Getting started now it arrived

[AndHob]

Apologies for some pretty basic questions as I’m new to PCs. My machine arrived today & having read a few of the threads I know I need to download some chipsets & drivers for it.
can someone point me towards where I should be looking? From reading the stickies & other threads I recall with some I should avoid audio drivers (?). Trying not to mess up a brand new machine on the first day!
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12 Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.8GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
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ASUS® CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (DDR4, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX/SLI) - RGB Ready!
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32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (4 x 8GB)
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10GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 - HDMI, DP
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3TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
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[AgentCooper]

So... you should go through the OOBE to do the initial set up of your system. Then run Windows update repeatedly until no more are found. Next port of call is to go to Nvidia’s website and download the latest driver for your GPU. There have been some reports of the audio drivers within those causing issues so if you’re concerned do a custom install and just deselect the audio options, leave everything else as is.

This thread below also has some handy tips from the hive mind 🙂👍

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