Handling HW upgrades

General system Kernel, boot, graphics & hardware
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I’m going to be installing a new motherboard/CPU combo on my system. w.r.t. the OS will I:

  1. Need to do a new installation?
  2. Not need a full install, but update via chroot?
  3. The OS can figure it out without help (hey, one can dream).

The CPU is going from a quad I5 to a quad I7
Going from DDR3 to DDR5 RAM
Going from an ASUS to an ASRock motherboard.

I suspect the new install is cleaner/faster but would like to avoid re-installing a bunch of programs if possible. Thanks in advance.

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No.

Probably not. Try booting the fallback image.

Is your GPU changing?

Intel makes a quad-core i7 that supports DDR5?

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The Linux kernel has likely supported all of your old hardware, and will continue to support your new hardware. One common exception to this might be the official Nvidia drivers, but there’s the open source nouveau driver to fall back on there.

You might need to ensure your BIOS/UEFI settings are ready to play well though. Typically that just means:

  • Disabling fast boot.
  • Disabling legacy boot / Compatibility Support Module (CSM).
  • Disabling secure boot.
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Thanks for the responses. No, the GPU (Nvidia) is not changing.

The exact CPU is i7-12700KF (box says Intel CORE 12th gen). It is supposed to work with the motherboard so I am assuming it supports DDR5.

My current motherboard is UEFI so I know the config settings.

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So for clarity, it’s not a “quad I7”, it’s a 12-core i7 (8 performance, 4 efficient) :wink:

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That is correct - I mistook “4 efficent cores” for “4 cores”.

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