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System Name | The Captain (2.0) |
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Processor | Ryzen 7 7700X |
Motherboard | Asus Crosshair X670E Hero (soon to be replaced by Gigabyte X670E AORUS Master) |
Cooling | 360mm Be Quiet! Pure Loop 2 FX, 4x Be Quiet! 140mm Silent Wings 4 (1x exhaust 3x intake) |
Memory | 32GB (2x16) G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo (6000Mhz) |
Video Card(s) | MSI GeForce RTX 3070 SUPRIM X |
Storage | 1x Crucial MX500 500GB SSD; 1x Crucial MX500 500GB M.2 SSD; 1x WD Blue HDD, 1x Crucial P5 Plus |
Display(s) | Aorus CV27F 27" 1080p 165Hz |
Case | Phanteks Evolv X (Anthracite Gray) |
Power Supply | Corsair RMx (2021) 1000W 80-Plus Gold |
Mouse | Varies based on mood; is currently Razer Basilisk V3; Basilisk Ultimate for gaming |
Keyboard | Varies based on mood; currently HyperX Alloy Origins 65 |
I'm in the middle of preparations to switch from my current AMD chip and AM3+ board to an Intel chip and Z87 board. I've decided to go with an i3-4160 due to budgetary circumstances, but will upgrade to an ulocked i5 in the future, hence the Z87 board. At anyway, I've been doing some googling and found some handy tutorials, but I'd like to get everyone's input here before doing anything else.
The tutorials I've read use two different ways of preparing a PC for a motherboard upgrade - one uses a program called Paragon Active Restore, and the other method uses a built-in Windows tool called SYSPREP. Has anyone used either method here? Which one would be the safer and easier of the two? Are there any other things I need to do before swapping parts? I've already backed up things like my browser bookmarks, documents, etc., but I'm worried about things like my games, especially the ones I got as part of AMD's Gold Reward for getting a 280X. Will I have to download these again? Will I have to re-install other programs like ccleaner, etc. as well?
Thanks in advance!
The tutorials I've read use two different ways of preparing a PC for a motherboard upgrade - one uses a program called Paragon Active Restore, and the other method uses a built-in Windows tool called SYSPREP. Has anyone used either method here? Which one would be the safer and easier of the two? Are there any other things I need to do before swapping parts? I've already backed up things like my browser bookmarks, documents, etc., but I'm worried about things like my games, especially the ones I got as part of AMD's Gold Reward for getting a 280X. Will I have to download these again? Will I have to re-install other programs like ccleaner, etc. as well?
Thanks in advance!