So I didn’t delete the bios stuff?
I don’t know why you did, but I’m just saying it’s better to make sure the bios is the latest version. It’s possible that the manufacturer didn’t provide the latest bios that supports your cpu. It has been known to happen.
Heat sinks blocking first ram slot so has to use slot 2 and 4.... 2 and 4 are default slots. basically those slots are the first slots you should use no? i mean unless you have a wacked out mobo???? Slot 1 and 3 is just backwards...
Since making this video I’ve changed the cooler to a better one and also added an additional 16GB of RAM
Hi there! Thanks for this great video!
I was wondering how u transfer your old OS ssd to your new m.2 ssd? Or did u still use your old ssd as your os?
Im currently using i5 6500 upgrading to r5 3600.
Your kind help n ideas would be excellent!
You guessed it, I’m not using the NVME drive as an OS drive. It’s being used as a cache drive for video editing. Although transferring isn’t difficult, some drives come with a link to software (Samsung do). Good luck, hope all goes well
hello, I would like to know about your old build? What was it? THANK YOU! Great video by the way...
It was so long ago now, an Asus Motherboard an Intel Core 2 Duo, 16GB of RAM (4x4GB) a 620W PSU. An nvidia 750Ti and an SSD and a couple of HDDs.
Most of it sold on apart from the PSU which I’m still using. The case was an Akasa one, sorry can’t remember which, it had a side window and I think a 200mm top exhaust fan. Sorry I can’t be more specific but I sold the parts about three years ago.
@@knewideas3860 Thank you very much for your kind answer. Did you experience any blue screen afterward? Or you just simply installed the motherboard updated drivers and were good to go. I assume that you boot up your pc for the first time (after upgrading your hardware), using only your system drive and later on you plug your peripheral drives, with the least USB devices as possible... Right? Thank you very much I'm in the same predicament, I DONT want to have to reinstall all my system from scratch. Again thank you for your kindness.
Yes David, that’s exactly how I did it, no blue screens either.
How did it work out for you?
i'm going from an intel i7-7700k --> AMD Ryzen 7 5800k. Installing a new CPU, MOBO, and RAM.
Curious if after i've backed everything up to my HDD, if i can just boot everything up on my SSD (my boot priority right now) and be good to go?
Would you recommend downloading the following to a flashdrive to install before installing everything?:
Latest BIOS Version
LAN Driver
Chipset Driver
Appreciate any and all help. First time switching to AMD chipsets!
Nice video, just want to ask the windows still ok? No BUG?
Yes, still going well nearly 3 years later
@@knewideas3860 Thanks, help me a lot
I just did this but now I can't connect to Internet did you have to disable drivers and install AMD ones?
Yes as you've changed your motherboard you'll need to make sure the drivers are installed. It might work but that depends on the type of chipset used in your network chip. It's best to install the drivers from your new motherboard's website. Then you need to uninstall the old one
@@knewideas3860 brilliant thankyou will do that not
Uhhhh I switched from intel to amd and still use the same windows is that bad ?
It’s not the best way, but it works!
This is for anyone watching this video today in 2022.
i'm going from an intel i7-7700k --> AMD Ryzen 7 5800k. Installing a new CPU, MOBO, and RAM.
Curious if after i've backed everything up to my HDD, if i can just boot everything up on my SATA SSD (my boot priority right now) and be good to go?
I'm on Windows 10, and have my windows access activated with a digital license LINKED to my Microsoft account.
Should be able to boot it up, and log into my Microsoft Account/Onedrive correct?
(From the comments it seems JUST that easy. But before leaving the BIOS after first bootup, is there anything somebody recommends?)
Would you recommend downloading the following to a flashdrive to install IN THE BIOS LATER, before adding in my new hardware?:
-Latest BIOS Version
-LAN/Audio/VGA/Utilities/SATA Driver
-Chipset Driver
Appreciate any and all help. First time switching to AMD chipsets!
I have done this recently, and my window work well with my game still playable
it works but did you install any amd driver thing or not? i only have an APU so I think I need to update the graphics driver, or maybe mine was a whole new different case.
I did install the AMD drivers, but not until the first boot was over. I was using Ryzen 1700 X so no APU and the 1070ti, worked fine after I updated my drivers.
How about the motherboard drivers? Do we need to do a reinstall?
windows update should do it for you
Does this method also work when changing amd to Intel?
I have’t tried that way round, but it should work the same.
So I had a prebuilt that was intel, had an i7 9700f and a really cheap mobo, went to a ryzen 5 3600 and x570 msi gaming edge mobo, windows booted I could play games, but when I wanted to update windows it would go to automatic repair and couldn’t start in the new update. I wiped the whole computer and reinstalled windows, so far so good, should this have fixed evrything?
I’d say yes, if you haven’t had problems for a few days after then you should be fine. However with windows updates you never really know🤨
Hey did you remove any drivers or anything before you started this.
No, I made an image of the HD but that’s all, never needed to go back to it. Although if you’re going from Realtek to Intel networking (or vice versa) you may end up with a huge redundant driver that you may want to delete later.
@@knewideas3860 hey I'm planning to use all of my components from my old motherboard and the wifi card from it so I really don't need to delete any drivers right? Also would I need to back it up because I'm getting the same chipset motherboard and I'm not reinstalling windows. So if I just plug in my ssd and my components to the new mobo will windows just boot up?
You should be fine in that case but I can’t guarantee it. I’d backup just in case
@@knewideas3860 ok ty.
You screwed up your CPU cooler orientation.....you need to turn it 90 degrees to the left
Done....many, many months ago
idk why im here...i already know it works, because i just did it to my pc.
Works without any issue my friend? I want to upgrate from i7 5th gen to Ryzen.
@@DimitrisSKG Works fine for me. I have been using the same windows installation since 4th gen intel, through 6th gen intel, and now on AMD.
is it a strait forward "change motherboard and cpu, configure the bios and you good to go" or you need real change stuff regarding old Intel CPU stuff in your C drive?
I didn’t have to change anything but YMMV
@@ThatWhiteHand so you switched from Intel to AMD without doing anything to windows? and everything was fine?
Hey bro do you think this process will do the same thing in my set up?? coz i want to swap amd to intel.i hope youll see this coz i really need your help.btw did you uninstall anything before swapping?
Don’t know about swapping the other way, should be ok - I didn’t uninstall anything. Have a look at the other comments, looks like it went well for everyone else.
So what you’re saying is I can take the SSD out of my intel PC and plug it into my soon to be AMD PC and it’ll boot up like normal, all my data still there, with no issues?
That’s what happened to me, you will probably get the ‘activate windows’ nag message but mine went away after about 3 weeks.
knewideas I also think you could call up Microsoft if you really need the message to go away
@@knewideas3860 I wanna come back and verify that this actually worked! I built my pc last week switching from a 6600k to a 3700x and there was no issue! just plugged in the old ssd into the new pc and it was like I did nothing! thanks for the video
I tried but because I no longer had the original install media they couldn’t help
Great to hear another success story
so i have a latitude e6400 laptop with a intel cpu and i want to build my own pc but using ryzen 3 2200g, could ijust use the same ssd (plug in and done) without having to re install or even buy another ssd?
I’ve not tried going from laptop to desktop with the same drive so I can’t be certain.
In theory it should work but as I’ve mentioned to other users here, I would recommend imaging your SSD before upgrading. This is just in case you need to go back to your original laptop and drive (image)
Also be aware that all your drivers will need upgrading when you move systems including your graphics
i see, thanks for the help.
So you can literally just remove your old mobo and cpu and replace it with the new one and connect all the connectors? Im upgrading from i7 7700 to ryzen 5 3600
Basically yes, see all the other comments here. Most people seem to have made the upgrade successfully
Great! Would this work on windows 7?
I have a new motherboard and a ryzen to upgrade my workstation but can't allow myself to do a fresh installation of windows/softwares...
Thanks a lot.
In would say the likelihood is that it will work as the underlying code base for Windows 10 is very similar.
However I can’t guarantee it, like another commenter here I will make sure you have a full backup, which includes an image of the drive that you can restore from if it goes wrong.
@@knewideas3860 Will do that, which software would you recommand to do so ?
You can do it within Windows
www.howtogeek.com/howto/4241/how-to-create-a-system-image-in-windows-7/
So you’re telling me I can just take old motherboard, cpu and ram out, new motherboard cpu and ram in and plug the drives back in and it will work? No driver corruption and stuff?
I can’t guarantee it, but that’s what I did and no problems
you used slots 1 and 3 for memory, the count starts from outer edge inwards
Yes, thanks, I realised soon after and then upgraded to 32GB anyway.
Great video but what other bad story's have you heard of? So I can just change the motherboard and cpu and still use the same ram and ssd?
Look for bad stories and you’ll find them, I can only tell you my experience. I was not expecting it to go so well.
It very much depends on what the motherboard supports with regards to RAM as you don’t say what you have. You can’t use older DDR3 ram in a DDR4 board.
As for SSD the same applies but generally you’ll find both NVME and SATA support on Ryzen boards.
So..what the worse things can happen that you know about. I don't care about any as long as I can recover my data when bad thing happen. I just so freaking lazy to buy a new hdd just to backup my current data just for installing a new Mobo..
Worst thing...Windows won’t load
@@knewideas3860 which mean?
You might need to repair or reinstall windows. You may not need it but I’d back up all vital data just in case, up to you.
Thanks I am also switch to AMD because I have a i5 in mine right know waiting for the motherboard then I will be putting it together
Hope it goes well for you.
What does “windows activation ” mean ? And what happened if you don’t activate it ?
Nothing really. The only thing inactivated windows does is it doesn't allow you to customize your themes and stuff. But it has full functionality otherwise. However, TechDeals UA-cam channel has a great website and discount codes to get an activation code for a REALLY good price. I've got a couple myself and all have worked just fine and were completely legitimate. But if you can deal with the watermark and lack of windows aesthetic customization. You don't ever need to activate.
Your cooler is mounted wrong bud otherwise it wouldn't have been in your way for the ram.
So you didn't have to remove drivers from the OS before swapping over to the new Mobo and Cpu?
No I didn’t, others - judging by the comments- have also had success this way
@@knewideas3860 Cheers Hoping it will work with 5 5600x I've got Os backup also, Thanks for the video
Good luck, but I hope you don’t need it. I’ve done a few fresh installs is Windows over the years and this was much easier. I couldn’t be bothered with the hassle of reinstalling all my apps, thought I’d give it a go and yes it worked fine!
cool specs! can I have it? :)
Hi, I’m upgrading from i5 7600k to ryzen 5 3600 and all I need to do is just swap out the mobo and cpu? Do I need to prep anything before changing it or what? Also I don’t need to redo windows 10 right?
I would image the hard drive just in case, but there was no need to reinstall Windows. Although you’ll probably get better performance if you do. You might need to install motherboard drivers
knewideas Image the hard drive? I also use my pc mainly for gaming and have like no important stuff on it that ill mind losing so If I change it just boot up normally
Ok, then I’m that case you don’t need to bother but if it all goes wrong you’ll have to reinstall the OS. Although I’ve not heard of anyone who has commented on this video who has a problem.
Could I ask because I’m getting a new mobo. What does happen when you put your old ssd that has windows installed on it into the new motherboard. I do not mind if windows automatically installs itself. But I need to know if the previous ssd will work so I don’t have to painfully get media creation tools. I know this is old but if you do see this I beg you respond.
Basically very little, you might need to install new drivers from your motherboard manufacturer but windows won’t reinstall. You may get the ‘activate windows’ nag on the desktop but on mine it went away after a couple of weeks.
Windows won’t be lost but to be safe I’d always create a backup image on a separate HD or SDD.
@@knewideas3860 quick response ! Thank you
@@knewideas3860 so it would be fine ??
Did you have to remove any old drivers after you got into windows to install the amd ones? If so, which drivers need to be removed?
I'm planning to go from an intel i7 6700k to a ryzen 7 3800x
Just read some of your other replies and realised you didnt uninstall any but did install the new ones for the board.
Do the old drivers still show up in device manager? Have you had any issues since with anything?
No, not had any issues
So it seems you were lucky I guess? Everything I read says reinstall Windows. Problem is, I don't have money for a backup hard drive for the system image. If Whenever I do, if I backup the system image and reinstall Windows, do I keep my files with the new windows? Or if I load the image it just boots back to the old?
I understand this might not be your level of expertise but I just thought I'd ask.
The first thing to say is I don’t think I was lucky, it should work. Although you may end up with the activate windows nag on screen which should go away after a couple of weeks. It isn’t the best way to upgrade as a clean windows install will work better.
That said when you do image the drive you only need to keep it for a couple of days and only go back to it if there’s a problem (and you have to go back to your old hardware too). It’s a fall back if there’s a real problem. When upgrading this way always have a plan to go back to the original hardware and software if it doesn’t work.
I wouldn’t want to risk loosing a bootable system if things go awry.
@@knewideas3860 Ok well I just don't want to reinstall all my programs again and I was hoping to find a way to work around that. Thank you for your quick response.
Ya im in the same situation I am going to get off work in about an hr and do exactly what he just did. Hopefully all goes well and if not I have a clean install of windows plus a few games to reinstall nothing too bad, but I still dont really want to. I keep all my games on a different hard drive so hopefully no issues with those drives
@@FadedDream6969 Please do let me know what happens.
@@FadedDream6969 What happened in your case? I"m going from an I7-7700k --> AMD Ryzen 7 5800k. I can just swap out all of my parts, keep the same SSD that i have my boot drive set to now, and boot it all up?
My windows account is set to activation through my Account. Also have my files backed up onto my HDD and whatever windows saved to my ONEDRIVE.
Just curious how your experience went, if i could load all my games up and stuff with zero issues.
Thank you!
did the old drivers for the old parts automatically deleted? i am going to do the same tomorrow when my new mobo and cpu arrives. i was wondering what else did you do before the upgrade?? this is my first time to do a mobo and cpu upgrade. coming from intel to amd as well. tia!
Sorry can’t remember, I performed this upgrade more than 2 years ago. As long as you have the right RAM it shouldn’t be a problem. One tip is to back up or image the whole OS drive just in case you have to go back to the old hardware.
@@knewideas3860 so i did the upgrade just this morning. i did nothing but create a system image of my os drive. aside from that nothing else. i changed the motherboard cpu and ram then turned it on with clenched hands. and it worked normally. all the drivers are changed to amd's and up to now its working great and functioning well. just to let the others who are in the same place as i was. thanks for the vid anyway!
Glad it all worked out for you, It’s not as scary as some people might suggest
@@jujupogi9748 where did you create the system image of your os drive? to your secondary storage? I'm running windows on my SSD, but also have a 2TB HDD as well, that i've already backed up my computer files onto (also have whatever files my computer dumped into my OneDrive).
Do you recommend doing the system image to my HDD? or some secondary flashdrive with like 32 gigs on it?
Might do a system repair disc too just incase.
Going from an Intel 7-7700k --> AMD Ryzen 7 5800x. New mobo, new ram as well.
Additionally it says my Microsoft Activation is with a digital lisense linked to my Microsoft Account. So fingers crossed i can just swap out the parts, select my SSD as my primary boot drive, and be off to the races...
im in a similar boat in terms of OS, so would u recommend i switch over the OS SSD first, even tho all the new pc components say they only support win 10, and then do the upgrade on the new pc?
Your situation sounds different to mine, I wasn’t changing OS, only components.
I can’t be 100% sure as you’d need to tell me exactly what you’re planning. However if you have components that only support windows 10 then you need to make sure the WINDOWS 10 OS is happy on the old components before installing the new ones.
One major change at a time...
@@knewideas3860 well basically im running win 7 on an old intel pc, im building a new set right now (still buying parts), and its gonna be amd, and a lot of the new parts claim they only support win 10, so basically i have to upgrade from 7 to 10 sooner or later, im just not sure if i should upgrade now on the intel, then switch over, or switch first, and maybe run 7 in like a safe mode or something? then do the upgrade so the win 10 recognizes all the new hardware...the main question i have is im not sure if i can even run win 7 on the new hardware that supposedly do not support it
I’d do the OS upgrade first, although as I suggest to everyone, do a proper backup just in case (image the drive).
@@knewideas3860 ok, thanks!
Will this work with a pirated win7? Will i still keep my win7 after switching? Thanks in advance.
Sorry, not something I’ve tested
mans pirated windows 7 lmaooo
no thermal paste?
Yes Thermal Paste
Did you have to delete your motherboard drivers and reinstall the new ones?
I didn’t have to delete the old ones but I did install new ones.
knewideas ok thank you
looking to do the same upgrade, did you have to remove anything from your hdd or ssd before you swapped everything over? or just a clean swap?
Just a swap, I used exactly the same SSD.
@@knewideas3860 you had to re insall windows to the new motherboard?
No, all I did was connect the existing SSD to the new motherboard. I didn’t have to reinstall windows at all
However I did have to install new motherboard drivers from the manufacturers website after I had moved the SSD into the new PC
@@knewideas3860 awesome. thank you so much.
Do you have to uninstall the old cpu drivers, good vid btw
Thanks, I didn’t - worked ok for me!
The biggest problem with switching motherboards is bios changing, your os is specifically catered towards that specific boot program, don't be surprised if you you have a boot error and have to reinstall windows
@@jacobtrc7331 I've changed from intel to amd and changed motherboards, everything was fine.
Hey want if I wanted to change my motherboard do you also have to get an activation key for Windows if I already had it in my ssd
I didn’t but it took a few weeks for the activate windows nag to disappear. I originally upgraded the OS from Windows 7 and no longer had the discs.
If you call Microsoft support they will activate for you right away
this was a delight to watch, thank you!
That comment has made my day, thanks
You put your cpu cooler sideways, great video otherwise
I was wondering if you could help me. Right now I have a Dell motherboard with a I5-4440 and 8gbs of ddr3. I am upgrading to a ryzen 3 2200g with an Asrock b450m motherboard and 8gbs of ddr4 ripjaws ram. Do you think everything on my hard drive will be fine? I am running windows 8.1
Also just be aware that you’ll need to re activate Windows, if you have original discs then it’ll be fine, if not you’ll probably have to contact Microsoft.
@@knewideas3860 Ok thanks.
so basically all i have to do is just plug in my drives witht the OS on it and itll load up like nothing changed ill just be on my neew system?
Basically...yes. Although I’d always image the disk before just in case. But nobody so far has reported a problem (tempting fate here)
you deserve more views
Thanks, please share
got the date wrong, it is Feb 28th NOT 28 Feb
Intel to AMD ain't an upgrade, bro.
The future is now, old man.
😃
Hi, I’m upgrading from i5 7600k to ryzen 5 3600 and all I need to do is just swap out the mobo and cpu? Do I need to prep anything before changing it or what? Also I don’t need to redo windows 10 right?
Just saw a comment, I'll just paste that here, it's from a month ago (user juju pogi): "so i did the upgrade just this morning. i did nothing but create a system image of my os drive. aside from that nothing else. i changed the motherboard cpu and ram then turned it on with clenched hands. and it worked normally. all the drivers are changed to amd's and up to now its working great and functioning well. just to let the others who are in the same place as i was. thanks for the vid anyway!"
Same goes for me, I did not uninstall anything beforehand, just made a backup of the disk (just in case) and then swapped the motherboard and CPU.
@@floo3108 (I also responded to Juju Pogi with this same question but:)
where did you create the system image of your os drive? to your secondary storage? I'm running windows on my SSD, but also have a 2TB HDD as well, that i've already backed up my computer files onto (also have whatever files my computer dumped into my OneDrive).
Do you recommend doing the system image to my HDD? or some secondary flashdrive with like 32 gigs on it?
Might do a system repair disc too just incase.
Going from an Intel 7-7700k --> AMD Ryzen 7 5800x. New mobo, new ram as well.
Additionally it says my Microsoft Activation is with a digital lisense linked to my Microsoft Account. So fingers crossed i can just swap out the parts, select my SSD as my primary boot drive, and be off to the races...