I need a new system for heavier work. currently on 8320 fx and it does what I need.
so I understand that ryzen 7 g2 will work with win7 with a bit of tweaking. but how about b450/550 and ryzen 7 G3?
where is the limit where things get really difficult and also many programs wont run well?
ok, so spoke to others who gave help on running 3rd gen boards and 3rd gen ryzen with windows 7
not easy or simple but possible
If I were you I would find a motherboard that meets my needs and then look at the manufactures website to see if they have downloads for Windows 7 64-bit drivers. I looked at a few motherboards with B450 and B550 chipsets. The B450 ones had Windows 7 drivers while the B550 ones didn't. I only did a cursory search so don't know if that is true for all similar motherboards.
In 2017 I build a 1st generation Ryzen computer with an ASUS Prime X370-Pro motherboard with an AMD Ryzen 7 1700X CPU. Currently the computer has a 2nd generation AMD Ryzen 7 3700X CPU. I would have to get a new motherboard if I wanted to use a 3rd generation Ryzen 5000 series CPU.
BTW, I still have a computer with an AMD FX8350 CPU. It's still running OK and even better after I replaced the 3.5-inch SATA boot hard drive with a 2.5-inch SATA SSD.
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ASRock x570 / b550 motherboard BIOS does not support win7 ACPI, need to use the modified acpi.sys. It is recommended that users who use x570 / b550 motherboard to install win7 buy ASUS, Gigabyte or MSI motherboard.
x570 motherboard recommendations for ryzen 5000 series & windows 7 - #5 by evilprotoss - Windows 7/Vista/Server 2008 - Win-Raid ForumI can sure that ASUS Gigabyte MSI X570/B550 can work on win7 and don’t need mod acpi.sys，because I had tested them before. I recommend buy a mainboard without WiFi card, also can buy the mainboard replace the WiFi card easily one. My Gigabytes X570 and B550 platforms all replace the WiFi card with 8260/8265AC,RTL8822CE,Killer 1535 which can work on win7...You can buy a 8265AC to replace the AX200，it about $5. Also you can turn it off in the BIOS.
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