[SOLVED] Upgrading PC, should I clean install Win 11 or start with Win 10 then upgrade?

[txrick523]

I am upgrading my PC from:
i7 6700K
ASUS Z170A Mobo
16G DDR4 2400
Samsung 850 Sata 250G SSD

to:

i5 12600K
ASUS Z690 Plus D4
32G DDR4 3600
Samsung 980 Pro 1TB NVME

I will be keeping my 650W PSU as I believe this will be plenty sufficient for now, and staying with GTX-1070 for now until my budget can handle the upgrade cost(thinking RTX 3070/80)

My question is if I should if I should do a 'clean' install of Win10, then upgrade to 11, or go straight to a fresh install of win 11 on the 980 Pro. Any pro's / con's either way? I'm going to go to Win 11 anyway, as it will support the Alder Lake CPU and my wife just got a new laptop with Win 11 installed, and I better learn it so I can help her with issues.

 

[rgd1101]

straight to 11

 

[USAFRet]

Might as well just go to 11 to start with.

Even if you install 10 now, a clean install of 11 is recommended later.

 

[LeviTech]

W11 start

 

[iTRiP]

Fresh install Win 11, or with the (full upgrade option) from Win 10 as long as your coming from a stable install, both works.

I personally only tried the full upgrade option, because I was 100% sure I was upgrading from a 100% stable win 10 setup on the pc in question.