CPU upgrade: i7-7700HQ to i7-7820HQ

[Weed-IT-Svcs]

Mobile workstation HP 17 G4 shipped with either the i7-7700HQ CPU or the i7-7820HQ CPU, which tells me the chassis supports either CPU. In HP sys info the BaseBoard (motherboard) is listed as HP 8270, KBC Version 46.7C. Does this board accept either CPU? If not, best recommendations for upgrading entire board to support i7-7820HQ CPU? I am stuck at Windows 10 due to the current i7-7700HQ and the i7-7820HQ is supported for Windows 11.

[banhien]

@Weed-IT-Svcs 

No, no available System board (Mother board + CPU ...). Only the following system boards are available for G4

• Intel Core i5-7300HQ processor part # 921325-601
• Intel Core i5-7440HQ processor part # 921326-601
• Intel Core i7-7700HQ processor part # 921327-601
• Intel Core i7-7820HQ processor part # 921328-601
• Intel Xeon E3-1535M processor part # 921329-601
• Intel Xeon E3-1505M processor part # 921330-601

You still can install Windows 11 as

              Installing Windows 11 on devices that don't meet minimum system requirements

Regards.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi, @Weed-IT-Svcs 

If you want to try out W11 on your PC, it is relatively easy to do...

I would make a system image of your current W10 installation prior to updating to W11, so you can easily reinstall W10 in the future.  I used the free Macrium Reflect software to do that, under the Backup at Home section. 

Along with the system image, make sure you create the bootable DVD or USB rescue drive you boot from to access the system image stored on your portable hard drive.

Macrium Software | Reflect Free Edition

First make this registry change...

https://www.hellpc.net/how-to-bypass-tpm-and-cpu-requirements-windows-11-upgrade-unsupported-pc/

Then download the Windows 11 ISO file (3rd option), not the W11 installation assistant.

Download Windows 11 (microsoft.com)

Then open the file with Windows explorer, and click on the setup application.

To do that, right click on the ISO file and select 'Open With' and select Windows Explorer.

See the screenshot...this is what you will see when you open the file with Windows Explorer.

After you double click to run the setup application, you will get this window, and you can now upgrade to W11.

You just have to accept the agreement that comes up during the upgrade process about your PC not meeting the requirements, etc., etc..

My unsupported W11 PC's got all of the W11 updates. 

I have upgraded 7 of them to W11, and they seem to run a little better on W11 than they did on W10.

However, I don't know how long they will continue to get all of the updates, or what will happen when the new build of W11 comes out next year in October.