NEW WINDOWS 10 multiple Systems

hiredhelp · 25 Jul 2015 at 12:20

Ok so my question is will the free upgrade work. say I wanted to upgrade my motherboard in future or even if i bought a genuine version given its 1 license.
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Gammawolf · 25 Jul 2015 at 12:45

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18627218

Sega Mega Dave · 25 Jul 2015 at 12:47

If only there was a thread about all this. Damn forums

hiredhelp · 25 Jul 2015 at 15:49

thx guys but ive spent hours looking but no real ansew..

Craig321 · 25 Jul 2015 at 15:57

Gammawolf said:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18627218

Sega Mega Dave said:
If only there was a thread about all this. Damn forums

Nothing wrong with a separate thread really. A question in a 60+ page thread could get lost. Since when is making another thread (even if it's a duplicate question) a crime?!

gareth170 · 25 Jul 2015 at 16:33

hiredhelp said:
Ok so my question is will the free upgrade work. say I wanted to upgrade my motherboard in future or even if i bought a genuine version given its 1 license.

MS as said the free upgrade can be reinstalled/activated on the same device it was first installed on. so if you upgrade your motherboard that means it's a new device.

you could buy win10 retail which means it's transferable

Sega Mega Dave · 25 Jul 2015 at 17:20

Craig321 said:
Nothing wrong with a separate thread really. A question in a 60+ page thread could get lost. Since when is making another thread (even if it's a duplicate question) a crime?!

As far as I know with my limited legal knowledge it isn't a crime, why would it be one?

Granted it would be if it included illegal content or was slanderous in any way shape or form.

I will look into it and get back to you.

UTmaniac · 25 Jul 2015 at 17:41

I have a little predicament here along the same lines...

I will get round to doing a big system upgrade before the end of 2015, probably to X99, because pCARS will probably benefit more from extra cores than the Skylake improved IPC.

But the dilemma I have is regards this Q9300 system. My upgrade means my better half could take this system off me, to replace my old Opteron 165 / Asrock Dual SATA 2 system, in which case activating the Windows 10 upgrade makes sense.

But part of me thinks that because she will then have her current AMD 7850 and this R7 265, which can be Crossfired, it would be another factor to sway towards her getting a new cpu/mobo that would not bottleneck the Crossfire. In which case activating the Windows 10 upgrade on this Q9300 would be a waste.

lsg1r · 25 Jul 2015 at 17:49

gareth170 said:
MS as said the free upgrade can be reinstalled/activated on the same device it was first installed on. so if you upgrade your motherboard that means it's a new device.

iirc the same exception as on windows 8 would be made for motherboard failure

hiredhelp · 25 Jul 2015 at 22:29

gareth170 said:
MS as said the free upgrade can be reinstalled/activated on the same device it was first installed on. so if you upgrade your motherboard that means it's a new device.

you could buy win10 retail which means it's transferable

Thanks buddy I may as well buy a retail too so i can use it on future upgrades.
As much as i love Win7 DX12 going be the future and PC Gamers going be needing that. Cheers again.

russell664 · 27 Jul 2015 at 08:55

Refer to the Windows 10 thread buddy, there are loads of posts there. Try a search and if it isn't there, ask away!