Upgrade my 'unsupported' hardware to Win 11 or stick with Win 10?

Out of my 6 PC, only 2 can install win11 24H2 without the workaround.
the other 4 need a workaround, and not noticed any particular problems. Although 2 have older AMD CPU, one an FX6300, one a Phenom xii 955, and both if I enable hypervisor, crash in a few minutes. they both have 8gb ddr33 memory and work fine otherwise on 23H2

I thought about buying new memory, but the old memory passes memtest and windows memory test, so I just don't know except maybe MS does not test and support those older PC with AMD cpu. They are AM3 socket boards

There is an easy way to upgrade to windows 11.

1) download windows 11 iso file

2) mount iso file

3) open command prompt and type setup.exe /product server

it does say windows server installation, but it actually installs windows 11 and activates.

link below is for reference where information was obtained from only, and further major upgrade instructions.

As this officially unsupported, Its clearly use at own risk, but it worked for me on a macbook pro without a tpm chip

andydavey82 said:

There is an easy way to upgrade to windows 11.

1) download windows 11 iso file

2) mount iso file

3) open command prompt and type setup.exe /product server

it does say windows server installation, but it actually installs windows 11 and activates.

link below is for reference where information was obtained from only, and further major upgrade instructions.

Easy Install Windows 11 on Unsupported Hardware - Macbook or PC

Trying to run Windows 11 on unsupported hardware like a Mac or older PC? Discover the simple trick to bypass TPM, Secure Boot checks, no registry edits needed.

www.getcoding.co.uk

As this officially unsupported, Its clearly use at own risk, but it worked for me on a macbook pro without a tpm chip

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Upgrading an unsupported computer while connected to the internet has a great chance to fail at about 75% of copying files (before the first restart). This is due to a hidden online compatibility check. Disconnect from the internet to prevent that and also stop Windows Update from messing around until the upgrade is completed. Yes, there is an option not to install updates during installation, but I don't trust it. Also I have seen recently that the upgrade fails if you have more than one disks connected. Disconnect all disks except the Windows disk, upgrade and then reconnect them. I would also disconnect any external devices.