Are you planning on upgrading your motherboard? What are you going for?

This is terrifying. It's like defusing a bomb.

The chances of dying from changing your motherboard is low, but not 0.

Yeah my PC is on fire right now, what should I do?

I know this is from 4 years ago, but this is exactly what I was looking for! So easy to follow along! Thank you.

Two years after video release, you guys made me conformatble with swapping my mobo. Thanks for the very clear video!

Thanks guys, I'm comfortable replacing everything in my PC but I've never replaced a motherboard before. Seems a lot more delicate than other components, getting a new cpu and motherboard on monday so a good choice to bookmark this vid. You earned a sub too!

Thank you so much! I was stressing about applying my new Motherboard and CPU so much and this just answered all my questions.

Thank you for this video; I've upgraded mine to an ASUS ROG B450F, this video took away almost all of the worry for me. The tip about the Windows account was particularly helpful, as it's something I'd otherwise have missed

The windows login tip is excellent.... something I would have missed in a hardware focused task. Thank you! :-)

Really simple and helpful thank you

Clear, straight to the point and easy to follow explanations, great stuff guys!!!

This is the first video that doesn't give me a headache, was about to give up. It actually looks somewhat doable now, thank you!

This is a fantastic video, really informational and thorough. Hope your channel keeps growing!

Just finished my build using this for replacing mobo, ram and cpu, helped me a lot. Cheers from Newcastle!

Thank you this was very helpful even 3 years later

Switching my motherboard is probably the scariest thing

The most annoying part of replacing a motherboard is plugging the power buttons back in, those wires are generally not labeled or the labels aren’t descriptive so you end up plugging the power button into the wrong socket so it won’t turn on

I was gonna upgrade my pc but now I’m scared to even touch it

I love you. Thanks for this comprehensive guide.

Thanks, was a bit apprehensive, but now feel confident in proceeding.

Thanks I needed to know how to remove the motherbord to install a new CPU.

thanks for a great video it has helped me replace my motherboard a lot easier than i thought it would be. Except for windows 10 needed to sorted and microsoft was a good help with that.

Thanks for this! I was nervous getting a new board and was confused if I can just swap it

I know this is a year old but I just wanted to say what a great video! I recently bought a MAXIMUS XI FORMULA and an i9 9900k and was very nervous about installing them but this put a lot of my worries to rest and only in 8 minutes. Great concise and informative video guys

Great video! Thank you for all the great info

Thank you guys, was super helpful!

Great vid, ty, feel much more confident now

Great video. Just replaced my mobo today while following this vid. thanks yall!

amazing video, just what I needed to make sure i'm not doing something wrong, thanks guys

Just the video I needed. Never done this before but seen my brother do it. He isn't available currently so I've gotta try it myself.

You guys make it look so easy!

Cheers for this, gents! I'm about to upgrade the mobo in a "seasoned" CyberpowerPC, which will also receive a Ryzen 5 CPU, a generous helping of Corsair Vengeance RAM, and an AMD Sapphire graphics card. Looking forward to enjoying a vastly superior rig when finished.

Replacing my motherboard tomorrow. Thank guys very helpful and not overwhelming like other videos I’m new to pc and some of these guys on KZfaq don’t understand not everyone knows the lingo

you guys helped so much thank you

I have built many PCs in the past and always start fresh with a new case and all, I find this easiest. However I have never just upgraded the internals around a case that I've already had for 5 years. This is going to be a harder task I think versus just starting fresh

Why is this so channel so small. You guys deserve more subs.

Worked well enough for me! My biggest challenge was getting the HDD, Reset, and Power button wires into the correct pins.

This video is brilliant. Cheers.

thanks a lot replaced a asrock h310cm dvs with an asrock b450m pro4-f r2.0 and a new ryzen 5 5600x and 32 gb ram couldn't have done it without you :D

Hey Guys, Thank you very much for your clear and precise instructions. My new Mobo, CPU, Cooler and RAM should arrive tomorrow. This will be my replacement from new in 2017 😬 Just gonna take my time with the replacement and follow your video steps. Thank you very much 🙏🏾🏆

These guys helped me so much

You guys are the best!

Great video!

Doing this tomorrow going from MSI z170 M5 to an MSI z390 MEG ACE. Nerve wrecking 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳

Thank you so much! Just changed my motherboard and CPU and it went just like you said! I have windows 10 and the whole thing took me less than an hour from start to playing games again.

I think most of us are comfortable with the mechanical disassembly and assembly of the PC. the part I would like to get more info on is the software side of things. for example, I want to use my old ssd with windows 10 installed on a new board. i have my pc set to my web account and that seems easy enough but their is always something amiss when it comes to software syncing and stuff. can someone link me to a vid or forum post that is more focused on the software side of installing a new board?

Thankyou for the video, i've just had mine delivered today, i think i'm going to wait until the weekend before installing it so i have more time as i've never done this before & i'm a tad nervous about it my new one is a MSI -MPG Z390 is it the same as the one in this video ? thanks

Thank you

Thank you this is very helpful. I have an a320M/ac but I want a b450 pro as well as a ryzen 5 3600 so thank you

Planning on changing my Asus Rampage III to a new Aorus board. Want to go from an I7-980X to a Ryzen 7 3700X. I used to have 32 GB ram but the motherboard is acting up, only 22 works right now, I know the modules of ram work however. On the new one I'll probably opt for 64GB of Hyper X rgb ram or maybe G-skill Trident Z. Its going to be really cool!

Are there any software measures/precautions I need to take (like uninstalling drivers and such) when upgrading CPU, GPU and motherboard?

I love your videos. super helpful. Keep doing what you're doing!! Thanks!

Please help! I am quite new to PC gaming and I need to find out which motherboard is best for my msi codex 3. Do I need to use an MSI motherboard since my case is also MSI? Also, my GPU is an RTX 2070 (just incase that helps)

What will I have to look out for when I'm switching from my Intel i5 5600k/Asus Z170 Sabertooth S to the Ryzen 9 3900k/Asrock X570 Steel Legend?

Thanks !

Remember to look at your manual to see which pcie slot you should use.

Prior to installing your previous SDD with OS is there a need to remove all the old drivers, or will it just boot up and do it autonomously

Also before putting the MB in, if you have a m.2 it’s easily to put it in before swapping. Awesome video tho

haha was that Charlie on the profile logo of your Microsoft account? hahah Day man...fighter of the night man

How would you go about removing your CPU air cooler from your cpu and swapping it out with a liquid cooler

Gaming pc users: just build one it’s easy! The pc: if you don’t touch metal it will die

I'm planning on upgrading my motherboard and my case at the same time but I don't know if I should stay in kabylake gen or go for coffelake and buy a new cpu

can i make a back up of my data and just transfer it? All apps and docs as if windows was never re-installed?

Thanks the first tip really saved my ass! Subscribed!

thanks guys, switch worked flawlessly

Clear and concise video guys, great job. So you regularly swap motherboards without first uninstalling old MB drivers ? I noticed a couple of other people had asked this as well.

This was great! My only question is how to I install windows on the new pc after booting it up after the replacement?

What about uninstalling old drivers and such if you're switching from Intel to AMD or vice versa?

Im upgrading from AMD to a new msi z370 gaming plus board and a new i58400,do i need to remove any drivers etc before i do the upgrade or just follow your video? Thanks.

i have some questions. Do u have to reinstall windows? and what do i need to uninstall? i have a mobo that doesnt show any drivers. so can i just remove and the old mobo for a new one without worrying about the drivers?

Hello! I’m looking into upgrading motherboards in case my old i5 gets a bit rusty and needs to be upgraded. Can I skip Step 1 if I’m willing to fresh-install?

Do i have do delete any driver files if i swap my old as rock with an asus strix one?

If I replace a Micro ATX with a standard, will I need new standoffs and screws or should the ones from the micro work?

so if i wanat to change my motherboard ,i need to change the cpu ?even if I buy a compatible motherboard for the processor?

For christmas I asked for a new cpu but it needed a “newer” motherboard, so thanks

PLEASE HELP ME do you need to do anything with bios and internal stuff etc

This is why i build my own, at my local shop they qre selling a gaming pc for 3200, i can get the same or equivilant parts for 2000, I support my local shop but mainly when i dont feel like troubleshooting.

Do you have to buy a new m.2? or are you able to use the old one from the previous motherboard??

after replace mother how to operate to change program tks for your video

We have to talk like this because We thought it would be a good idea To have two of us explain it instead of one of us!

I removed all my cables and cpu and fan. Reinstalled everything properly (have a video to refer to and everything is properly connected). Once rebooting my GPU's don't light up and I cannot see anything on my computer screen. I am plugged into my DVI slot on the motherboard... still no images just a black screen... any idea what I've done wrong? I have not reinstalled windows or any drivers or anything... hope someone can help a

Anything I should know before changing the motherboard? Like uninstalling old drivers or backing up data. Is it ok to replace the motherboard without worrying about that stuff? I’m super lost!

I am a bit late but should i remove some drivers when swapping mobos? And what about switching parts from pre build system to custom build with differend motherboard?

Quick question where does power connector go?

I have an older motherboard i need to replace. what do i do about the WLAN card how do i remove and replace it?

This was really helpful. If upgrading from 1151 to am4 do i need new ram? Heard it doesnt matter because both are ddr4 but idk

I’m upgrading one of my budget builds From a asrock b450m hdv r4.0 to a Asrock b450m pro4 I’ve checked and it’s compatible with everything else in the pc But is there anything I should know before doing so ?

If you upgrade your motherboard and cpu do you get taken into bios on boot? If so, what do you do?

my concern is the installed drivers of the old motherboard to the NVMe (whew the os is installed). should i uninstall all the drivers of the old motherboard before installing it to the new motherboard ?

So, do you fresh install windows first? or once you have installed the new mobo, cpu and ram? I'm converting to an amd mobo, cpu from an intel setup and not sure what to do with my ssd which has windows on it and my hdd that has everything else on it. Do you guys know of a article that tells me how to do it?

Upgrading motherboard from b250 m3 to m6 (for better ram support). same cpu. will i have to reinstall windows or drivers? both msi and same cpu. thanks!

Do I need to remove the old motherboard drivers first before I need to upgrade?

What about the storage drives? Should I reset my SSD/HDD before making these upgrades?

Gonna be swapping from an old Intel cpu to a Ryzen one, how would you remove the stock intel cooler? Do you just pull the black things in the corners of the cooler back out? And how would get the thermal paste off the old cooler? It's just rubbing alcohol, right?

Shouldn't you remove certain drivers before shutting down so there is not a conflict at boot up?

idk if they or anybody will reply, but if I'm swapping the case, psu, and mobo, but keeping the same GPU, CPU, RAM, and most importantly storage devices with the Windows 10 Home OS, will my files stay and my OS if I'm signed into my microsoft account, or will it just be my OS and no files, or somehow nothing at all?

i have a gaming laptop which the motherboard went out, if i get the exact same working motherboard is it just plug and play or do i have to do anything major.

do you have to upgrade your cpu and or gpu if your getting a new mobo?

Please help me out here bro. I am using AMD sempron 145 processor and wanna swap to Intel core 2 duo or something as my PC is giving me lot of trouble.please let me know is it possible ? I am will to change complete mother board if necessary