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No. It'll work the same.

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The only component you need to reinstall after is hard drive (obviously, if you are moving to a new one). If you change your motherboard however you will sometimes need to re-activate Windows.

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The only component you need to reinstall after is hard drive (obviously, if you are moving to a new one). If you change your motherboard however you will sometimes need to re-activate Windows.

Ughhh what? O.o

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