MY DAILY DRIVER RIG BASED UPON RYZEN 5950X RUNNING WINDOWS 7

2021-08-16

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MY DAILY DRIVER RIG BASED UPON RYZEN 5950X RUNNING WINDOWS 7

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UPDATED ON: 2022-05-17 Added latest AIDA64 FPU benchmark to show supremacy over 12900K

UPDATED ON: 2022-05-04 This is the most powerful configuration, which runs Windows 7 without any issues or side effects. Threadripper 3XXX is possible, but micro freezes and stuttering are present, so it is not a viable option for smooth experience.

UPDATED ON: 2021-08-19 Added some benchmarks for more clearness.

Internet is swarming with [amateurish articles about “incompatibility”] of modern hardware with legacy Windows 7 operating system.
In fact, it is 100% proven misconception.

░ COMPUTER CONFIGURATION

CPU: ► AMD Ryzen 5950X 16c/32t 3.4 @ 4.4Ghz
MOBO: ► Asus Aorus x570 Ultra
COOLER: ► Noctua NH-D15 SE AM4
RAM: ► 64Gb DDR4 HyperX 3600@3800Mhz
SYSTEM DISK: ► 1Tb Samsung 980 Pro NVME
DATA DISK #1: ► 1Tb Samsung QVO SSD
DATA DISK #2: ► 2Tb Seagate Firecuda sHDD [8Gb SSD cache]
VIDEO: ► Asrock Radeon 6900XT 16Gb VRAM
SOUND: ► Asus Essense STX II
PSU: ► SeaSonic Gold 1300 Watt
MONITOR: ► NEC PA301W
CASE: ► Fractal Design Define S2 White
KEYS: ► Topre RealForce RGB
MOUSE: ► A4Tech cheap mouse
SPEAKERS: ► Edifier R2800 Speakers
OS: ► Windows 7 SP2+ x64 ESU

5950X RUNNING WINDOWS 7 X64 DESKTOP

Who said that it is not modern enough?

░ COMMENTS ON RIG INTERNALS

Rig is 100% working. I can do what ever i want. Blender, Affinity Photo, Renoise, Ableton, Vegas, whatever.

Previously to Ryzen 5000 build i have 1st-gen Threadripper 1950x on x399 chipset. And I have to admit that consumer x570 despite the fact that it is not supported it works much better than x399 which actually was supported and marked as for professionals.

What a mad world we live in. But, yeah, this is normal.

The most complex part is USB chipset drivers and support of modern ssd drives. I’m talking about NVME ones. Windows 7 have essential support of such type of drives, but it adds with a patch, which was conveniently [intentionally] removed from sucky ms hotfix site.

By default Windows 7 installer can’t detect USB mouse and keyboard on modern chipsets like x570.

PS/2 connector is not present at modern motherboards, so…. we got to find another way.

░ SOLVING ARTIFICIAL DIFFICULTIES

There are two solutions which can solve our installation problem.

Integrate needed [USB and NVME drivers] by Canonkong into Windows 7 installer via NTlite . Pretty advanced. If you want more simple way here it is.
Find already precompiled ISO, which was made by other users. I recommend [Generation2 builds] . [Link to fresh July 2021 build] .

If provided links do not work then your ISP is blocking “unwanted” resources. Use VPN or [Tor Browser] to undo their pathetic restrictions. Usually custom builds already come with ripped microsoft shit like “inability” to work under Windows 7 with modern CPUs. Thanks to Zeffy we have [Wufuc utility] which lifts these moron limitations.

I also advice you to check out [SYSTEM HACKS] section of my blog.

As for video adapters, current high end generation 6900XT even has [official drivers from AMD] .
Final version was released on 2021/6/21. So green light here.