Hey y'all, I'm going to be upgrading my i5 3570k to an i5 6600k pretty soon and I was hoping for some definitive steps I should be taking after installing the 6600k. I know what I'm doing on the hardware side of things, but not really sure what's necessary in terms of software and stuff. I've read some conflicting information online so I was hoping to clear some of that stuff up here. Thanks.
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Hey y'all, I'm going to be upgrading my i5 3570k to an i5 6600k pretty soon and I was hoping for some definitive steps I should be taking after installing the 6600k. I know what I'm doing on the hardware side of things, but not really sure what's necessary in terms of software and stuff. I've read some conflicting information online so I was hoping to clear some of that stuff up here. Thanks.
In my experience, Windows has gotten pretty good at getting the proper drivers for your system installed. For mostly everything the default driver should be good, unless you're missing features in which case you should install the driver from the manufacturer's website.
If you have a dedicated video card, you obviously should install the driver from the manufacturer's website. GeForce Experience and Raptr aren't necessary, but GeForce Experience is nice for letting you know about updates. For Intel graphics, whatever Windows installs should be fine.
If you have a sound card, install the official drivers for that. You may need to install drivers for USB devices, but you really only need to worry about that if you're plugging in something that's niche.
Just something in general: for laptops, make sure you install the latest video driver for your laptop, even if it's for an earlier OS (later OS might work too as long as you aren't installing XP on it). When I installed Windows 10 on my laptop, the driver it chose was one made for Windows 10, which is a logical thing for it to do. Problem is that the brightness control is tied to the video driver, so when I tried to change the brightness it would only stay at maximum or minimum brightness. My laptop doesn't officially support Windows 10 (or apparently 8.1 even) so I installed the Windows 8 driver and it works perfectly fine. If it's your primary gaming machine though, I'm not sure how that affects performance (I only play games like Civ5 on it) so don't blame me if you're getting low FPS in TF2.
In my experience, Windows has gotten pretty good at getting the proper drivers for your system installed. For mostly everything the default driver should be good, unless you're missing features in which case you should install the driver from the manufacturer's website.
If you have a dedicated video card, you obviously should install the driver from the manufacturer's website. GeForce Experience and Raptr aren't necessary, but GeForce Experience is nice for letting you know about updates. For Intel graphics, whatever Windows installs should be fine.
If you have a sound card, install the official drivers for that. You may need to install drivers for USB devices, but you really only need to worry about that if you're plugging in something that's niche.
Just something in general: for laptops, make sure you install the latest video driver for your laptop, even if it's for an earlier OS (later OS might work too as long as you aren't installing XP on it). When I installed Windows 10 on my laptop, the driver it chose was one made for Windows 10, which is a logical thing for it to do. Problem is that the brightness control is tied to the video driver, so when I tried to change the brightness it would only stay at maximum or minimum brightness. My laptop doesn't officially support Windows 10 (or apparently 8.1 even) so I installed the Windows 8 driver and it works perfectly fine. If it's your primary gaming machine though, I'm not sure how that affects performance (I only play games like Civ5 on it) so don't blame me if you're getting low FPS in TF2.
If you have a dedicated video card, you obviously should install the driver from the manufacturer's website. GeForce Experience and Raptr aren't necessary, but GeForce Experience is nice for letting you know about updates. For Intel graphics, whatever Windows installs should be fine.
If you have a sound card, install the official drivers for that. You may need to install drivers for USB devices, but you really only need to worry about that if you're plugging in something that's niche.
Just something in general: for laptops, make sure you install the latest video driver for your laptop, even if it's for an earlier OS (later OS might work too as long as you aren't installing XP on it). When I installed Windows 10 on my laptop, the driver it chose was one made for Windows 10, which is a logical thing for it to do. Problem is that the brightness control is tied to the video driver, so when I tried to change the brightness it would only stay at maximum or minimum brightness. My laptop doesn't officially support Windows 10 (or apparently 8.1 even) so I installed the Windows 8 driver and it works perfectly fine. If it's your primary gaming machine though, I'm not sure how that affects performance (I only play games like Civ5 on it) so don't blame me if you're getting low FPS in TF2.
If you upgrade to a 6600k you'll need new RAM as it only supports DDR4 while your 3570k supports DDR3.
If you upgrade to a 6600k you'll need new RAM as it only supports DDR4 while your 3570k supports DDR3.
Why would you even upgrade though? The difference is minor.
Why would you even upgrade though? The difference is minor.
hookyIf you have a dedicated video card, you obviously should install the driver from the manufacturer's website. GeForce Experience and Raptr aren't necessary, but GeForce Experience is nice for letting you know about updates. For Intel graphics, whatever Windows installs should be fine.
Actually, if you're running Windows 10, it will detect your dedicated card and automatically download the latest driver from NVIDIA's site and install it for you. Fairly certain it does the same for AMD.
[quote=hooky]If you have a dedicated video card, you obviously should install the driver from the manufacturer's website. GeForce Experience and Raptr aren't necessary, but GeForce Experience is nice for letting you know about updates. For Intel graphics, whatever Windows installs should be fine.[/quote]
Actually, if you're running Windows 10, it will detect your dedicated card and automatically download the latest driver from NVIDIA's site and install it for you. Fairly certain it does the same for AMD.
Actually, if you're running Windows 10, it will detect your dedicated card and automatically download the latest driver from NVIDIA's site and install it for you. Fairly certain it does the same for AMD.
SetsulWhy would you even upgrade though? The difference is minor.
When I got my 3570k I got a really crappy z77 mobo so I can't overclock above 4.1 Ghz without becoming unstable so instead of hunting down a better z77 mobo I just decided to upgrade it all. I'll be selling my old stuff so it won't be a terribly expensive upgrade.
[quote=Setsul]Why would you even upgrade though? The difference is minor.[/quote]
When I got my 3570k I got a really crappy z77 mobo so I can't overclock above 4.1 Ghz without becoming unstable so instead of hunting down a better z77 mobo I just decided to upgrade it all. I'll be selling my old stuff so it won't be a terribly expensive upgrade.
When I got my 3570k I got a really crappy z77 mobo so I can't overclock above 4.1 Ghz without becoming unstable so instead of hunting down a better z77 mobo I just decided to upgrade it all. I'll be selling my old stuff so it won't be a terribly expensive upgrade.
DavidTheWinIf you upgrade to a 6600k you'll need new RAM as it only supports DDR4 while your 3570k supports DDR3.
Yeah, I am aware, I did pick up some DDR4 as well.
[quote=DavidTheWin]If you upgrade to a 6600k you'll need new RAM as it only supports DDR4 while your 3570k supports DDR3.[/quote]
Yeah, I am aware, I did pick up some DDR4 as well.
Yeah, I am aware, I did pick up some DDR4 as well.
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