I Upgraded My Motherboard and CPU Without Reinstalling Windows...Again!!!

In this video I upgrade my AMD 5900x and MSI X570 motherboard with AM4 socket to a new 7800X3D and GigaByte B650 motherboard (AM5 socket) without re-installing Windows. This is the third motherboard/cpu setup on this original Windows 10 installation. If your hesitant about trying, hopefully this video will give you some encouragement.

00:00 Intro
03:03 The Upgrade
05:34 New Case and Assembly
10:32 Moment of Truth
17:25 5900x vs 7800X3D
21:32 Conclusion

[AZZOMY]

Thanks for clarifying ❤
I just bought new CPU and Motherboard and was afraid that i need to erase everything.

[xlZENlx]

I tried and all my drivers are conflicting with my old ones so I think I need to do a fresh install. I can’t even apply the new drivers for new board via usb. Especially after I flashed the bios.

[allenromano]

Amazing...just a wonderful presentation...maybe a little too conversational, but for that style, really good...after all the rubbish on the internet about the dangers of swapping parts, your experience is just amazing...Im doing it, thanks to you.

[UltrafineDeluxe]

Seven months later did you run into any issues?

[louf]

Thanks VERY MUCH! I saw the first video and this one, and, in short, was also successful! I had several other issues after the MB change before completing my Win11 upgrade, but it has been successful. These videos really helped begin the process. Thanks!

[raevenent]

This is just what I was trying to find, seen so many split opinions of it and nothing solid. This is pretty much irrefutable proof that on the same installation it does work. I'm doing a similar upgrade, both mobo and CPU(MSI x470 Gaming Plus Max, and Ryzen 7 2700x), to the am5 platform(MSI B650 Gaming Plus Wifi, and Ryzen 7 7700x), same Windows 10 installation(Win10 home). Although I might turn off secure boot and TPM before making the switch, would turning those off matter or not really?

EDIT: Did the change recently a couple weeks ago. No reinstall of windows required. No issues also. What did surprise me is that I no longer had to call microsoft to get a new license

[jjasonsingleton]

Thanks for your comments on Win 10. BTW Zs, gotta love'em, I have a 1990.

[IvanITITDXB]

but the problem is the read of the cores in the windows itself. . .

[christeschke]

A good method for motherboard switch, is to go into safe mode, uninstall and delete all drivers related to motherboard. boot into safe mode after motherboard switch to install new mobo drivers. should work. I have upgraded my windows 3 times and from intel to amd.

[ccxfrank]

I just changed mobo and cpu. no issues at all. different mobo brand as well(make sure your bios version supports the cpu is all). you get an fTMP prompt tho answering with Y or N regarding a bitlocker.

[ArndBrugman]

DO you actually know how much performance is left on the table vs complete clean install? Can you test it with an external Windows 2 Go Live Install maybe? would be interesting to know.

[NovaDoll]

I can't get mine to boot at all. I'm so frustrated. I have always taken my drive with me and never needed to do anything crazy since 2015. I have even cloned my drive and can't get it to boot. Any advice. I'm going from AM4 to AM5. Old NVME works fine on current computer.

[matrixist]

What if you go from Intel to an AMD upgrade?

[kdw]

I have done it both ways and never found a compelling reason to do a fresh install.

[jimothy]

I upgraded from am4 to am5 and my pc boots and says i have 2 drives, but neither are Bootable im not sure whats going on?

[weirdhumans]

So I wanna go from my gigabyte b450m s2h to gigabyte aorus b550 ax v2. I should just install the new mobo and boot up? I also probably need to update the bios on the mobo using a flash drive and press the q flash button. Do you think it will work fine? Also if it would require a windows clean installation what exactly would indicate that and how would I do it? I hope I’m not annoying lol

[WhosTrustt]

i’m about to do the same and don’t have a windows license should i get one beforehand or should i be fine?

[lukapaws]

ive been trying to brute-force getting my windows 10 install to work on new hardware for like ten hours now...
i spent most of that time in the command prompt trying to get to the bottom of it, without success.

[rejwanhasan]

My B460m motherboard just died. If swap it with h510m bord, Will all my data will be safe? Or i will lost them

[bastonyx]

Did you ever do a Benchmark before and after swapping MB? I'm wondering if the performance is correct after such a upgrade. Thanks