Upgrading motherboard while on Win 10

[GrimeOne]

Hey I had bought a prebuilt 2 years back from ibuypower. It had Windows 8.1 on it, not sure if it was OEM or not but I did the free upgrade to Windows 10 last summer. With the new anniversary update it says I activated my Windows digital license and linked it to my Microsoft account. Does this mean that if I put in my new motherboard and CPU I'll be able to just use a Windows 10 install/recovery disc and use my email without having to buy a new copy? Since there isn't CD keys given for Windows 10 free upgrades from 7/8.1 anyway? Thanks in advance, not sure weather or not to buy a retail copy on ebay or not. I don't want to have to figure out what to do when I'm locked out of my PC with no retail copy on hand.

 

[USAFRet]

For a prebuilt with 8.1, and then Upgraded to Win 10...should be no problem.

You link your 'digital entitlement' to your Microsoft account.
Read and do this before changing any hardware:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/20530/windows-10-reactivating-after-hardware-change
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3164428/windows-build-1607-activation.html

 

[GrimeOne]

Nice I had actually done that already earlier in the day when scouring the internet for answers lol. So I guess the next thing I should do is burn an iso image onto a disc or usb drive.