Migrating to new hardware - Quick Question

[Odom]

Hello,

 

I upgraded my home PC and I want to use the old hardware to upgrade my unRaid build. I have been reading this foruma nd Reddit and just wanted to make sure I undestood the process correctly.

I should take a screenshot of he drives setup, in case they don't get recognized in the proper assignments, and a USB backup. I have those.

After this, I can simply swap out the motherboard, CPU and RAM.

Then put in the USB stick, boot up, and that's it? Anything else I should pay attention to?

 

My current and old unRaid is:

Asus P6T Deluxe

Core i7-950

6GB RAM

I would upgrade to:

Asus Maximus VI Hero C2

Core i7-4770K

32GB RAM

 

Many Thanks!!

[kilobit]

I just went through this a few weeks ago and yes just backup your info with screenshots,etc and the flash.  Mine booted right up..I did have other problem with my raid controller but its not likely.  I would just try it

[testdasi]

Remember to go to new motherboard BIOS and change the boot order to the USB stick.

 

Otherwise should be swap-and-play.

[Odom]

31 minutes ago, testdasi said:

Remember to go to new motherboard BIOS and change the boot order to the USB stick.

 

Otherwise should be swap-and-play.

Yes, that is the one thing I have written down that I still need to change.

THanks very much to the both of you!!

[Odom]

So, quick feedback. I migrated to the new hardware, booted up and everything is fine. unRaid is really robust, love that thing

Hit a minor snag, my Corsair radiator and the two fans are too big to screw into the central metal plate in my case. It is now wedged between the cables and the top lid.... For now it works, I'll think of something later.

 

Many thanks for the help again