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Install Windows 10

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You don't install it on a CPU, you will need to find out if your motherboard has Windows 10 drivers. If it does, you can safely install it. If not, you can check online for your motherboard model and see if others have done it and if it works.
You don't install it on a CPU, you will need to find out if your motherboard has Windows 10 drivers. If it does, you can safely install it. If not, you can check online for your motherboard model and see if others have done it and if it works.
 
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I'd add that while the specific motherboard may not have drivers listed. Some can be found through individual chip manufacturers. Such as Realtek Ethernet and Audio. Some many work fine with Microsoft generics like USB and SATA AHCI. Some you are SOL like graphics.

Although an old used and supported GPU is cheap on eBay. Sometimes you can make older Windows 7 drivers work without issues.

You can download the Windows 10 ISO directly from MS and try it for free. Heck, you can keep using it as long as you want if you don't mind the lack of personalization options and a watermark on the desktop. No harm in trying it out if you have a spare hard drive to wipe and install Windows onto.