What drivers do i need ?

At the end of the day those are the manufacturer drivers for your motherboard your choice I don't see what your problem is its not as if you were installing the recommended utilities which would not be needed.

 

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I would say that in win 8/8.1, most of hardware works. Drivers were more critical in XP days but 7 was good and 8/8.1 are even better. I only need GPU drivers to get native resolution.
If I break it up for 8/8.1:
1. Intel & Realtek LAN/Qualcomm WIFI: 8/8.1 get me this with no drivers
2. Printer (WIFI): works out of the box, but I just install the driver if offered from windows update (gives me more printing preferences)
3. USB 3: not required (USB 2 worked from perhaps XP so we will not discuss that).
4. ESATA: 8/8.1 works but sometimes it does not, so I need ASM drivers.

So the key is that if you are getting functionality, you may not need to install drivers. But still GPU is a good idea. In fact, except for latest GPU from NVIDIA, I just grab them off ASUS site. They may be old but they work. Mobo manufacturers stop providing drivers after 18-24 months from launch. They just periodically give BIOS file updateand even that stops maybe after 2-3 years.