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Reinstallation of windows on new mobo+cpu

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I'm thinking (decided to) upgrade to skylake from my fx-6300 I got last year. Buuut I'll need a new motherboard obv. I'm going for a MSI gaming m7 and a i5 6600k. So will I need to do reinstall windows when the new hardware is in? Some people say yes, some say no. Anyone switched mobos and have first hand experience that can help me out?

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No. However you may have to re-activate.

CPU: Intel i5 4690k @ 4.3 GHz       GPU: MSI GTX 980                      Cooling: be quiet! Pure Rock                     OS: Windows 7            Monitor: BenQ XL2411Z

Motherboard: AsRock Z97 PRO4   PSU: Corsair 600W CX600M       Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow Ultimate   SSD: Intel 120GB 520   Headset: HyperX Cloud II

RAM: 12GB Crucial Ballistix            Case: Corsair 750D                       Mouse: Logitech G502                         HDD: Seagate 1TB        Speakers: Audioengine A5+

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I'm thinking (decided to) upgrade to skylake from my fx-6300 I got last year. Buuut I'll need a new motherboard obv. I'm going for a MSI gaming m7 and a i5 6600k. So will I need to do reinstall windows when the new hardware is in? Some people say yes, some say no. Anyone switched mobos and have first hand experience that can help me out?

Thanks!

AFAIK a CPU upgrade will not require any form of reinstallation/reactivation 

 

but Changing the MoBo will require reactivation one main reason is that the MAC address changes.

 

Though it might still require reinstallation, I'm not sure I never performed a MoBo upgrade before.

|CPU: Intel i7-5960X @ 4.4ghz|MoBo: Asus Rampage V|RAM: 64GB Corsair Dominator Platinum|GPU:2-way SLI Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 980's|SSD:512GB Samsung 850 pro|HDD: 2TB WD Black|PSU: Corsair AX1200i|COOLING: NZXT Kraken x61|SOUNDCARD: Creative SBX ZxR|  ^_^  Planned Bedroom Build: Red Phantom [quadro is stuck in customs, still trying to find a cheaper way to buy a highend xeon]

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if you change the mobo you will need to reinstall

CPU: i5 6600k @ 4.6 ghz  Motherboard: Asus z170-a  Cooling: Corsair h80i GT GPU: EVGA GTX 970  Ram: G.Skill 2x8 gb ddr4 2400  PSU: EVGA G2 Supernova 550w  Case: Corsair 200r Storage: 250GB 850 EVO + 2x wd 1 tb drives

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