Do I need drivers?

[petebere]

Hi, I will be formatting the hard drive and installing a fresh copy of Windows 7 64-bit on the following PC bought 3 years ago from PCS. Which components should I download drivers for after the installation to make sure that the PC is optimised?

Thanks in advance for you advice.

I've gone to the 'Download' section on my PCS account and found the following message: "Unfortunately there are no available drivers for the components on this order. This may be because your operating system supports the components without the need for additional drivers."

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8P67 (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 510 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 450MB/sR | 210MB/sW)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£72)
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

 

[keynes]

Mothetboard drivers from the cd supplied and gpu drivers from the main NVIDIA website

 

[steaky360]

You can check the manufacturers websites for any relevant drivers before / after you reinstall windows (I'd do it before and store them on a USB stick)

So ASUS for the motherboard/chipset drivers etc.

Nvidia Experience will sort your graphics card out.