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I'm afraid there's not that many people around here with recovery disk experience because we tend to build our own machines and install retail/oem copies of Windows. But from what I've read recovery disks are hardwired to the computer and are not supposed to work on any other computer. I think the license they get from Microsoft is for one computer and that copy of Windows is not supposed to be run on another computer. Once you upgrade your machine enough it's probably not going to work.
You could probably use the SYSPREP solution suggested in the other thread but you would have to do the SYSPREP on your current hardware, then shut the machine down and make all the hardware changes, then boot your "new" machine and then install your new drivers. But for that method to work in the future you'll have to reassemble your old hardware whenever you want reinstall Windows.
If I were you, I'd just try the recovery disk to see if it will install. There's a good chance it will refuse to install or won't boot. Then call MicroCenter and tell them you had to change motherboards and ask what to do. If they tell you to go away then you're stuck getting a retail copy of Windows.
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