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Iron Contributor

Oct 04, 2021

The i7-7700K meet the minimun requierments to run Win11. But its not suported, Why?

Hi, I have an i7-7700K. This CPU have TPM 2.0, It's compatible with Secure Boot, it have 4 core up to 4.2 GHz. It also is 64bit. I don't know why this CPU is not supported by Microsoft to install W...

Copper Contributor

Oct 09, 2021

They are just copying Apple and setting arbitrary cut-off dates for support. They hope you will simply buy a new MS Surface Pro. It is unethical and environmentally repellant.

DeathOfChaos

Copper Contributor

Oct 11, 2021

SimonRowellFunny you should say that since they put the i5-7640X on the supported list which just so happens to be on one of their newer products. The 7640X is a 4C/4T CPU released only a few months after the 7700K.