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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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SunOneElse
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Apr 21, 2022
If im not mistaken, they decided not to support 7700k due to a like 40% crash rate with win11, im pretty sure thats more due to people clocking high and not testing for stability. On nearly overclocking forum and resource ive seen, people clock real high and post big numbers, but noone talks about stability testing. I myselt ran my 7700k at 5ghz for at least 2 years before i ever started looking at stability, and found that even tho i could make windows 10 run at 5ghz it wasnt efficient. It wasnt till i dialed back to 4.8ghz that i saw my stability settle in testing

Most people with a 7700k are shooting for more than 5ghz tho, and they arnt aware of how unstable they are running on the daily unless they were to actually test for it. And i doubt microsoft wants to bother with trying to explain all this to people that overclock, especially of its an issue affecting over 40% of 7700k users.
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    the999wizard
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    Jul 23, 2022

    SunOneElse Hi just reading the comments at the start of this thread, <there isnt a 40% crash rate for i7700>; its circa 50% higher than the processors which are green-lighted by MS for win11- which sounds terrible <except> the green lighted ones have a crash-free rating of 99.8% (0.2% crash) which means the i7700 has a 50% higher crash rate of 0.3%- or <the i7700 processor has a 99.7% crash free experience>. which makes the lack of MS support for all of our i7700 processors which are well capable, all the more mean and shows a disregard for customers who previously would have rated MS products (like me!)

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      jege41
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      Jul 23, 2022

      the999wizard the reason for the high crash rate is probably because of all of us wannabe system builders messing up hardware configurations.

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        SunOneElse
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        Jul 23, 2022

        jege41 

        tbh, i'd have to agree. most people with a 7700k boost the clock to the highest they can go while still being able to start windows in general. they arnt stability testing, and just restart when they bluescreen their systems. the only thing they talk about is being able to run their system at 5+ghz, and dont mention that its not stable at that frequency. 

        i know my system is capable of running benchmarks at 5ghz, but i know through testing prime95 and other testing software the highest i could go while staying stable was 4.8ghz.

        the primary reason people get a 7700k is to be able to change the clock speeds.

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    jege41
    Copper Contributor
    Apr 21, 2022
    Yes I agree.
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      SunOneElse
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      Apr 22, 2022

      jege41 
      all of that said, it makes me question the potential for stability in W11 anyway and makes me wonder if i should ever WANT to upgrade even if i update to a new mobo and CPU.

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        jege41
        Copper Contributor
        Apr 22, 2022
        I’m running the evaluation version of W11 Pro, I did have to install a TPM to get it. There are work around on bypassing the minimum requirements, and as far as stability and performance goes it’s definitely an upgrade from W10.

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