AMD's Ryzen 7000 and Intel's 14th Gen Core CPUs are the current favorites, with AMD's "Zen 5" Ryzen 9000 and Intel's "Arrow Lake" Core Ultra 200 series processors also entering the fray in 2024.

Are you using a computer with an unsupported CPU for Windows 11? Here's a guide demonstrating how to install Windows 11 on unsupported CPUs for free.

If you have a retail Windows OS, you may install that on your newly upgraded computer. No, you're correct, that will NOT provide you with Windows 10 in the end.