The only item on the list I'd skip is the Optane item. The rest are quite normal when starting from scratch.
My motherboard is coming and since it doesn't have wi-fi on it I'm gonna download everything such as BIOS and drivers before it comes, but what drivers do I really need?
There are these drivers on MSI's website:
-On-Board VGA Drivers:
Intel VGA Driver (?)
-LAN Drivers:
Realtek PCI-E Ethernet Drivers *
-Others Drivers:
Intel Management Engine Driver (?)
Intel Software Guard Extensions (?)
-On-Board Audio Drivers:
Realtek High Definition Audio Driver *
-System & Chipset Drivers:
Intel Chipset Driver (?)
-On-Board PIDE/SATA Drivers:
Intel Optane Memory (I don't have Intel Optane Memory)
What drivers do I need to install? I marked with a "*" the drivers I'll be installing and with an "(?)" the ones I don't know.

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