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Jeronimo2440
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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...
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Corei77700korBust
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Oct 17, 2021
It would require a motherboard swap out as well. The ASUS z270-I can’t take anything more powerful than the core i7-7700k. If it was as simple as replacing CPU’s in our pcs we would do it.
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Sixpiece
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Oct 17, 2021
That mother board can run coffee lake, it’s a point less upgrade but you might be able to get the chip new for under 100$ hopefully… since it’s old …

https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_Lake
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    Corei77700korBust
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    Oct 17, 2021
    Yes it’s the same docket but it requires 300 z390 motherboard.
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      Sixpiece
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      Oct 17, 2021
      Why is that? Where do you see it won’t work with z270?

      https://www.asus.com/ca-fr/motherboards-components/motherboards/prime/prime-z270-a/
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        Corei77700korBust
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        Oct 17, 2021
        The ASUS z270-I ITX board. ASUS site lists the best processor as core i7-7700k plus Intel states that a z390 motherboard chipset is required for an 8700k
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    Sixpiece
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    Oct 17, 2021
    https://www.intel.ca/content/www/ca/en/products/sku/126684/intel-core-i78700k-processor-12m-cache-up-to-4-70-ghz/ordering.html

    It’s retired and discontinued…

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