Its been a great run with my X79 Dark, GTX 760 and i7-4930K on windows 7.  I have never really had the need to upgrade the system, but it has been showing its age.  So come to find out Steam will stop running on Win7 machines and I dont even think my equipment will run on win10/11.  
 
So... what are ya'lls opinions on upgrades.  Been a bit out of the loop.

If you are going to do a full format/install since the key is locked to the MB, when you install the new windows strange things can happen. So you can remove the key from the MB by this command. 
 
To uninstall Windows 10 Product Key from the MB to reuse.
Press Windows key + X then click Command Prompt (Admin). At the command prompt, enter the following command: slmgr.vbs /upk
 
Then reformat install win10, when it asks for a key during install skip that (no key) and finish installing win10.
Once installed and updated go to activate windows and put the key in and activate it.

SHHH!!!!! Bruh..... if my wife sees these replies then no upgrades!?  Man yall are no help!  

Hoggle
 
You totally need to upgrade and it needs to be able to run Windows 11 in this case.

THIS guy gets it.  

nateman_doo
SHHH!!!!! Bruh..... if my wife sees these replies then no upgrades!?  Man yall are no help!  

Rock Paper Scissors her for an upgrade!  

bill1024
Just tell her you're the "King of the castle" and by decree you ordered a new MB, ram and video and sound card.
Simple as that!
 

😁

rjohnson11
You might want to see what your requirements are for a PC and then choose an AMD or Intel motherboard, CPU, PSU, memory, and video card. Prices for desktop CPUs and memory have fallen a bit so it will be a good time to buy.

Even SSD prices have dropped. I Recently picked up a couple 2TB SATA drives just for game storage and got an external SSD as well since prices have dropped so much including for M.2 drives.

Windows 10 and 11 have been rage inducing for me. I miss the Windows 7 days.

nateman_doo
SHHH!!!!! Bruh..... if my wife sees these replies then no upgrades!?  Man yall are no help!  

Yeah, I understand these committee required approvals.
Whatever you end up doing, there is a chance your PSU won't work. I have an Enermax Galaxy 1000w - rock solid for years, rails under load are above spec, but it's practically 15 years old. Everyone told me get a new PSU, so I did. But somewhere between swapping Z690 boards around, I tried using the Galaxy to just bench start a Z690...couldn't do it. Board would light up, but it would never boot. I had to disconnect my installed new PSU to bench start a board, and it booted up fine. I never did find out what trigger in a new MB would prevent it from starting up with an old 1000W psu.

rjohnson11
Windows 7 was a more simple time. I am using Windows 11 Pro at the moment. 
 
Windows keys can be found at good prices. 

I was seeing CNET deals page link Windows 10 and 11 Pro keys for sale for as cheap as $39.99 not sure how long the deal was going but at least it's not expensive if a key is needed. Unfortunately it seems like Microsoft isn't as good about always allowing a key to be reused as they once were.