Asrock P67 PRO3 REV 3.0 1155 & Windows 10

Win 10 working on the P67 Pro3 specifically? No I don't know. We have seen Win 10 working on other ASRock P67 boards, the P67 Extreme4:

http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=625&PN=2&title=p67-extreme4-not-booting-after-bios-update

The basic problem with Win 10 compatibility is with the main drivers. It also may make a difference if you are doing a Win 10 "upgrade", or a fresh Win 10 installation. The Win 10 upgrade installation may attempt to use some or all of the drivers you had installed, while a fresh Win 10 installation will use the drivers built into Win 10. The Windows version you are using when doing an upgrade installation can make a difference too. The additional hardware you use in the PC like drives, video cards, etc, also can make a difference.

As you can see, there are many variables involved, we all use different hardware, drivers, and software with our mother boards. The question about compatibility is more complex than simply the mother board.

But, the simple compatibility of a mother board with Win 10 is still a valid question. Again, that is usually a question of driver availability for the chipset and other chips used on a board. ALL of those drivers are provided by the chipset manufactures, except for the utility programs provided by the mother board manufacture. In some cases, drivers for Win 10 are available from the chipset manufactures, Intel being a prime example of one that has new drivers available. Other smaller companies like ASMedia seem to not have updated Win 10 drivers yet, or have certified their current drivers as compatible.

Sorry to give you a non-answer to your question, but I'm mainly trying to explain the compatibility situation.

Note that Microsoft seems to believe that any PC using Win 7/8/8.1 can apply the Win 10 upgrade. That includes PCs with older hardware than a P67 board (which is four years old and a very good platform.) Many of the new Win 10 drivers from Intel are said to be compatible back to the 8 series chipsets (Z87, etc), but support for earlier chipsets (7 and 6 series, like your P67) is not 100% clear.

I have used the Win 10 Technical Preview release versions with Z87, Z97, and X99 boards, using Win 8.1 drivers. Besides a couple small issues, those drivers worked fine. I suggest trying Win 8.1 drivers with boards like yours, although none are available on your board's download page.

What version of Windows are you using now?

You should be very happy with a socket 1155 i7, it will be leagues better than any AMD CPU you could have been using. Is the i7 a Sandybridge or Ivybridge (i7 2XXX or i7 3XXX)? You will probably be better served by a Z77 board as it will be more compatible with current hardware.

Xaltar wrote: You should be very happy with a socket 1155 i7, it will be leagues better than any AMD CPU you could have been using. Is the i7 a Sandybridge or Ivybridge (i7 2XXX or i7 3XXX)? You will probably be better served by a Z77 board as it will be more compatible with current hardware. Any i7 from Sandybridge onwards are still very competitive when it comes to performance. I have been advising against upgrades to friends and family who are using sandybridge and better systems as presently the performance benefit of an upgrade is not really worth the cost unless you are going nuts and going for a socket 2011 solution with 6 or more cores.  That is some friend you have there