PC overhaul for windows 11.

[Juggati]

Hello hope everyone is well, been 6 years since I last had a new PC and my current one does not support win 11 it seems. I spent quite a bit on it so hoping to salavage some parts to reuse with a new pc if practical, if not then that is not an issue.



Purchase Timeframe:1/2 months

Budget:£1500/1600

Usage: almost purely for Gaming (Space Marine 2 Recomended settings is the benchmark)

Preferences: Pure SSD and possibly moving to liquid cooling

Current Hardware:
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Matisse 7nm Technology

RAM
32.0GB Dual-Channel DDR4 @ 1199MHz (17-17-17-39)

Motherboard
Micro-Star International Co., Ltd B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) (AM4)

Graphics
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER (8 Gigabyte)

Storage
1863GB Seagate ST2000DM008-2FR102HDD
465GB Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB (Unknown (SSD))

Optical Drives
No optical disk drives detected

Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio

Dark Rock BK622 Pro 4 240w CPU cooler.

Corsair TX650M PSU

Peripherals:

ASUS TUF Gaming VG27WQ Curved Gaming Monitor – 27 Inch WQHD (2560x1440), 165Hz, Extreme Low Motion Blur , Adaptive-sync, FreeSync ,1ms (MPRT), DisplayHDR 400. Logiech keyboard and mouse​

Always open to advice and further education, many thanks in advance.

 

[tamzzy]

my current one does not support win 11 it seems.

that is incorrect, your pc does in fact support windows 11
you just need a bios update
if you're satisfied with the performance and don't see the need to scratch the upgrade itch, i'd suggest you just update the bios and then you're good to go

 

[tamzzy]

download from here: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B450-A-PRO-MAX/support

 

[NetMan]

Well that CPU supports W11 is secure boot, TMP / fTPM etc enabled in the BIOS?

Windows processor requirements Windows 11 supported AMD processors

This specification details the AMD processors that can be used with Windows 11 customer systems that include Windows products, including custom images.

learn.microsoft.com

Does it say why it doesnt support W11, it probably just needs a bios setting changing to UEFI the drive configured as GPT etc... but don't change anything until you are sure what you are doing otherwise you wont be able to boot..


Although that CPU is an ideal candidate for an upgrade as well if you want to make the most of AM4 then I'd probably wait until the next round of AM5 cpus are out before a full system upgrade.

 

[NetMan]

download from here: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B450-A-PRO-MAX/support

The "2022-08-11" update "Change the default setting of Secure Boot" is the only one listed that I can see would make a difference or is there a bug thats not listed?

If bios wasn't set to UEFI, W10 was an in place upgrade from W7 etc op needs to be careful what he changes before he has installation media to hand otherwise he won't be able to boot.

 

[NetMan]

OP theres a useful little program that tells you what needs changing if you want to try it: https://github.com/rcmaehl/WhyNotWin11/

 

[Juggati]

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[Juggati]

that is incorrect, your pc does in fact support windows 11
you just need a bios update
if you're satisfied with the performance and don't see the need to scratch the upgrade itch, i'd suggest you just update the bios and then you're good to go

When i got the alert for win10 support it told me I coudl not run 11 on my pc, so just assumed it was correct.

OP theres a useful little program that tells you what needs changing if you want to try it: https://github.com/rcmaehl/WhyNotWin11/

Thanks for the responses, will have a look into it, I am not very good with this kind of thing so hopefully I wont make things worse.

 

[Juggati]

OP theres a useful little program that tells you what needs changing if you want to try it: https://github.com/rcmaehl/WhyNotWin11/

it says my TPM version is disabled or not detected. The rest is all green!

 

[NetMan]

Start by downloading the WhyNotW11 program and seeing what that says is wrong.

My guess is the partition needs changing to GPT then UEFI / secure boot need to be enabled.

Theres a tool you can use to convert your drive to GPT but if anything goes wrong your PC won't boot so I would backup anything important and probably make a W11 installation USB stick before changing anything it case it goes wrong.

 

[NetMan]

it says my TPM version is disabled or not detected. The rest is all green!

If the rest is green check the BIOS settings for TPM / fTPM and enable it.


Edit:
I think your motherboard has a TPM slot so you could potentially buy a TPM module but the CPU should also have fTPM support.

fTMP has been known to cause stuttering so I would install the latest BIOS as Tamzy suggested.

 

[Tetras]

it says my TPM version is disabled or not detected. The rest is all green!

FYI: I'd recommend that you create backups of any important data before you start messing with fTPM and secure boot. You should be fine, but on older PCs they can be awkward.

 

[Threepwood]

buy an OLED monitor if you are buying a new monitor nowadays, a nice 1440p high refresh one

 

[NetMan]

OP are you now installing W11 or did it all go Kaput?

 

[inogen]

I've been running win 11 on an old PC (Haswell i7-4770K) with no TPM for about 2 months now with no bother at all.

I just used Rufus to make a USB install.

 

[NetMan]

I've been running win 11 on an old PC (Haswell i7-4770K) with no TPM for about 2 months now with no bother at all.

I just used Rufus to make a USB install.

I've used it on an old laptop but there are issues with feature updates not installing and other things potentially breaking further down the line if you use unsupported hardware.

OP's PC just needs fTPM enabling then it will meet W11 requirements, fingers crossed nothing major goes wrong when he enables it / updates his BIOS then he can do an in place upgrade before deciding if he still wants to upgrade the hardware.