I think I'm going with an i7 (or AMD equivalent) CPU, probably a 5th or 6th gen, as I definitely do not want to fool with all the workarounds to get the current 'latest&greatest' parts to work with Win 7. I could use some suggestions as to which specific models to consider....i7-5775C, i7-6700K, or something else? For motherboards, out of the box native support & drivers for Win 7 is essential. Beyond that I need minimum 16GB RAM capacity, VGA port required, the more expansion slots and SATA connectors the better, at least four USB 2.0 ports, and eSATA if possible. This is about as far as I've gotten. I have bought a CMStorm Trooper SGC-5000-KWN1 case, and Asus Xonar D2/PM/A PCIe audio card. Cost is not a big consideration since parts will be acquired piecemeal, but I doubt I would pay more than $300 for any component. Recommendations for parts welcomed.
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Im running WINDOWS 7 on a Ryzen 7, X470 mobo with a 1080 Ti with very little stuffing around setting it up.
Great. ..If you have Cyberpunk 2077 can you confirm DX12 works on win 7?
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Sadly I do not have Cyberpunk 2077 (to expensive in Aus) and DX12 can run but you would have to look into it as Blizzard supported Windows 7 With DX 12 with WoW a few yrs back
Going by Steam it says the game does support 7
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Cyberpunk does work on W7,running like normal on an MSI B550 Tomahawk and 5800x and XFX6800xt.
The only thing that I needed to do to install W7 was download a updated version of W7,I think it is updated to September 2020.
When I used my stock original SP1 ISO it wouldn't install.
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But why are you stuck on using Win7?
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Matured, lightweight, simple OS. I'd use it if it was still being officially supported by Microsoft.
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Hi,
I use win-7 daily since it came out in, what 2009
The world has not ended past 7's eol date it was actually a celebration seeing no more borking/ telemetry crap needed to be avoided/ striped out of updates anymore.
I use win-7 daily since it came out in, what 2009
The world has not ended past 7's eol date it was actually a celebration seeing no more borking/ telemetry crap needed to be avoided/ striped out of updates anymore.
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| Memory | G.Skill 2x16GB 3200mhz |
| Video Card(s) | MSI GTX1080 Ti Gaming X |
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| Audio Device(s) | SteelSeries Arctis 5 |
| Power Supply | Rosewill Fortress 750w |
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Good for you. People have personal preferences and if they want to use it, so be it.
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| Motherboard | X299 Rampage VI Apex & z490 Maximus XII Apex & Acer WG43M |
| Cooling | D5 combo/280 GTX/ VRM water block copper/280 GTX/ D5 Top/Optimus sigV2/TitanXp/Mora 360x2 |
| Memory | Trident-Z 3600C16 4x8gb & Trident-Z 3600c16 2x8gb & 4x2gb crucial |
| Video Card(s) | Titan Xp & 1080ti ftw3 & evga 980ti |
| Storage | 970 evo plus 500gb & 970 evo 500gb many 2.5" ssd's and WD BLK hdd's |
| Display(s) | 1-AOC G2460PG 24"G-Sync 144Hz/ 2nd 1-ASUS VG248QE 24"/ 3rd LG 43" series |
| Case | D450 second floor for 2nd rad x2/ Cherry Entertainment center |
| Audio Device(s) | Built in Realtek x2 with Insignia 2.0 sound bars & 1-LG sound bar |
| Power Supply | evga 1200P2 & 1000P2 with APC AX1500 & 850P2 & CyberPower-GX1325U |
| Mouse | Redragon Perdition x3 |
| Keyboard | G910 & G710+x2 |
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Hi,
Only system I don't have win-7 on is z490
I use linux mint on it primarily 10 goes mostly unused.
Only system I don't have win-7 on is z490
I use linux mint on it primarily 10 goes mostly unused.