Motherboards with processor support fo Windows 7

[Chris Wilson]

I am looking for a new motherboard, essentials are support for good processors still able to function with Windows 7 64 bit, and support for at least one PCIe M.2 drive. Niceties would be a VGA output socket, a header for a serial port and ALC1150 or better audio chipset, something definitely able to run "Stereo Mix", sometimes called "What U Hear". As an aside I don't believe CPU's beyond a certain series support Windows 7, is that because of driver issues, or more entrenched issues, and is it the same with late motherboards, too? Driver issues? Thanks.

 

[Double07]

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[Rroff]

Intel are releasing new chipsets with Windows 7 support and MS has widened support for Skylake in 7 - however you may still need to sidestream Windows 7 drivers in many cases and might find some newer board/CPU combos problematic.