T430 windows 8 clean install & what utilities?

Hi,
I am going to install a new SSD into my 430 and was thinking about going to Windows 8.  Any pointers for the upgrade?
Also what Lenovo utilites are a must that you remommend?  Some seem like bloatware to me, but I have not used this machine long enought to evaluate that.
I would apprecate any input.  
Thanks in advance.

Hi Warder,
Welcome to Lenovo Community!
We understood that your query is about to know the details on driver to be installed after reinstalling the Windows 8 OS to SSD drive. And there is no other option to upgrade, you have to perform clean installation of OS after replacing the drive.
To know which all the driver needs to be install, I suggest you to check with Device Manager option first. In that we can you have to check in which adapter it is showing yellow mark. And depending upon that we can download the driver and install it.
As per the Lenovo we request you to download and install all the latest drivers from the link and including supported application like Power manager, Access communication & Think Vantage application.
Below is the link to enter the downloads page and download application accordingly, please click on "Select Product" then in "QUICK PATH" enter the MTM no. select the exact model.
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/default.page#
Hope this helps. Do post back if issue persists!
Best regards.
Hemanth Kumar
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