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Win 7 - want current Mobo & Processor
Hi,
Some history: I plan to stay with Win 7 for a long time. I decided to move an unused 8 year old Gigabyte EP43-UD3L to the 65" TV as a screen and found it won't boot if there are USB hard drives attached. If I attach them after windows starts, they ID & work fine. Seems like time to upgrade... Looking today I find the new processors require Win 10 and to run Win 7 I need Gen 6 processors or earlier. I do not want to use Win 10.
Perhaps I might find advice here to save me from a lot of hassle...
What is a powerful 6th gen processor and decent motherboard that comes with a bios with 2.1 that has some overclockability to it that I can run Win 7 on? I've had Intel for years but AMD is a fine processor & I'd give that a go if it's a good bet.
Or.. is there some way of getting security updates to Win 7 with the new gen processors?
Thanks! I never expected Intel & AMD would suck up to M$ and make processors that Win 7 can't run on. I do have to seriously look at Linux. I don't really want the learning curve at this point...
Cheers!