Install latest motherboard BIOS or no?

[Omie]

I have an i7 7700k and the Asus IX Formula motherboard. Recently, Asus came out with a BIOS update for Windows 11 support but Microsoft says my CPU is incompatible with Windows 11 anyways.

 

Is it worth still updating the BIOS? I usually try to do a yearly update on all my computer software (motherboard drivers, etc.) just so it’s up to date. Recently though I have noticed a lot of stuttering in all my games so not sure if a BIOS update would help with that too.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

You can run windows 11 fine. You just cant use windows update. Turn on TPM and secure boot and use a ISO to clean install

THat ubdate turns secure boot and tpm on by default

[Omie]

16 minutes ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

You can run windows 11 fine. You just cant use windows update. Turn on TPM and secure boot and use a ISO to clean install

THat ubdate turns secure boot and tpm on by default

I see. What would I do about future update patches to Windows 11? I’m assuming once I’m on W11 I still can’t use the Windows update right?

[Helpful Tech Witch]

7 minutes ago, Omie said:

I see. What would I do about future update patches to Windows 11? I’m assuming once I’m on W11 I still can’t use the Windows update right?

Microsoft said you "may not get updates"

I did it on my laptop, it had tpm and secureboot, but not a suported cpu. Its gotten updates so far.

 

I was able to install on a core 2 quad q6600 and it got windows update updates. It knows its not supported, but updates anyways