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Solved Updating 8yr old PC

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Planning to update my PC with the following: Gigabyte B460M AORUS PRO Motherboard, Intel Core i5-10400 CPU, Intel Core i5-10400 CPU, Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3200MHz C16 Desktop Memory Kit - Black, Samsung (MZ-V7E500BW) 970 EVO SSD 500GB - M.2 NVMe,
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition CPU Air Coolor. Any suggestions before I order? Thanks!

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Double-check your Windows is Retail & that you have a copy of the key (if Windows 10 is installed & was an upgrade from Windows 7 or Win 8). If it’s OEM then it’ll not activate after a MB change as the license is tied to the original MB.
 
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Bastet said:
Double-check your Windows is Retail & that you have a copy of the key (if Windows 10 is installed & was an upgrade from Windows 7 or Win 8). If it’s OEM then it’ll not activate after a MB change as the license is tied to the original MB.
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Thanks for the info and response. Will do! Happy Thanksgiving!!
 
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