I need help getting a free or cheap version of Windows 8.1

So my state recently added a law in December requiring Amazon to collect taxes online. I planned on only spending $800 on my pc build plus the price of windows, but I went over budget because of the $56 tax. If you guys could help me get a free copy of windows that I could use in meantime that would be fantastic.

In case you were interested > http://pcpartpicker.com/p/gDg6P6

Oh and one last thing, is there a way to just purchase a windows key at a cheaper price? If so, I may be able to do that instead.

Thanks!

https://teksyndicate.com/forum/buysaletrade/wts-windows-keys-and-few-other-products-paypal-bitcoin/188413

Can vouch for Digital Juice, legit keys cheap and quick.

Thanks, will probably be order one today or tomorrow!

 

Do you still need one?

 

You can get it for free for 90 days:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-8-1-enterprise


Probably worth mentioning, that way you can take your time figuring out how to get a license.

Nope, found one

Reverse engineered Windows clone http://reactos.org/

Don't pirate Windows software, it'll only be loaded with malware or in the case of a cracked serial, will need to be fiddled with endlessly to keep getting security patches.

Else you could give a Linux distro a try in the interim.

Go on kickass Torrents, its free

or you could just ( and I will never do this due to my good standing and ethics)... Download the 90 day free trial and use kms pico ... ROFL

That being said if you dont want malware you can crack the key hash for your specific os in a linux distro such as kali with oclhash cat or cuda hash cat ROFL

though in all seriousness get a legit license.. it will help microsoft make a better version (MAYBE ROFL)

Here you can find legit keys for 25$ http://www.reddit.com/r/microsoftsoftwareswap/

I have some for $25 it's on buy/sell/trade or pm me

I have dreamspark, which basically means infinite installs of Windows.