What is your favorite operating system?

Everytime you say "Is this the end? Of course not!" makes me so relieved 😅

One thing to keep in mind when messing about with modern CPU's on old hardware is hardware USB support. Even with a USB 3+ card, a lot of motherboards and CPU's can only reach USB 2 speeds. If all you're doing is data transfer etc - or even loading levels on emulation.... its worth being aware of. Its a fun project, but don't get over excited. Pushing old kit to still work is definitely worth while, especially for servers etc. BUT.... if you actually want a usable PC for not much money, look at Refurbs and Mini's, around the £150-250 mark - they hit all the bells and perform to modern standards. That said, I have an offline-only old P4 4.2Ghz Windows XP system purely for retro gaming, and I love it.

Great video, recently i upgraded my laptop with i5-7200U (7th Gen) with Geforce 920MX and 8 GB of RAM to Windows 11 x64 22H2, it's working well, old games running well, like GTA San Andreas, no errors. Greetings from Brazil, i like your channel.

Supposedly the Athlon 64 gained LAHF/SAHF support as soon as the first X2 dual core models were released in May of 2005, which would make it over half a year older than the P4 6x1 still. Might be worth checking out in another video if Win 11 only requires MMX, SSE/2/3 and some sorta 64 bit extension set (EM64T for Intel, AMD64 for AMD) otherwise. Undoubtedly the Pentium will be the slower of the two however, what a pile of trash Netburst was.

I am currently working at hospital in remote Russia, we got 1-2 core Intel Celeron based "PC's" with 2 gb of ram And I put trimmed win11 on them, main difference in performance comes from removing as much background processes and ssd's ofc) The way they work is tolerable :D

I've got an old E-machines with the P4 641 (3.2ghz) I was kinda surprise they sold these CPU's so late in production. I might have to just fire up and play around with a copy of Windows 10 and see how it handles it? Thanks for the interesting tinkering of old hardware in this video Ramtech.

Actually from Rufus, you can preconfigure the Windows 11 USB to bypass the TPM and CPU requirements by default.

Favorite operating system was XP , then windows 7 64 bit ... Your giving me ideas on how to use my older motherboards , thanks

The reason that the Pentium 4 6x1 had limited motherboard support is because it was released at the very end of the Pentium 4's lifecycle. Intel made it more as a test of their new 65nm node than as a marketable product. The 6x1 used the Cedar Mill core, which was basically a die shrunk Prescott-2M core. By the time the Cedar Mill P4s came out, every Pentium 4 only chipset was a year or more old. Many motherboard manufacturers didn't bother making BIOS updates with the required microcode to support the newer CPUs. There wasn't much interest in doing so because Core 2 was just 6 months off and people were so fed up with the garbage that was the Pentium 4 that nobody was buying them. The Cedar Mill P4s though did have one good use, upgrading terribly designed Dell SFF machines like the SX280, or GX280 SFF. Dell had the grand idea of putting 95-115W CPUs in a tiny case with zero ventilation and wondered why they lost billions in class action lawsuits over them baking to death. The D0 stepping 6x1 processors had a 65W TDP and ran MUCH cooler and put significantly less strain on the power supplies of those machines, making them a lot more reliable. The sSpec of those starts with SL9K_. Replace _ with G = 631, F = 641, E = 651. Luck runs out on the 661 though (SL9KD), as it's an 86W part. If you want guaranteed support for these late P4's, you'll need a motherboard with a 965 or 30 series chipset (P31, G31/33, P35, Q33/35). Intel officially dropped Netburst support on 30 series chipsets, but most motherboards still supported them.

Tengo una PC con estás características la tengo para juegos retro con Windows XP, jamás se me ocurrió hacer está locura 😵‍💫🤣 gran video!!

You awessome pal, is all need for rebuild my older PC, excellent video, take my like pal, 👍

earned a sub, great content

😒👍 Very Cool, thanks for the testing bench

4:43 Windows 8 was the latest version sold and bootable from disc. Since Win10 the box included a USB stick. Idk if 8.1 works.

Thanks for the additional infos! I was able to experiment and install win11 in a 32bit laptop Acer Aspire One (AOD257), Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N570 @ 1.66GHz with 2G of RAM only.The hardest part was finding hardware drivers. I am using it now in commenting on this video.

good video! keep going! I subscribed!

I'm surprised big organizations aren't catering for legacy setups (without people having to do work around/patches) it would be so much more fun if they did. Best wishes, Stefan, Jersey, Channel Islands.

I had tried w11 on dual core Celeron of mid 2016. It had been running with not problem.

Hello :) When Windows 11 came out I was still using a computer that i made in 2013 Using a very old i3 CPU and a GTS graphics card. :)

There are linux distros like Gentoo that are super light and still have full support for 32-bit systems. It would be interesting to see what the oldest computer that can still run a modern OS is.

could you try athlon next? the athlon x64 came out in 2003 and the 64 x2 came in 2005, so they're even older.

I forgot where I found it but there is a cd image that can be used to boot usb drives as a bit of workaround. I last used it to install windows 7 on a machine that didn’t support booting from usb and only had a cd drive

I had Windows 11 running on a Athlon 64 3200+ from May 23, 2006. There is a video on my channel about it. No problems like on intel.

Windows 7 Ultimate has been the most stable OS I've had since DOS. Under every other OS I've had at least one BSOD during its run. With Win 7 the only failures I've had were hardware failures.

Excellent efforts 🎉 🎉

Did anyone else have an issue with the "doesn't meet sys. Requirements" wall persisting after making the bypasses in RegEdit?? I really need help here. HP Pavillion A6220n with A 2 core processor of 2.2 ghz. (I'm fighting the pc rn but it exceeds minimal Requirements. 6GB of Ram as well.

great video very entertaining

Nice video !

According to windows 11 latest intel's decade old Pentium 4 CPU is supported by windows 11. however, Microsoft has not released an official list of CPUs that can run windows 11. instead, they have provided minimum system requirements for windows 11, which include a processor that is 1 gigahertz ghz or faster with 2 or more cores on a compatible 64-bit processor or system on a chip (SoC).

great video, unfortunate that it didn't get the like goal

If you build the windows 11 usb using rufus you dont need most of the system requirements.

I have known for 4 years that after transferring the install.wim file from Win 11 ISO to Win 10 ISO, it will run on Pentium 4 or AMD 64 (minimum requirements for Windows 10) because older processors do not have, SSE2 Instructions, NX and other

I have a point that in windows 11 21H2 the loading of apps are shown by making lines the this is it and in this H2 version there are no curved windows, they are pointy and in matter the Windows System is a a little

You should try a light version of windows 11 on that p4 651, would be much faster!

Your William Shatner impersonation is spot on

sir i have laptop with i 2323 m processor 64 bit i3 2 gen laptop 1 GB 640 m gpu 16 GB 833 mhz ram can upgrade to 1600 mhz can run windows 11 i can add ssd insted of HDD and DVD

There is something missing in these instructions. After i make the registry changes how do i get the install to restart as it does not do it automatically. i have the two windows open one with the regedit and the other where you typed in regedit.

i didint watch the full video but you can use rufus to do that when u click ready or smt it will ask you questions tho u need to tick the box and there is a one saying bypass hardware check so yeah

1:38 Windows 11 can be installed, according to MS, with at least 4 gb of RAM but it doesn't always run smoothly .

Hello, comrad. Haw to KRAK windows 11 safely and without possible leaks of data?

Ati x1800 series is the oldest I've tried, tho the drivers will not let the gpu boost anymore and the CP is nonfunctional.

I installed windows 10 on a single core pentium 4 with 1GB of ram and I’m not kidding it took DAYS to make it through the setup process and install all the drivers

There's an Athlon 64 2000+ for the AM2 platform which is 64-bit, single core and clock speed of 1GHz.

There is a problem with your install metod, 630 and 631 have the same instruction support, Cedar Mill was just 65nm version of Prescott 2M, anything Cedar Mill runs, Prescott 2M will run too.

I have windows 11 on a old Dell, but I cannot get past the version 21H2

endermanch was the one who got it running on the Intel Pentium 4, but it no longer works with the new version of Windows 11.

AMD Athlon 3000G processor with 16 Gb RAM and a video card 1050 with 4 Gb, a ssd with 120 Gb and another HDD with 160 Gb. This is a nice setup I own.

You are real soldier.

I got it running on 4gb DDR2 Pentium dual core E5200 g31 motherboard

0:12 I have the same pc case what a coincidence XD

i have the problem after windows 11 setup installes the files . it shows BSOD with the error code watchdog

Does windows 11 still support legacy BIOS? I have heard from somewhere that it has shifted to UEFI.

liked!!

So I actually can install Windows 11 on my 7700k. Good to know.

the pentium 4 630 actually has 64 bit support, but it doesnt have some instructions that windows 11 needs, enderman has a video on it

I am assuming without watching that its an LGA 775or maybe even a late 604 (never seen or tinkered with a socket 604 so have no idea what they are capable pf but I have had windows 10 at least running on 775 cpus but 7 max on late 478. Obviously with hacks, I have windows 11 on my i7 3770K PC, as it is still a pretty decent system with 16 GB DDR3 2400, 980Ti, 500GB SSD and 500GB Hybrid SSHD (I use it as mainly an XP PC and find the hybrid drives less hassle with pre mainstream SSD OS's as you get the speed boost thanks to the cache which is plenty for XP or 98SE for instance , without having to worry about TRIM and the like) and thats currently my oldest, but I did put it on my old XP PC which was a Socket 771 xeon.

It's awesome that you can however I'd rather get a tooth pulled than actually use a P4 on anything, even when they came out I didn't use them.

I was shouting it's a 64 bit os lol but you caught it at the end

Awesome to know

try core to quad cpu q6600 or q9650

windows 10 runs on my 4450e (first dualcore made in 2005)

I did tiny 11 on pentium duo laptop :D

Microsoft didn't want my old ryzen 2400G to run windows 11, lmao

how about celeron D 326?

Wonder how installing it on unsupported hardware effects updates and security...

I wonder if it would run on the first 64 bit Opteron or Athlon64s that came out in 2003/2004?

I love that Microsoft certifies 5000 series, dual core, no HT for W11 but not a 3770.

fun fact: hikvision ssd are used in cctv too bc hikvision is actually making cctvs

my main pc has a pentium e5700 and im running windows 11 on it(revios)and it runs decently but im planning on upgrading to windows 7 and using it until i get a new cpu and more ram

But what about Windows Update? Is any issue?

Dunno about 651 but surely I'm gonna try put an RTX4080 in my oldest surviving PC: E8500/8GB DDR2/X48 MB

Try it on the earliest x86-64 CPU from AMD.

as an aside, just because 'ancient' cpus can, doesn't mean all boards can. i've got a bunch of older hardware that in theory can, but the bios/cipset doesn't let the installer run. notably all my old nc6400 laptops (which have core 2 duo's that are 64bit capable), and a few p4 boards i have (with some spare p4 641s which have the required instruction set). the installer just doesn't start. blinking cursor of doom. in spite of the cpus having the proper LAHF/SAHF support in 64-bit mode. even if the cpu supports it, the chipset or bios may be preventing it. which is sad. there's going to be some mix and match needed if you're trying to put 11 on an old set of hardware. so you may need to find other bios files to flash, or a different board in some cases, after verifying your cpu has the right 64bit support.

can you link the rededit changes

let's not talk about that *pentium 4* runs win 11 better than my pc runs win 10- 💀

It was interesting seeing Windows 11 run on much older hardware, but IDK about “without any issues”. You need to make modifications to the registry to get it to run, and you only showed the OS running (and using as much as 60% of the CPU cycles). Can you actually do anything on that system?

Pentium 4 hyperthreading 3.8ghz Will run Windows 11 64 Bit with 4GB of Ram

Ok now i know i can install windows 11 in my pc but should i? my laptop specs are core i3 3rd gen with 4gb ram and an 128gb ssd. Will i be able to run it smoothly or it is better for me to just stay on windows 10?

Hp laptop COMPAQ XN 9020 can run windows 11???

can someone explain to me why this cpu is as follows on passmark: Average CPU Mark rating 295 Single Thread Rating: 664 How is the CPU mark lower than the single core? I thought it was usually (almost) a sum of the total cores doing all the work. eg. 8700k is 13.7k passmark while single core is 2.7k math says 2.7k * 6 = around 16k which isnt that far off the total score I guess?

I have to gave realy props to Intel theyr CPUs are so long lasting Amazing

Fun fact; I have the same case in the thumbnail

@ramtecheng you should try windows 11 Lite on older pc's

Im surprised you couldn't install windows 11 on a 32-bit system. I personally was able to install windows 11 on a 32-bit system but it had a slow hdd and it was just pure pain

Windows 11 on a mid 2012 MacBook Pro is awesome. Put an SSD and 16gb of ram in it and you are set. If someone is on a budget I recommend looking for a mid 2012 and just run Windows 11 on it.

That is a Yes Windows 11 will run a older Pentium 4 PC Tower as long as to run a 64 Bit not 32 Bit

Gracias por tu excelente trabajo, me das esperanza, tengo una PC Sony vaio VCG-RB13mx y estaba por darme por vencido ya que no deja instalar Windows 10 de 32 BIT. Es motherboard D915GRO/PRO tengo un largo tiempo intentando y siempre borra todas las particiones y vuelve a instalar el winXP del soporte de Sony vaio. Eso sí carga todos los controladores y funciona bien el equipo, me parece un sistema indestructible. Jajaja jajajaja jajajaja. Bueno le agradezco su atención espero pronto confirmación de mi logro bendiciones a usted y su familia. Bye.

ok. but what about the slowest? whip out an old netbook with 1GB of ram and try if it runs?

Installed W11 via Rufus+ISO+USB on Intel N2490. i5 2640. powered computers Works OK.

Hey bro I am using windows 7 in my ho laptop and my driver of wifi is missing I have tried to download it from hp officials, third party websites, driverpack solutions software but it didn't worked for me , according to you what should I do next

Can i install windows 11 on core 2 duo

Btw you will need WDDM graphics card. XPDM graphics card is not supported in Windows 8 and later, so you will be stuck in software acceleration with basic video adapter. Basically, if it has drivers for Vista and up, it will work. Really shows you how bogus the CPU requirements are.

My Setting of NAS with old PC: DDR2 to DDR3 Ram card version PC

how did you manage to perfectly record the screen?

630 should have 64bit instruction set, how come it doesnt work ? I thought the 1st 64 bit is P4 620

Windows XP, 7 and 10 also if i reboot mu pc i will get Windows 7

Whats the latest cpu that can run windows x or windows 7

I forced a windows 11 uprgade on an i7-5500u, running just fine!

Tbh im impressed…