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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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Sixpiece
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Oct 20, 2021
Why don’t you do the update then and report back…?
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razerbug
Copper Contributor
Oct 20, 2021
Because I'm fully updated 21h1, I misread my version.

There is an article where someone running W11 fine from said CPU is being told it won't work on that CPU, so either the requirements are driven by market factors or the latest release of the Health tool went out before the latest CPU requirement relaxations reached the front end developers
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    nbelley
    Brass Contributor
    Oct 21, 2021

    razerbug 

     

    It's still not marked as supported on the Windows 11 CPU page, see screenshot: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-supported-intel-processors

     

     

     

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    Sixpiece
    Iron Contributor
    Oct 21, 2021

    razerbug the pc health tool says the processor is not supported.

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      Corei77700korBust
      Iron Contributor
      Oct 21, 2021
      All hail the health tool oracle.

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