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Power supply first, then mobo, then cpu, then heatsink, then ram, then install optical drives, then hard drives then video card. After installing everything, before plugging the power supply in, plug all the power connectors for all your components. Then power up the system, and when you hear that beutiful sound of your system posting, install new OS.

Whenever switching chipsets always do new install or your OS will be unstable. This is iregardless of which OS you have.