Upgrading Windows 10 Motherboard without affecting the Raid

Question

I currently have a small media server like setup using some old computer parts of mine, with Windows 10 Prof OEM setup on a SSD and 2 x 2Tb storage HDDs, which are partitioned to allow for a 500Gb software raid 1 per HDD (for redundancy) and the rest setup as software raid 0 for media speed.

I want to change out the barebones (mobo, CPU & RAM) out of this machine and upgrade to some hardware I have received from a friend, which is preferential.

I have also read online that Windows 10 licence can be bound to a windows account. So after all that background, this is my question:

If I use this method to change out my barebones components for the upgraded hardware (if it works), would it keep my software raid, as i'm not altering the Windows 10 installation on the SSD?

Alternatively, if I bought another OEM key for the changed out hardware, would I be able to swap the parts over, activate Windows and still keep my raid setup/data?

Thanks for any advice in advance.

Answer 1

That's what I always assumed, but it's not what the official Reactivating Windows page suggests. There is no suggestion about OEM making any difference, if i'm going to attach my Windows activation code to my Microsoft account.

Answer 2

OEM licenses are tied to the original hardware on which they're installed. If you change the motherboard, the license will not activate.

Answer 3

The reinstall would be my normal course of action, but I currently don't have much spare time, but still wanted to get the change-over done with as little tinkering as possible.