Windows 7 on Z390 motherboards

[Srna]

Hello,
Gonna upgrade my PC soon but i love win 7
Gonna buy Z390 motherboard with i7-9700k


Will i be able to instal windows 7 throught CD ?
Thanks

 

[Barty1884]

Install? Almost certainly -- although you'll need to add the NVMe driver if you want to run an NVMe drive as it's not baked into W7 like it is in 8 and 10.

But with lack of chipset/driver support for the OS, I can't imagine it'll be a particularly pleasant experience.

What is it you like about W7, specifically? If it's the look & feel, there are plenty of themes for W10 that replicate the experience pretty well.

 

[Srna]

alright, goona go with win 10then, can i actually still upgrade win7 or download win10 for free ?

 

[USAFRet]

alright, goona go with win 10then, can i actually still upgrade win7 or download win10 for free ?

Do you know your current Win 7 license key, and where did it come from?

 

[Srna]

Nope but alrdy downloading win10 iso, was googled that i can use win10 even without activation (only downside is watermark)

So anyway thanks

 

[USAFRet]

Nope but alrdy downloading win10 iso, was googled that i can use win10 even without activation (only downside is watermark)

So anyway thanks

Yes, that's correct.

I have a long running Win 10 install, to test exactly this.
Installed Dec 8 2016.

Randomly appearing watermark at bottom right.
No customization of the desktop or taskbar.

Other than that, it runs just fine.
How to do a CLEAN installation of Windows 10