Upgrading the processor in a Aspire TC-230 for Windows 11 upgrade

My Aspire TC-230 desktop currently has an AMD A6-7310 APU with AMD Radeon R4 Graphics, 2000 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 logical processors and I would like to up date without too much fuss.  What would be the best AMD processor to up grade too?

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  • AnhEZ28
    AnhEZ28 ACE, Member Posts: 4,277 Pathfinder
    @Charlie5777 the AMD APU cannot upgraded because it is soldered on to the motherboard. You can still upgrade to Windows 11 without replacing the APU.
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  • billsey
    billsey ACE Posts: 34,101 Trailblazer
    None of the A6 processor line is supported with W11. You should keep on running W10 until you are ready for new hardware. An upgrade to a supported CPU will require swapping the motherboard, CPU and memory, at the least...
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  • Turk450
    Turk450 Member Posts: 1 New User
    edited May 15

    I have upgraded mine without upgrading the processor and it has updated 4 times immediately.

    There is a simple "hack" on youtube, installing via a mounted iso image of Win 11 and executing setupprep.exe (as admin) within the product server folder.

  • billsey
    billsey ACE Posts: 34,101 Trailblazer

    But that configuration is not supported by Microsoft.

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