Seeking opinions here. I just placed an order with Newegg for an Intel I5-12600K, Noctua NH-U12S heatsink, and an Asus Prime Z690-P DDR4 motherboard. This will be replacing an I5-7600K on a Gigabyte B250M-DS3H motherboard. My question is whether I should do yet another clean install of Windows 11? I just upgraded to Windows 11 back on December 8, a little less than 2 months ago. And I did a clean install at that time. I feel fairly sure that I can get by without another clean install, but on the other hand I would feel a bit better about the whole thing with a clean install. Opinions?
Personally I would do a clean install when changing the cpu and mobo but it isn't really needed, windows should just find the new hardware and install the drivers or you can do that manually when preferred.
@ohenry, Looks fine to me to run Windows 11 in CLEAN install as long you built in TPM 2.0 and Supported CPU, then you are ok.. Mine is ASUS Z97-C with add on TPM 2.0 module kit, 16gb ram, 512GB Samsung EVO 850 SSD, Intel i7-4790k (3rd Gen) all I had disable registries before to do Clean install Windows 11 Pro.. Works just fine.. I rather stay Windows 10 Pro Workstation (21H2) that has V-Hyper feature support for now.. Windows 11 to he honest that Microsoft had GONE NUTS of CPU Supporting problems. I don't mind have TPM 2.0 module installed for my Windows 10.. ATGPUD2003
A few weeks ago I installed Windows 11 on an old AMD that had no TPM 2.0 or Supported CPU, and it worked fine. Updates and runs everything I installed. Just need a bit of twigging.
Unneeded clean installs are for loosers. Just move your HDD/SSD to the new system, remove the unneeded drivers, install new ones and use the time spared to do something fun.
Thanks god you are not a covid19 expert or you would kill half or the humanity, suggesting to make more babies