32GB of ram is absolutely still enough. Your biggest boost will be getting an m.2 drive, if you aren't already on one. Much faster and more reliable than an ssd.
As for windows and re-installation of everything....yes. there are technically a couple workarounds you could do, but really, you're way better off just doing a fresh install of everything on an m.2 drive. If you want to stay with windows, it may be easier to pirate win 10 rather than going through customer service, but de0ending on how you own your current windows, microsoft customer service may be able to hook you up.