Windows 11??

I'll express what may be a contrarian view. To be clear, I'm not purchasing any new laptops or doing significant upgrades to my desktop. So my hardware today is my hardware when I have the opportunity to upgrade to Win 11. And I expect that this TPM brouhaha and other issues to be sorted out by then.

In the meantime, to quote Macbeth, Act V, scene 5,
It is a tale ... full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

ICIT2LOL said:

Yes Steve I have found the construction manual for the board and it is a 20-1 pin configuration and finding the TPM module for it is I think going to be impossible. So it looks like like you am going to be stuck with10 and then have to run 10 in an unsupported system unless we get some large cash injection to be able to buy a new desktop with one of these modules on board. Such a waste though eh?
I have no new notifications?
PS check your notifications mate

I have no new notifications? I have a shortlist of X570 Gigabyte and Asus boards to build a new PC but the TPM 2.0 modules are not in stock in the UK. Fortunately these boards have firmware TPM support which can be set in the BIOS (fTPM).

ICIT2LOL said:

Well that's is good to know because I have my own build with an Ivy Bridge CPU (3rd Gen) and I have been searching for a TPM module for the board and so it turns out that even if I get a TPM module the CPU is not going to be compatible.
Very annoying as the machine is crammed with a lot of good gear and works perfectly well - so much for me being loyal to Microsoft over the years eh?

Same for me. I have a i5-3570K CPU on a Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H motherboard. The system is still snappy and runs demanding games like Flight Simulator 2020 OK using a RTX 2060 Super GPU. It's unkind to the planet to be expected to scrap such perfectly fine PCs to satisfy the crazy demands of Microsoft. My motherboard has a 20 pin TPM 1.2 connector but of course the Gigabyte TPM module needed is unavailable. You can't use another manufacturer's TPM since there is no common TPM module interface standard and the pin outs differ.

Steve C said:

Same for me. I have a i5-3570K CPU on a Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H motherboard. The system is still snappy and runs demanding gams like Flight Simulator 2020 OK using a RTX 2060 Super GPU. It's unkind to the planet to be expected to scrp such perfectly fine PCs to satisfy the crazy demands of Microsoft.

Yes Steve it is I agree.
As for the notifications I sent you a PM mate maybe it didn't go through eh?

Steve C said:

Same for me. I have a i5-3570K CPU on a Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H motherboard. The system is still snappy and runs demanding games like Flight Simulator 2020 OK using a RTX 2060 Super GPU. It's unkind to the planet to be expected to scrap such perfectly fine PCs to satisfy the crazy demands of Microsoft. My motherboard has a 20 pin TPM 1.2 connector but of course the Gigabyte TPM module needed is unavailable. You can't use another manufacturer's TPM since there is no common TPM module interface standard and the pin outs differ.

It's all about security, not performance.

ICIT2LOL said:

Yes Steve it is I agree.
As for the notifications I sent you a PM mate maybe it didn't go through eh?

I have no PMs since 3 June