cpu upgrade and undating to windows 11

[philicheesestea]

Hello, I am trying to upgrade my computer's processing unit, here are my computer's specs.

I also have a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti.

here's what my computer says about upgrading to windows:

This PC must support Secure Boot

TPM 2.0 must be enabled

the processor isn't supported

What CPU should I upgrade too, and what should I do to upgrade my computer after that? And should i even upgrade to windows 11

Any answers would be greatly appreciated

[Paul_Tikkanen]

There are no hardware upgrades you can do to make your PC meet Microsoft's minimum W11 hardware requirements.

Your PC already has the next to the best processor you can install in the PC.

The only better one would be the i7-3700K.

If you are interested in installing W11 24H2 on your PC as is, watch this video:

How to install Windows 11 24H2 on Unsupported PC (Early Access) 2024 (youtube.com)

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

Download Windows 11 (microsoft.com)

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.

I'm running W11 24H2 on my HP 8200 Elite CMT that has an i7-2600 processor.

Works great.

Have been running it on W11 for 3 years now.

[philicheesestea]

Do you think is worth it to buy and install the i7-3700K, would it make much of the difference?

And what are the benefits of installing W1124H2?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

It wouldn't be worth upgrading the processor IMHO.

The only advantage to running W11 is the continued OS support by Microsoft beyond October of 2025 when W10 goes out of support.

Personally, I feel my unsupported PC's run a little better on W11 than they did on W10.

A little faster boot up time, a little better responsiveness and that is what the Microsoft W11 advertising promised when they first introduced W11 to market.

I've upgraded more than 10 unsupported desktop and notebook PCs to W11 throughout the last 3 years.

Since upgrading to W11 won't cost anyone a dime, I don't see any reason why anyone wouldn't want to give it a try.

If you don't like W11, you have 10 days to easily go back to W10.

Windows 11: How to go back to Windows 10

[philicheesestea]

Thanks, but upgrading to W11 is just a sidenote, right now my priority is to get my computer more faster. Right now I have started to do game development with unity, and the runtime is killing me, and I just want my computer to be faster in general, because right now it takes an pretty long time to start up and for apps to load, any suggestions? 

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

Have you replaced the mechanical hard drive with a SATA SSD?

I see that you already have 32 GB of memory and that is the max for the 8300 Elite.

Here is a side-by-side comparison of the i7-3770 vs the i7-3770K:

Intel® Product Specification Comparison

A slightly higher processor base frequency.

You can decide whether or not it would be worth the upgrade:

[philicheesestea]

I don’t think I’m gonna buy it, what is the SATA SSD? And is there any other what i can upgrade my computer 

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

If your PC currently has the standard 3.5" SATA hard drive it came with, you can replace that with a much faster performing 2.5" SATA solid state drive (SSD).

Something like this:

Amazon.com: Western Digital 1TB WD Blue SA510 SATA Internal Solid State Drive SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s,...

Then to mount the smaller SSD where the 3.5" drive is now, you buy a 3.5" to 2.5" adapter.

I use this one because it is the same size as a 3.5"drive and works really well.

Amazon.com: ORICO 2.5 SSD SATA to 3.5 Hard Drive Adapter Internal Drive Bay Converter Mounting Brack...

That would make a very good improvement in performance.

[philicheesestea]

Thank you so much, that's just what i was looking for, so how do you mount the SSD? And there is options for the SSD to be 1TB, 250GB. 500GB. 2TB, and 4TB. At which point does my computer stop getting a noticable difference?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

I don't recommend going more than a 2 TB drive.

I posted the link to a 1 TB drive.

You can look at the pictures of the mounting adapter I posted, and it shows you how to do it.

It comes with all of the screws you need and you use the existing antivibration screws that are currently on the 3.5" drive and put them on the adapter and slide it into place in the drive bay.

See the service manual, chapter 6 if you are unfamiliar with how to remove and replace the 3.5" drive.

c03612798.pdf

It's easy.

Then you can reinstall W10 on the new SSD.