If you don't buy windows from an autherized reseller, or cant afford it, you're better off trying to use linux. I like mint becasue I run it from a flash drive occasionally, but there are lots to choose from. Anyways, a sketchy windows key is usually able to be gotten so cheaply because it was either not intended for resale or the seller is using the same keys over and over again, meaning your windows will suddenly de-activate evtually. This also makes it illeagal. The kinguin liscences are not sold by kiungin, but are sold by sellers on kinguin, to whom kiguin puts a blind eye towards.
You can get a 10 percent discount if you're a student and your schol is in Microsift's data base, and maybe even for free from school, but this really depends; my schools couldn't even give me word. I belive the free trial you mentioned is the enterprise version and lasts 90 days.
That being said, dropping the SSD actaully makes the price of windows, and an SSD that small IMO is pointless, windows takes half of it. Heres a build I came up with, that has windows in it, for $500 USD:
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CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($104.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($75.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI - Radeon RX 460 2GB Video Card (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: DIYPC - Solar-M1-R ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.97 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($51.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($102.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $495.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-10 09:51 EDT-0400
This build has a PSU thats actually safe to overclock on, faster RAM which Ryzen likes, no SSD because I really dont think it will last long enought to warrent the price, and windows. Im not too sure what the botle neck will be, but AM4 will be suppoered untill 2020, so thats plenty of time your mobo will be realevant for upgrading, and PCIe is standard and cross compadible with other PCIe versions.
We got luckey enough to have a red theme, but if you don't like the case change it, although I wouldnt reccoment a micro ATX in case you ever want to upgrade to a larger motherboard. You can also get RAM that is identical in every way exept color if you want black/gray RAM instead.
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