running windows 10 on old hardware - not reccommended

[chrisNova777]

Windows 10 as everyone knows is a resource pig. I used to do things like install windows 10 32bit on 2010 era hardware, now, i dont think i would trust it on a pc thats older than 2015. (the year windows 10 was introduced.... new OS usually always always target NEW hardware not old hardware...

Windows 8 is actually a really good choice over windows 10 for processors that came out between 2008-2015. especially if you have a low end graphics card like a gt 220 or a 710. windows 10 is more compatible but the system performance will be unreliable, slow at sometimes, seemingly quick at other times but ultimately its a failure to run windows 10 on hardware that predates the release of windows 10.

that means anything less than skylake! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylake_(microarchitecture)
even haswell? ok maybe haswell can handle windows 10 just fine. but socket 775 intel boards + athlon X2's - dont bother with windows 10