Win7 OEM Future Hardware Upgrade Question

[Dizzy Strife]

I am building a new machine that eventually in the future I will want to upgrade the video card for sure as well as maybe the RAM and CPU. I have heard that if you get an OEM copy of Win7, that it will not allow you to upgrade hardware. Is this true? It would be nice to save the $100 dollars with the OEM copy that I could put towards an SSD in my new build, but I don't want to have to buy another copy of Win7 later on down the road each time just to upgrade the parts.

 

[Knufire]

You'll be fine with OEM. Technically it's tied to the motherboard of the computer. Usually, if you just call Microsoft and say you upgraded/replaced a part, they'll reactivate the key.

 

[Dizzy Strife]

You'll be fine with OEM. Technically it's tied to the motherboard of the computer. Usually, if you just call Microsoft and say you upgraded/replaced a part, they'll reactivate the key.

Ok that is good to know. By the time I am ready for a new motherboard, it will be time to build another new machine I imagine, and at that time I can afford another copy of whatever Windows is available. Lol.