Microsoft has up to date the minimal system necessities for Windows 11. The firm has introduced in a weblog put up that it’s including a small variety of additions to the appropriate processor listing after Windows Insider testing and exploring choices with OEMs. The minimal system necessities now additionally embody further older Intel CPUs that shall be appropriate with Windows 11 and the previous necessities are nonetheless relevant.
A couple of months again, Microsoft revealed a number of the key necessities for working Windows 11 on a PC. It will want a processor that has two or extra cores and a clock pace of 1GHz or increased. It can even must have RAM of 4GB or extra, and not less than 64GB storage. The PC can even want a TPM safety model of TPM 2.0 and SecureBootCapable help.
This recommended that the machines which are working Intel’s sixth or Seventh-generation processors won’t eligible to get the brand new replace. But, it appears that evidently a few of them is likely to be appropriate.
“We did identify a set of PC models that meet the principles while running on Intel 7th Gen processors that we did not originally include in our minimum system requirements.” Microsoft mentioned.
As per the newest weblog put up of the corporate, the brand new additions to the appropriate CPU listing embody Intel Core X-series and Xeon W-series. The listing now additionally contains Intel Core 7820HQ CPUs, however solely chosen units working this CPU are appropriate. The units that shipped with fashionable drivers primarily based on Declarative, Componentised, Hardware Support Apps (DCH) design rules such because the Surface Studio 2 are supported.
Microsoft additionally confirmed that there are not any new additions for AMD CPUs. The firm asserted that it has rigorously analysed AMD Zen processors in partnership with AMD. Users will quickly have the ability to use Microsoft’s PC Health Check app to seek out out whether or not their PC is appropriate with Windows 11.
The app was additionally taken down by the corporate after mass suggestions on the device’s lack of awareness as to why a system will be unable to run Windows 11. “We will be updating the PC Health Check app to identify the correct systems with the newly added Intel CPUs in the coming weeks before the tool is released for general availability,” the corporate mentioned.
