LNERlover5
Average Grad
This is quite interesting. Essentially, if one was to upgrade beyond the current crop of Intel Skylake and AMD Kaveri CPUs, Microsoft will simply not provide security updates to your machine unless you are using Windows 10. Quite an aggressive approach to forced adoption honestly.
However, considering CPU IPC hasn't really changed significantly enough to warrant regular upgrades, I can see this only really affecting individuals buying new components. Sandybridge CPU's are still considered good enough when overclocked because of this.
http://www.overclock3d.net/articles...t_support_upcoming_cpus_on_windows_7_or_8_1/1
Jack
However, considering CPU IPC hasn't really changed significantly enough to warrant regular upgrades, I can see this only really affecting individuals buying new components. Sandybridge CPU's are still considered good enough when overclocked because of this.
http://www.overclock3d.net/articles...t_support_upcoming_cpus_on_windows_7_or_8_1/1
Jack