TLC For Your Computers

Windows 11

It's almost past time to get there!

Run PC Health Check, it's a Microsoft application that will tell you if you can upgrade your Windows 10 computer to Windows 11 or not
It will tell you the specifics of why you cannot, if your pc does not meet the criteria.
https://aka.ms/GetPCHealthCheckApp

If your system passes PC Health Check, your Windows 11 upgrade is normally done from an update in Windows Update.
First, perform all Windows 10 updates, restarting as required.

If the update to goto Windows 11 is not there in Windows Update,
Run WIN11 Installation Assistant, it will install WIN11.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2171764
(Click on save to download it)

If the criteria is that TPM is not detected but you have a supported CPU, then you probably need to enable TPM or the BIOS protection for trusted platform.
If your system has an unsupported cpu, you need a new computer, but keep reading, you have options.

If you cannot install WIN11, because unsupported hardware you can still receive security updates via Microsoft after Oct 14,2025, It is good until 10_13_2025, the program is currently free: on some websites it mentions it will cost $30.00 for first year. Enroll before OCT 14th??? for free.
To do this:
You must be logged into your pc using a Microsoft Account, and must have admin privileges, to get an update to enroll in Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) program update, again, it comes via Windows Update.
This program lets you keep receiving critical and important security updates even after official support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025. It’s designed for folks who can’t upgrade to Windows 11—whether due to hardware limitations or other reasons—and want to keep their systems protected a little longer.

“Still rocking Windows 10 past 2025? Microsoft’s got your back with Extended Security Updates. Enroll here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/extended-security-updates

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Basic price for a Power Workstation has been at $1500.00 for many years.

What that gets you today: (standards have changed)

Case: Your new case will usually include tempered glass in a side panel. This is not the fake plexi glass, it's real glass. This is to see inside better.
You will not have all the cdrom and dvd drive areas anymore.
In fact the 3.5 inch and 2.5 inch hard drives are getting rarer.
SSD drives are on the motherboard, more on that below.
These usually have LED display additions.

CPU cooling: The standard is not even a cpu fan. It is a liquid cooling element that pumps coolant thru radiator, that has the fans cooling the radiator. These larger fans usually have LED display effects, even the pump on the cpu has RGB effect

CPU: includes graphics updates, with more cores and threads. They run cooler due to lower frequency more cores.
Latest from INTEL is LGA1700 Generation 12
Intel now sells an i9 cpu option.

Memory - DDR4 is still the standard, but DDR5 is shipping now.
Use at least 16GB memory, and install memory in pairs for best performance. Most gamer memory has RGB LED effects.

Hard drive. Newest storage is m.2 slots on your motherboard. The SSD storage looks like a RAM module with pinout on short side.
On most motherboards there is a RAID option. You can stripe or mirror two drives to look like 1 hard drive to the system.
m.2 is the standard for Operating System drive.
Larger drives are 2.5 drives.
Bigger storage type cases are on servers or NAS devices.

USB or thru network or Internet is how to install software.
USB 3.0 is the USB drive you want to use.

USB 3.1 speed is 10GPS
USB 3.0 speed is 5GPS or 5000MBS
USB 2.0 speed is 640MBS

Plug your USB 3.0 device into blue colored USB port.
Black is a USB 2.0 port.
USB 3.0 is usually labeled SS

Be careful updating to Windows 11 on a computer that has software licensing support for business practice for only WIN10.
You may void your software support upgrading to Windows 11.