Potential OS Change

Jigachad · July 28, 2023

I am currently using a i9-10850K with a z590 ROG Strix board. I am upgrading to a partially new system with an i7-13700K and Strix Z690 Itx board. I am keeping the gpu the same. I am currently on Windows 10 and wonder if upgrading to Windows 11 will make the new cpu work better/more efficiently.

My plan to upgrade would just swap the main boot drive (Along with the other drives. I have one 500gb m.2 for my boot, one 1tb ssd 980 m.2, and one 1tb sata ssd) into the new build and then use the "free" upgrade to Windows 11. Does this make sense?

CommanderAlex · July 28, 2023

15 minutes ago, Jigachad said:

I am currently on Windows 10 and wonder if upgrading to Windows 11 will make the new cpu work better/more efficiently.

Technically speaking, Windows 11 has a new Task Scheduler designed to help with the big.LITTLE design of the Intel's Alder Lake and Raptor Lake CPUs with a mix of P-cores and E-cores.

17 minutes ago, Jigachad said:

My plan to upgrade would just swap the main boot drive (Along with the other drives. I have one 500gb m.2 for my boot, one 1tb ssd 980 m.2, and one 1tb sata ssd) into the new build and then use the "free" upgrade to Windows 11. Does this make sense?

Sure that'll work. Just keep in mind you may have to uninstall the old motherboard drivers just so that there isn't a possibility of a driver conflict when installing the new motherboard drivers such as audio/chipset/BT and or Wi-Fi if equipped/chipset drivers.

BlueChinchillaEatingDorito · July 28, 2023

50 minutes ago, Jigachad said:

I am currently using a i9-10850K with a z590 ROG Strix board. I am upgrading to a partially new system with an i7-13700K and Strix Z690 Itx board. I am keeping the gpu the same. I am currently on Windows 10 and wonder if upgrading to Windows 11 will make the new cpu work better/more efficiently.

My plan to upgrade would just swap the main boot drive (Along with the other drives. I have one 500gb m.2 for my boot, one 1tb ssd 980 m.2, and one 1tb sata ssd) into the new build and then use the "free" upgrade to Windows 11. Does this make sense?

To second commander's comments, be prepared to re-install Windows from scratch in case Windows throws a fit with the new hardware. I couldn't even boot into safe mode when I tried booting my FX-6300 install on my new 12700 build at the time.