AMD B450 windows compatibility question

DibsTheHorse · March 6, 2020

I'm new to the computer community. I have an old gaming computer that I purchased around 2013 that I was working on updating. I have already replaced the GPU with the NVIDIA GTX 1660 and the PSU with a corsair 550w and gaming is fine with this, not amazing but definitely better. I was looking into purchasing the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 to replace my AMD FX-4350 (one motivation for this is the insanely loud CPU cooler along with awful fps). Because of this upgrade I was also going to upgrade my motherboard to the AMD B450 but I can't find anything about if it is compatible with windows 8.1 which is what I have. I'm on a tight budget and didn't expect to also have to buy a new motherboard, I really don't want to buy windows 10 along with this.

Summary: Is AMD B450 motherboard compatible with windows 8.1????

BobVonBob · March 6, 2020

Your Windows 8.1 key works to update to Windows 10. The free upgrade period technically ended, but old keys still work to install Windows 10, just make a Windows 10 install USB and use your old key.