It pains us to have to say this, but we’re going to say it anyway: Don’t forget to install drivers for your devices on your Windows 8 configuration. That’s not to say that Windows 8 does a bad job installing drivers that work for most, if not all of the parts and pieces inside your system. But you’re going to want to trust your devices’ manufacturers, not Microsoft, for the most up-to-date system drivers you can get your hands on. Of particular importance should be your motherboard’s drivers, your video card’s drivers, and the various, fancier drivers for your input devices (if you’re rocking a non-standard keyboard and mouse).
That all said, Windows 8 does a pretty good job of establishing a working baseline of drivers post-installation!