windows 11 support.

Question

PC specs.

I5-6600k
STRIX ROG 1070
32gigs DDR4 ram

over 2T of storage space.

Windows 11 does not support the processor.

With my current rig, and amazing speeds I can down load and play any game currently on the market. during a RAM shortage windows 10 ends security support. I am noticing I can extend it for one more year, however id prefer to simply upgrade to windows 11.

The web page requires a 64 bit multiple core processor. The i5-6600k meets that descriptions. I must say in all my years of using windows as my primary os this termination of windows 10, and push to 11 has been by far the worst, including the flop known as windows 8. this end of support has caused issues at work and home, and has been extremely frustrating. but essentially due to Microsoft lack of foresight to have a secure device I must spend easily another 2-3grand to upgrade to a DDR5 system during a ram shortage. please for the log of god expand your drivers list.

Answer 1

Hello, Samuel Marshall.

Unfortunately, having an x64 processor is not enough. Windows 11 has very strict security requirements for CPU hardware functions. And Intel processors of the 8th generation and newer meet these requirements.: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-25h2-supported-intel-processors

In the very first builds of Windows 11, Microsoft itself, although it did not recommend updating on an incompatible device, did not prohibit it either. And even the official help described a way to bypass the processor check and the availability of TPM, but later this method of circumvention was excluded: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11-on-devices-that-don-t-meet-minimum-system-requirements-0b2dc4a2-5933-4ad4-9c09-ef0a331518f1

Unfortunately, there are few official options. Either replace the processor with a supported one (if the motherboard allows it), or perform a full PC upgrade/purchase a new PC, or continue using Windows 10.