Just finished buying my 2k gaming PC questions about the os.

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Here is my PC parts list
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WZNQWX

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $308.87)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (Purchased For $85.33)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z270 Killer SLI/ac ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (Purchased For $112.98)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (Purchased For $136.99)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (Purchased For $127.99)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $83.72)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC2 Video Card (Purchased For $729.99)
Case: Corsair - Crystal 570X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $139.65)
Power Supply: Corsair - 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $99.99)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Corsair - SP120 RGB High Performance 52.0 CFM 120mm Fan (Purchased For $19.99)
Total: $1935.39


I came in $75 under budget which was nice. But now I'm getting ready to buy an os.

I plan to buy windows 10, but I heard buying an oem was a bad idea because it is tied to my mobo and there is little to no support if I do any build changes.

I have no disk drive, will a flash drive os work even without an existing operating system? If so am I better off buying one from best buy to guarantee the keys are valid or does Newegg have some sort of guarantee? I have seen lots of Amazon reviews that state the keys were invalid and they were on their own.
 
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OEM versions of Windows 10 are tied to either your hardware (motherboard) or a MS Account which you use to log into your system. If it's tied to your MS account, then it can be transferred to another system if necessary.

OEMs are for system builders. The general line of thinking is if you're smart enough to build a computer yourself, you should be able to troubleshoot it yourself as well, so there's little support from Microsoft, but tons of support from anywhere else online (including Tom's Hardware).

Windows costs what it costs. There is no recommended cheap way around this. Purchase only from authorized resellers (Amazon, Newegg, etc...) or from Microsoft itself. If you find a license that is significantly cheaper that what you can...
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Yes, just buy Windows on a flash drive. Plug the flash drive into the PC and turn the PC on, then go into the bios and select it to boot from the usb and it will run the windows launcher.

As far as where you get it from, you can go to best buy just because they have a place you can go and actually take it back if there is a problem. It will not have any bloatware, it will just be windows 10.

If you buy a prebuilt PC from an OEM, such as MSI, there will be a bunch of bloatware from MSI loaded on windows.
 
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OEM versions of Windows 10 are tied to either your hardware (motherboard) or a MS Account which you use to log into your system. If it's tied to your MS account, then it can be transferred to another system if necessary.

OEMs are for system builders. The general line of thinking is if you're smart enough to build a computer yourself, you should be able to troubleshoot it yourself as well, so there's little support from Microsoft, but tons of support from anywhere else online (including Tom's Hardware).

Windows costs what it costs. There is no recommended cheap way around this. Purchase only from authorized resellers (Amazon, Newegg, etc...) or from Microsoft itself. If you find a license that is significantly cheaper that what you can currently find at Amazon or Newegg (no third party sellers), then the license is most likely not valid and may be revoked at any time, if it's allowed at all.

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