DestGod
Journeyman
The CPU that you buy now is in no way related to "support by future windows". You simply cannot predict this. Requirements of Windows are majorly based on the chipset of your motherboard and the architecture of your chip.My confusion is that whether i5 will be supported by future Windows OS's. Kindly advice.
Put simply, even a powerful CPU like the i9 12900k shares the same Windows support as the i5 12400. So just get the 12400.
Honestly, considering how long this thread has been dragged on for, it's better to wait till next gen CPUs (Raptor Lake and Zen 4).