Can you change MOBO and CPU without reinstalling windows?

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Hi,

First of all, I appreciate that it is generally better to do a fresh install.

But, thinking of changing my MOBO and CPU, from i5-4960K to i5-9600K, what would happen if I change over the motherboard and CPU but left the SSD alone, what would happen when I tried to boot the PC.

Would it not boot?

If it did boot would I need to re-authenticate windows?
 
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