i5 8400 on windows 11 drawbacks?

[kitnoman]

So my girlfriend is using my old pc. She has her laptop but likes using a desktop at home. Currently, I'm still using win10 on my newer PC and don't know anything about win11. While, she's interested in upgrading since it's available in windows update. So, I understand that the i5 8400 8th gen supports it, but does it run well on it? Are there any drawbacks or performance lost  running win11 on i5 8400?

It's not the only computer here, but it's the one she likes using(other than my current pc) and the last thing I want to happen if there are any major drawbacks and she complains about it, is me googling and troubleshooting the i5 8400 pc  and just end up reinstall win10. Thanks for help in advance!

[MingLee420]

3 minutes ago, kitnoman said:

So my girlfriend is using my old pc. She has her laptop but likes using a desktop at home. Currently, I'm still using win10 on my newer PC and don't know anything about win11. While, she's interested in upgrading since it's available in windows update. So, I understand that the i5 8400 8th gen supports it, but does it run well on it? Are there any drawbacks or performance lost  running win11 on i5 8400?

It's not the only computer here, but it's the one she likes using(other than my current pc) and the last thing I want to happen if there are any major drawbacks and she complains about it, is me googling and troubleshooting the i5 8400 pc  and just end up reinstall win10. Thanks for help in advance!

not really basically the same as windows 10 and running same cpu

[RONOTHAN##]

Nothing bad will happen, underneath they're pretty similar. The new UI can take a bit to get used to, and realistically unless you're using a hybrid architecture CPU or an HDR monitor I don't see any reason to switch from Windows 10 to Windows 11, but if you like the new UI or just want to try something new go for it. 

 

Granted, nothing bad will happen if you do a clean install. If you want to do an in place upgrade, those can have issues on occasion (not often, but it's to the point where I wouldn't bother unless you already have a full system backup in case), and realistically for the best experience you should just do a clean install instead. IMO if you aren't prepared to go through a clean install, it's not really worth the risk of going through the upgrade. 

[TylerD321]

46 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

Nothing bad will happen, underneath they're pretty similar. The new UI can take a bit to get used to, and realistically unless you're using a hybrid architecture CPU or an HDR monitor I don't see any reason to switch from Windows 10 to Windows 11, but if you like the new UI or just want to try something new go for it. 

 

Granted, nothing bad will happen if you do a clean install. If you want to do an in place upgrade, those can have issues on occasion (not often, but it's to the point where I wouldn't bother unless you already have a full system backup in case), and realistically for the best experience you should just do a clean install instead. IMO if you aren't prepared to go through a clean install, it's not really worth the risk of going through the upgrade. 

Literally the only reason I upgraded to windows 11 is because I run my secondary monitor vertically and I wanted to be able to snap to top and bottom half of screen for my programs. I usually have YouTube on bottom and discord on bottom. I haven’t seen much of a performance difference, most of the settings work the same way. I even shifted the task bar over to be the same design as windows 10.

[kitnoman]

Got it. I thought it is like when win7 were upgraded to windows 10, wherein the OS become heavier and with a lot more processes. I'll tell her to upgrade it if she really wants too. But I really don't want to do a clean install, I'll probably just clone the drive first to an old ssd, I think that's much easier for me restore, if there's any issue after the upgrade. Again Thanks!