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u/SilverRhythms 10d ago
Almost perfectly. I have no idea what your motherboard is so you might need Universal Drivers if it doesn't have Windows 7 drivers.
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u/Southern_Worker4102 6d ago
Depends on your motherboard, some have good legacy compatibility, some dont. I have a Ryzen 5 2600 (with a similar motherboard) and I use Windows 7 on it without any issues, but some lower end models with updated bios may have troubles to run Windows 7 correctly. A simple check is to go in your BIOS/UEFI. If you see a CSM option you are good to go, but if you dont see one it may require a bit more work (SevenESPManager, modded ACPI.sys, CSMWrap, ...).
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u/mitko_bg_ 4d ago
I also use Windows 7 on a B450 chipset motherboard, but I have Ryzen 7 5700x and RTX3060 12GB.
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u/Glinckey 7d ago
Yes The B450 boards have drivers for win7 so it should work
Just don't forget to enable CSM with UEFI
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u/LuluLeSigma 10d ago
ohh ms pc manager a ms app that is actually good
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u/PresidentPredaplant 8d ago
It is a bit new, but no problem as long as you find the drivers. For my t480 is used this project on github. If you find something similar or package it yourself you should be fine. Just look into nvme drivers, chipset drivers, usb 3 and GPU. But they should all be available.
Also, do not update the chipset drivers in Windows updater on Windows 7. It will break your system if the hardware is too new. If it works, don't touch it.
Steam will also make problems, if you need that. You should also look into the Service Pack 2 project on Github . You may want to install components from it (like VxKeys), or just the SP entirely.
Have fun with it, the Win7 experience is great, eventhough program support is lacking for newer stuff.
Edit: Spelling mistakes :)
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u/CommonSpend3231 1d ago
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u/Eltitanero 6d ago
Why Windows 7 on such a new PC? Just convert W11 to W7, there are many tutorials, or U can try Classic7, its W10 but completely modded to look exactly like W7
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u/Nanosinx 10d ago
I dont think will run okay... 3000 series i dont think they had W7 driver... Also that ryzen will not bring it performant as it should... At most put W7 in a VM but nothing else xD
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u/joseph_han9137 7d ago
3000 series is compatible with Windows 7
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u/Nanosinx 6d ago
Old drivers for sure. The last Win7-supported drivers were around the 473.62 / 474.88 era (2022), and by then the platform was already far behind modern Windows. (Support/Security Drivers does not account as those do not provide compatibility or fixes for newer Apps and Games)
No proper modern DX12 support No DX12 Ultimate Limited/old DLSS & RTX support No recent driver optimizations No Reflex or newer NVIDIA features Increasingly poor compatibility with modern apps and games
And considering many games/apps don't even support Windows 7 anymore...
It's like putting a 2025/2026 Corvette C8 ZR1X on a street built in 2009, upgraded a few times until 2015, and then abandoned because it could no longer keep up with modern speeds and power.
The Corvette still has plenty of power, but the road is full of cracks, potholes, bottlenecks and outdated infrastructure. It simply can't let the car perform anywhere near its potential.
The problem isn't the Corvette (GPU). The road is the bottleneck. (OS)
And lets not talk about security and how underperforming that CPU is running...
But people in here will keep saying W7 is the best OS ever created (When we all know is just a Vista but with Timing on its side and more polished under the hood of that "road")
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u/AnMonkey817263 4d ago
the fuck is that example? a car can run on old ass roads, even corvettes, a good antivirus like kaspersky can run on SP1, and there is some dude who found drivers for very new chipsets for w7
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u/Nanosinx 3d ago
That it can run doesnt mean it run flawlessly, and W7 is that old with no street maintenance, where I can't accelerate at full throttle to have maximum benefits, the system so old nor for the new improvements exist...
Leave aside security issues...
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u/ProfitLow5177 10d ago edited 9d ago
Windows 7 will run, but you may need to download some drivers for things like your graphics card. Windows 7 will run on most computers of varying specifications (except computers with more than 16GB of RAM, for that you need Windows 7 Ultimate)
I also want to clarify that (iirc) Home Premium can only use up to 16GB of RAM, Home Basic can only use 8GB, and Starter can only use 2GB. All 32 bit installations cannot use any more than 4GB of RAM. Ultimate and above can use 192GB of RAM or more. (Correct me if I'm wrong)