HP z220 SFF intel processor upgrade so i can run windows 11

[wc2f]

hello hopefully someone has the answer to my problem.  i ran the pc health from microsoft and it says processor not compatible for windows 11. it list many like i7-6700    i3-6100  i5-6400 again many other ones as well but the one inside my pc intel core i3-3220 3.6ghz does not.

i research online and these are compatible  i7-3770   i5-3570  i5-3470 but they are not on microsoft list? so i need to  know what processor on their list works with hp z220 sff  and install 

[SDH]

It is too early to get worried about this.  Some of what MS has put out relates to what processors they want manufactures to use now in new builds.  That does not necessarily mean that an older processor will not work under W11.  A bigger deal is that your workstation uses TPM 1.2 firmware in its on-motherboard and MS is saying it needs to use TPM 2.0 firmware.

There may be the capability to upgrade TPM 1.2 firmware to TPM 2.0 firmware.  Some other vendors have done this already, and HP has done this for the ZX40 generation of workstations.  It remains to be seen if HP will release a TPM 1.2 -> TPM 2.0 firmware updater for the ZX20 generation.

Let's hope so... that updater may already exist depending on what HP has in their vaults and whether it is easy or hard to port it over.  I certainly would be happy to enroll in a beta test for that.

A side note:  HP/Intel have been adding security updates into their BIOS updaters for the ZX20 workstations for some years now.  How many of us have known this or applied those updates?  Do your homework and learn how to update BIOS from within BIOS for the ZX20 workstations.  The process is a bit different from doing the same thing with the ZX40 generation.  It is the only way we do it now, and doing BIOS updates from within W10 as your OS in the ZX20 generation of workstations is playing with fire.  I've posted about how to do it safely from within BIOS for years now here...

My guess is that MS with W11 is forcing vendors and owners to pay attention to security weakness points from the firmware angle now.  The bad guys have figured out that is a great back door, and a huge percentage of us don't pay attention to that at all.  The IT guys for many of our partners have no clue about this issue.

[wc2f]

Thanks for the Information 

yes I have tpm 1.2 but it passed the check test only issued was the processor 

hopefully I can upgrade this pc I like it 

thanks again

windows 11 now expecting release in early 2022 so plenty of time and maybe some things in the requirements get relaxed

[BambiBoomZ]

Wc2f,

I agree with all of our friend SDH's comments.

In addition, I will add that a processor compatibility list that starts with Intel 6-series and the recent publication of the end of updates for W10 in 2015 are likely signals that MS has gone into a new phase of limited legacy hardware support; it's impossible  (read not cost- effective) to make all software work on systems that are beyond a certain minimal development.

Something to remember is that the system will have a limitation forward as to the software it can run.  Software and constanyly increases in capabilities and controls and the hardware must keep pace in parallel.  I have a computer that I bought in 1998:

Dell Dimension XPS T700R (1998) > Pentium III (Slot 1) @ 750MHz / 768MB PC100 RAM / AGP ATI Radeon 128MB / SCSI Ultra66 controller / 30 GB + 80GB IDE / Iomega Zip100 backup drive / CD-RW : Memorex 52X / Dynex 10/100 Ethernet/Internet / Soundcard: Audiowerk 2 PCI / Fax Modem : 56K US Robotics / Windows XP 32-bit

That's what $2,700 bought in the previous Century. and  it still runs AutoCad R14, Sketchup 7, Corel Graphics Suite 3, WordPerfect 7, and an Audiowerk 2 soundcard very well. AutoCad starts and opens the tiny files of that time faster than the current 4.4GHz z620. A number of those applications, particularly AutoCad R14 would be usable in my work today as I use ACAD only for precision 2D drafting. However, the T700Rt as it's 32-bit can not run almost any current applications.

It will take time for W11 to mature, there will be initial driver problems and Service Packs and etc. Consider upgrading the z220 CPU to the fastest for that platform. It appears from Passmark Performance Test baselines that there were three motherboards and the best CPU on the 1791 platform and in the SFF case, is the Intel i7-3770 (4C @ 3.4 /3.8GHz) .  That appears to cost about $80 or so these days.

So, one tactic would be to add an SSD as boot drive if it doesn't have one, plus a faster CPU, and GPU, make a careful reloading of the OS and all the software,.  However, be careful of the cost. It's easy to overspend  for the value. For less than the cost pf an i7-3770, it's possible to buy a Xeon E5-1650 v2 which is 6C@ 3.5 /3.9GHz and which is a rare Xeon that may be overclocked.

If the uses for the system need a current OS to run current applications, and be expandable to use W10 and W11- someday, consider looking for an HP z420 with a Xeon E5-1650 v2:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/154358262983?hash=item23f0782cc7:g:1SMAAOSwG8tgQTtR

$145 with RAM, the excellent Quadro K2000 and a 500GB HD. The Windows 7 can be installed from the standard HP -supplied OEM disks. That kind of system will have far superior performance, probably run W11 when that's ready, accommodate a far higher level of 2D and 3D GPU's thanks to a 600W power supply, and may have sufficient performance to keep it two or three years longer than the z220 could be kept useful with even th highest level of compatible upgrades.

The highest Passmark system rating for an HP z220 SFF is 4455 using an i7-3770 / GTX 1050 Ti / Samsung 850 EVO 500GB. I would estimate that the components listed above- the CPU, GPU, and boot drive, cost quite a lot  more than $145.

[Passmark System Rating: = 4455 / CPU = 9459 / 2D = 721 / 3D = 6480 / Mem = 2375 Disk = 4915 /Single Thread average for the i7-3770  = 2074 [5.3.21]

Here is the office z420:

HP z420_3: (2015) (R12) Xeon E5-1650 v2 (6C@ 4.3GHz) / z420 Liquid cooling / 64GB (HP/Samsung 8X 8GB DDR3-1866 ECC registered) / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/ Samsung SM951 M.2 256GB AHCI + Samsung 860 EVO 500GB + HGST 7K6000 4TB / 600W PSU > Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (HP OEM )
[Passmark System Rating: = 5947 / CPU = 15268 / 2D = 773 / 3D = 11025 / Mem = 2931 Disk = 15530 /Single Thread Mark = 2383 [5.3.21]  _The E5-1650 v2 cost $58.

BambiBoomZ

HP z620_2 (2017) (R9) > Xeon E5-1650 v2 (6C@ 4.4GHz) / z420 Liquid Cooling / 64GB (HP/Samsung 8X 8GB DDR3-1866 ECC registered) /GTX 1070 Ti 8GB / Samsung SM951 M.2 512GB AHCI + Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe 500GB + HP/HGST Enterprise 6TB / Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 sound interface + 2X Mackie MR824 / 825W PSU / Windows 7 Prof.’l 64-bit (HP OEM) > 2X Dell Ultrasharp U2715H (2560 X 1440)
[ Passmark Rating = 6148 / CPU rating = 15952 / 2D = 787 / 3D= 13077 / Mem = 3045 / Disk = 15506 / Single Thread Mark = 2425 [5.20.21]