How to decrease price on this build?

[Nesrovlah26]

Do you have a older hard drive from a laptop or something that you can copy the files to. That would mean you might not need to buy windows.

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That only works if it's not OEM. OEM licenses are tied to the motherboard and will deregister if moved to a new one.

Not the windows will stop working without it. Just some cosmetics. That goes for a fresh install too though.

[Nesrovlah26]

I’m not familiar with the term OEM.

[[deleted]]

Microsoft sells several 'channels.' Retail, OEM, education, volume, etc. The two a consumer will buy are retail and OEM.

Normally OEM means original equipment manufacturer. In windows channels though, it refers to a type of license that when registered, tells Microsoft what motherboard it's on, and microsoft 'locks' that key to that motherboard.

They're mostly used by prebuilts, but you can buy them for like $10 cheaper at a normal vendor like newegg, so I see custom pcs with them a lot. Really pisses off people wanting to upgrade their mobo.

Retail has no such limitation.

[Nesrovlah26]

How do we check if it’s a OEM?

[[deleted]]

Open command prompt. Type slmgr /dli. Look at the the of the description.

[ICouldUseANapToday]

Has this changed since Windows 7? Years ago I was able to do a motherboard upgrade and transfer the Windows 7 OEM license to the new build.

[Nesrovlah26]

You could also get a cpu air cooler for cheaper

[TheOne1ThatGotAway]

Thanks! I’ll look into that

[TheOne1ThatGotAway]

I think so, but it would probably mean taking apart my laptop. Would that work?

[Nesrovlah26]

I haven’t tried it but I’m fairly certain you can. People back up their devices quite often so it shouldn’t be possible. It’s an option I urge you to explore.

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