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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...
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.
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.
Yes I agree.
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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.- 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.
- I'm running Windows 11 Pro natively and I didn't overclock anything. My system is otherwise a complete pass for the requirements. I've literally had zero crashes since the first Insider Preview development build. It's been even more stable than Windows 10 for me, which rarely crashed at all in the past, even on its own Insider Preview development builds. Microsoft is just trying to force requirements on us to save money on testing and future development. Some of these are for security, yes, but Microsoft was being a bit lazy about it this time around for the sake of profit.
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