In Progress Advice please, seems my processor isn't Win 11 ready, maybe my board too.

[404Brighty]

Hi all,

My Intel Core i7479K CPU is flagged by PC Health Check as not supported. I thought it should be OK? I could consider upgrading it if my board will allow, but I still have to check whether the ASUSTeK Z97 GAMER PRO board supports TPM 2.0. Does it mean digging through the BIOS ...? I guess these are my two questions.

The homebrew PC is 11 or 12 years old but still runs all games and processes video as fast as I need. I don't want to be scared by M$ (oooh, security!) into upgrading to a new machine next year when this one is still fine.

Thanks for any advice.

 

[Bastet]

It will require a newer cpu - core 10 or higher:

Windows processor requirements Windows 11 supported Intel processors

This specification details the Intel processors that can be used with Windows 11 customer systems that include Windows products, including custom images.

learn.microsoft.com

TPM 2.0 which is enabled under the BIOS.
If it’s 10-12 years old then it will not have these.
There are workarounds though:

Bypass Windows 11 System Requirements Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to bypass the Windows 11 CPU, RAM, Secure Boot, and TPM 2.0 system requirements allowing you to clean install or upgrade to Windows 11 on a PC that doesn't meet these requirements. Installing Windows 11 on a device that does not meet Windows 11 minimum system...

www.elevenforum.com

Let's install Windows 11 on incompatible hardware

Inspired on this thread: Let's run Win10 on really really old hardware - Windows 10 Help Forums Most of our machines are unsupported on Windows 11, why not force it? --------- Run Windows 11 on unsupported machines --------- 1. How to Bypass Windows 11's TPM, CPU and RAM Requirements 2...

www.elevenforum.com

 

[404Brighty]

It will require a newer cpu - core 10 or higher:

Windows processor requirements Windows 11 supported Intel processors

This specification details the Intel processors that can be used with Windows 11 customer systems that include Windows products, including custom images.

learn.microsoft.com

TPM 2.0 which is enabled under the BIOS.
If it’s 10-12 years old then it will not have these.
There are workarounds though:

Bypass Windows 11 System Requirements Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to bypass the Windows 11 CPU, RAM, Secure Boot, and TPM 2.0 system requirements allowing you to clean install or upgrade to Windows 11 on a PC that doesn't meet these requirements. Installing Windows 11 on a device that does not meet Windows 11 minimum system...

www.elevenforum.com

Let's install Windows 11 on incompatible hardware

Inspired on this thread: Let's run Win10 on really really old hardware - Windows 10 Help Forums Most of our machines are unsupported on Windows 11, why not force it? --------- Run Windows 11 on unsupported machines --------- 1. How to Bypass Windows 11's TPM, CPU and RAM Requirements 2...

www.elevenforum.com

That's excellent, thank you Bastet. I'll investigate whether my board will take one of the required processors and whether my Corsair processor air cooler might service it too without becoming noisy. I'm just thinking ahead for later next year, better to be prepared in advance.

 

[Bastet]

On top of that 24H2 will require SSE 4.2 capable cpu.