Upgrade from Win 10 to 11 with Ryzen 5 1600 cpu

[Johnnie_d]

I see a conflict in the info regarding my HP PC and its compatibility to upgrade to Win 11. I have a AMD Ryzen 5 1600 cpu, 32 mg ran, etc on an HP Basswood 8399 MB. Bios is F.26 Rev A, the latest version from HP.

When I run the PC Win 11 upgrade checker, all component were fine, but says CPU does not support Win 11. Yet when I look at Win processors that are ok, Ryzen 5 1600 is in the Microsoft Supported CPU OK list.

Can someone explain this to me please and how I can upgrade to Win 11. Thx

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

You're looking at the W10 supported processor list.

This is the W11 supported processor list.

The minimum desktop processor that supports W11 is the Ryzen 5 2600 which is not supported in your PC's motherboard.

Windows processor requirements Windows 11 supported AMD processors | Microsoft Learn

If you are happy with your PC, and if you are interested in doing an in-place upgrade from W10 > W11 24H2 on your PC as is, watch this video, which is the easiest way to do it in my opinion, and I have tried many different ways to do this during the last 3 years.

How to Install Windows 11 on Unsupported PC in 2025 (New Easiest Method, No CMD)

Download the W24H2 ISO file and use that (3rd option).

Download Windows 11

You can download the free 7-Zip file utility from the link below. The top line is for 64 bit.

7-Zip

You'll have to repeat this procedure each October when Microsoft rolls out the new builds because a PC that does not meet Microsoft's minimum W11 hardware requirements will never automatically get the update to the next build.

Other than that, your PC will continue to get the monthly cumulative and other updates.

That's only a minor inconvenience to have continued OS support beyond October of 2025.

If the PC does not work as well on W11 as it did on W10, you have 10 days to easily go back to W10 as long as you don't delete the W11 upgrade files or the Windows.old folder.

See option one at the link below for how to go back to W10:

How to Downgrade from Windows 11 to Windows 10

[Johnnie_d]

Hi Paul,

Thx for quick reply and explanation. Gee...I just followed the CPU browser prompts on MS website for compatibility...anyway.

Would seem that if supporting hardware, firmware, etc was within specs that MS put forth, then if you had these specs...it would be acceptable...but then that's marketing.

My current machine runs just fine, so I'll stick with Win10. if I run into any issues once Win10 is abandoned, I'll consider a hardware upgrade.

Thanks again, John

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome, John.

I'm running W11 24H2 on about 10 PC's that don't meet Microsoft's minimum hardware requirements and every one of them work great--even better than they did on W10, IMHO.

They're all good performing PC's that meet all of my needs, so I don't see any point in retiring them because of some arbitrary hardware requirements.

Cheers,

Paul