Partial rebuild question
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DIW35

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Sunday 12th July 2020
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I've built my last 2 PCs from the ground up, and have enjoyed the experience whilst saving a shed load of money. My next build will only be a partial rebuild though, which has raised a question I don't have the answer to.

Basically I intend to replace the motherboard, CPU and GPU. I'm not sure about the PSU untiil I have decided on the final replacement parts and can determine the power requirements, but I am pretty sure the exisiting PSU will be fine. I will be keeping the existing drives, DDR4 memory, case and cooling setup.

That's the back story. What I don't know is whether it will all just boot up as normal once I have swapped out the parts I intend to replace, or will there be some re-installation of software required to get it to work.

If it makes any difference, the OS is Windows 10 and boots up from a 250GB SSD.