Build New PC with EXISTING windows 10 key?

[mattyc1977]

Hi.
I had windows 7 and got my free upgrade to windows 10.
I am debating upgrading my 3770k cpu, motherboard, SSD and memory to a new broadwell express cpu, motherboard, ddr4 and new type of pci-e SSD with NVMe (about £1000 i reckon in total), I already have a 980ti so graphics card is fine but wondering what happens to my windows 10 product code as if i am reading correctly, it is linked to my existing hardware so if i change it all, it wont work? Will i need to by a new version of windows 10?

Hope that makes sense.

My main reasoning to upgrade is i have a ocz vertex 3 SSD but its only 250GB and i want a 500GB drive but want the new asus pro nvme hard drive but its not compatible with my processor and motherboard so i thought i would upgrade the lot!

Im actually debating not doing anything to be honest as im not sure whether the upgrade will bring me much more power, i only really game on my pc.
I dont need masses of storage as i have a 6TB NAS with most of my stuff on.
I know the drive will be much quicker and i will be more future proof but is it a waste of £1000 and secondly, if i do do it, will i have to purchase a new windows 10 key?

 

[mattyc1977]

I just checked, i have a retail key so should be ok.
Im not going to a 4790k, i was going to go from a 3770k to a 6800k, from 16gb DDR3 2133 to 32gb DDR4 3000+ and a SATA3 SSD to NVMe SSD.
Im thinking the CPU should be much faster, the memory should be much faster and so should the SSD?
I am going to have to upgrade at some point, i am at the limits of what this motherboard can do now. I was thinking the 6 core CPU would be much more future proof?

 

[mattyc1977]

I thought if you have a retail key they can be transferred to a different pc. I thought only oem was locked to a specific pc?

 

[mattyc1977]

To be honest, I think I'm going to stick as I am and just get a bigger sata ssd.

 

[mattyc1977]

I have done a bit of research on this and it seems if you change your pc to log in via a Microsoft account, instead of a local account, your serial code is saved to your Microsoft account so when you reinstall onto new hardware, if you set up linked to Microsoft account, it should work.