Broadwell or Skylake Cpu for Windows 7

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I am looking to either build a small fanless silent htpc or to buy a nuc and get a silent fanless case for it, i want to install windows 7 because i dont like anything else. I want to get the newest processor possible, i read that skylake cpu's do work with win7 but the support will be ending soon. Does this mean i should get a 5th gen broadwell cpu or is there no reason not to get a 6th gen skylake cpu
 
I'm interested in this too, but from a w8.1 perspective. I'm finding it difficult to get exact info on which CPUs will be supported and which wont. Looking to buy the best going, to see me through to post windows days.
 
From what i have read the 7th gen wont support win 7, 5th and 6th gen does but 6th gen is losing support from microsoft this year, 5th gen is ok, so maybe we could still get away with with using the 6th gen intel cpu.
 
Broadwell cpu's are pretty rare and expensive to get hold of. They also only work in z97 boards not z87. Not sure on other chipsets, you'd have to look at the cpu support list.

The nucs are probably easier to get hold of though.
 
pandem0nium said:
Broadwell cpu's are pretty rare and expensive to get hold of. They also only work in z97 boards not z87. Not sure on other chipsets, you'd have to look at the cpu support list.

The nucs are probably easier to get hold of though.
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Ok thanks for the info. Do you happen to know if its a good idea to get a skylake cpu if i intend to install windows 7. i know it works but im referring to future support.
 
Well I use a skylake based xeon with windows 7 for work, no problem at all. And me having a working machine is pretty critical to the business.

At home I'm running windows 10 on all my machines and use kodi for media.
 
With microsoft stopping support for the skylake cpu in the near future, should the cpu work just fine, does it just mean there will be no more advances but it will still work?
 
It may bring up some stability issues which are unlikely to get addressed with urgency but I doubt they will limit you to any extent.
 
Quite surprised really it's not been asked but it depends what you are planning to do with it...

If you do work tasks, multi thread (render lots of videos etc) or intend to benchmark then the additional lanes for multi GPU would be beneficial. If you want it for gaming and normal use then Kabylake is the better deal right now, comparatively speaking the very newest in its series vs cost of old broadwell.
 
Regardless it doesn't mean it won't work they just set a cut off for guaranteed support really. Those two chipsets are best at quite different things so honestly it's more a question of which chip is better for you that worrying about Windows.
 
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