Can I put my old hdd into a new barebones pc (motherboard+cpu+ram) with some of my old hardware?

[Vspectim]

Vista
250g hdd (I will want to clone at a later date)
nvidia 660
generic wireless card
a cheapo sound card

 

[Tradesman1]

While it will often work with Win7, Vista just tends to get lost, will prob have to do a fresh install