Microsoft releases its Windows 11 PC Health Check app again

Upon Windows 11’s announcement, Microsoft shared a Windows 11 PC checkup app that scans your computer to ascertain if it’s eligible for the main Windows update. it had been taken down shortly after thanks to some controversy regarding the system requirements.

Now, it’s available for download again and you’ll see if your hardware qualifies. you would like 64-bit CPU with a minimum of two cores and 1GHz clock speed, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of minimal internal storage. More limiting is that the requirement for the TPM 2.0 feature that must be enabled via the BIOS settings if supported.

However, there are a couple of ones that meet the minimal requirements but won’t be supported by Windows 11. Those are the CPUs from Intel’s 7th Generation lineup and a few of AMD’s second-generation Ryzen chips Microsoft has taken note, though, and says that it’ll monitor if users participating within the Insider’s program that run the said CPUs are having issues with Windows 11. And if not, it’ll include Intel’s 7th-gen and AMD’s 2nd-gen Ryzen CPUs within the officially supported hardware. But which will likely happen after the stable version of Windows 11 comes around.

As of now, only selected Intel 7th Generation chips are eligible – Core i7-7820HQ, Core X and Xeon W series can run Windows 11 officially. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 850 or newer also are supported. a number of AMD’s 2nd-gen Ryzen CPUs are whitelisted too.

If you do not want to waste time trying to find your CPU and every one of this sounds too confusing, let the PC checkup app do this for you.