Windows 11 on unsupported CPU?

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I have an i5 6200u + radeon m330 laptop. It has both tpm 2.0 and secure boot enabled. It also has been upgraded to an ssd and 8 gb ddr4 2133 ram. It works perfectly fine with win 10. Was wondering how it will perform with win 11.

Can intall win 11 by skipping checks. There will be no feature updates but security updates will work.

There are 3 ways I know how to install.

  1. Registry Hack
  2. Rufus boot disk
  3. Flyby11

With windows 10 reaching EOL on Oct 14th. Can older machines be used with windows 11 (24H2/25H2). I would be happy to get another year or so out of it. As the date gets closer more peeps will be asking.

Any suggestions/experience with this are most welcome.

OT - I have acquired an intel BE200 wifi card. Sadly it is E keyed. Currently this is the only laptop I have that I can test with, if there is no bios whitelist. Also it only has 1 antenna, will have to buy another 1 or replace with a new pair.

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Using win11 on i5 6600k, with rufus boot disk method, I don’t have tpm module.

All working fine.

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I ran Windows 11 on 4790K without TPM, no issues. Made ISO using Rufus - 24H2 is more stable.

Have to update all drivers especially chipset.

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As others have already pointed out this is an easy thing to do. However given the age of the system I would suggest installing Windows 10 IOT ENT LTSC (supported till 2032) and it would be lighter on system resources. Unless you are hell bent on windows 11 then that’s a separate story.

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I did the windows registry hack on an old gigabyte H60+intel 3770 works well. There are few tpm2.0 modules available from MSI if it’s really necessary. But it’s expensive. But i would prefer microwin on rufus as it’s more easier to install.

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My laptop is EOL (HP 15ay). I have the best possible win 10 (older version) drivers installed. Hoping they’ll all transfer over.

I wanted to do an upgrade rather than clean install. Keep everything intact.

Can wait till 25H2 RTM is released. IDK if there will be new hard/soft lock, like they did with 24H2 (SSE4.2)

Win 10 LTSC is also a valid option.

In my case only the CPU is not supported and have no issues with win 10 for its intended use.

Drivers aside was just wondering what sort of performance hit will be there compared to win 10.

Mostly want win 11 to try out the card (wifi 7).

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BTW Win 11 iot ent ltsc is already out and it has no TPM req/locks. If you don’t want the hassel :slight_smile:

also light on resources !!!

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Completely agree. This would be my second option.

If 25H2 works, won’t mind no feature updates and two years (oct 2027) of security updates will be great.

As of now I think 24H2 will work similar to my current win 10 install. It will be updated till next year.

Regardless will have to do something by october or just keep using win 10.

Thanks for all the inputs. Gives more confidence.

Will urge others to share their experience with older gear as well.

What would the lowest usable spec for win 11 be unofficially?

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I have 2 Windows tablets being used as dashboards in my home, one with a 5Y10 and another with 7200U, set up with Rufus. Both are pretty responsive with Windows 11 LTSC, though the 5Y10 one with 4 GB RAM did struggle with regular Windows 11 installation, before I switched.

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Not to be that guy, but if do not necessarily require windows specific apps for daily usage you should take this opportunity to try out Linux. It has come a long way. I run a pretty high-end PC (7900X+7900XT) completely on Linux. Check this website → End of 10

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I have installed Windows 11 on a 10 year old Toshiba Laptop too, it’s a i3 but with 16GB RAM and SSD.

It runs, but, donkey slow compared Windows 10. Not used much only keep it as standby machine. You’d be better of paying them 30 dollars to buy a years worth of updates.

If you go down Windows 11 route then best back everything up and do a clean install. If you had a OEM Windows 10 key on your HP then wont ask for a serial number should just install and activate afterwards.

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Q8400 + 4x2GB DDR2 ECC + SATA SSD + GTX750Ti
TPM 1.2

Dual boot with WinXP on another SATA SSD

It works.

Much better than expected of such old hardware

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Win 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC is compatible with
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core Processor ?

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Yeah why not & with ease…

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I am using it on a dual core 5Y10 with 4 GB RAM, so compatibility is not a question, if you use something like Rufus to set up the installation drive. I don’t interact with the tablet since it is used as a dashboard but IoT Enterprise LTSC is your best bet to run Windows on an old device. All the debloated versions with hypothetical decrease in utilization are rubbish compared to it.