Full PC Upgrade, what will happen to windows?

[kingdomtim]

Hello

I am doing a full upgrade on my pc, going from a 
Motherboard: MSI 970 Gaming--------------------> MSI A320M Gaming Pro

CPU: FX-6300 -----------------------> Ryzen 1500x

GPU: 750ti -----------------> 1060 3gb

RAM: Ripjaws DDR3 8gb------------------------> Ballistix Sport DDR4 8gb

I have 2 questions

#1: Will I still be able to boot up into windows? I used an OEM key on my original build, so I heard that Im going to have to call microsoft and try to get them to bless me with a new key. is this True?

 

#2: Do I have to uninstall all the drivers on my computer before I do this upgrade? 

Please answer both questions

THANK YOU

[MCDELTAT]

You know, this is a super confusing topic and I can't tell you the answer beyond my experience. I just upgraded my PC from a Asus Z170K & 6700K to a Asus Z370 PRIME & 8700K.

Based off all my research I thought I was going to have to but another OEM key or call Microsoft or something. Nope. I bought my key on Kinguin in May 2016 and it's still kicking. So everything is working fine for me but I can't say.

[NumLock21]

15 minutes ago, kingdomtim said:

Hello

I am doing a full upgrade on my pc, going from a 
Motherboard: MSI 970 Gaming--------------------> MSI A320M Gaming Pro

CPU: FX-6300 -----------------------> Ryzen 1500x

GPU: 750ti -----------------> 1060 3gb

RAM: Ripjaws DDR3 8gb------------------------> Ballistix Sport DDR4 8gb

I have 2 questions

#1: Will I still be able to boot up into windows? I used an OEM key on my original build, so I heard that Im going to have to call microsoft and try to get them to bless me with a new key. is this True?

 

#2: Do I have to uninstall all the drivers on my computer before I do this upgrade? 

Please answer both questions

THANK YOU

Get a B350, GTX 1006 with 6GB, and 16GB of ram.

For Windows it might continue to boot normally, but you will need to reinstall the motherboard drivers and will need to reactivate. Some drivers will continue to work with the new components cause it's still the same one. For Windows activation, can try to activate over the web first, will only need to call them, once online activation passed the limit.

For example your old audio is by Realtek and the driver for that is already up to date. The new board's audio is also by Realtek, so it will just continue to use that up to date driver.

[LogicalDrm]

All depends on which version of Windows you have. Just saying OEM doesn't help as Win7 OEM is different from Win8/.1 and Win10 OEMs. Not to mention if it's prebuild or not.

 

There's always 50-50 chance that it just works or BSODs at boot.