Don't want to jinx it, but...

[Mr Nick]

I've just upgraded the motherboard, CPU & memory on my PC, then imaged the current boot drive to an m.2 drive and it all just worked without having to reinstall or even repair Win 10. 

For those interested, I've gone with a Gen3 Ryzen 5 3600 processor on a Gigabyte B450 Elite board with 16Gb of DDR4 3200 and a 480Gb NVMe M.2 SSD.
This was replacing an old AMD FX-8320 that I'd had for 4 years and Windows seems to have sorted itself out without any real issues so far - it just booted up and spent a few minutes removing & installing drivers.

This is easily the least hassle I've ever had doing an upgrade - usually ends up with a broken operating system and a clean install...

[UK_Vstrom650]

I haven't updated my computer since c. 2010 (except Windows 10) so am pleased to hear it went well as I've always ended up reinstalling Windows again. I keep thinking of upgrading my computer but given I don't have enough time to ride my bike as much as I like  , I certainly don't have time to play computer games (which would be the point of upgrading it) 

[vstroman]

I'm just delighted I know how to turn the bloody thing on

[Mr Nick]

Maybe I have jinxed it...

Windows is refusing to activate the licence so far: it's linked to my MS account and I should be able to tell them that I've upgraded hardware and it's the same PC that the licence is valid on, but there's a problem contacting the activation servers it seems.
I'll worry about that some other day as everything's still working & If I end up having to spend a fiver on another licence then I'll not be crying.

[UK_Vstrom650]

 
Good luck with the fix 

[TLPower]

Blah, blah, blah, blah.

If you can't mend with tie wraps, gaffer tape or welding it's f#cked.