I doubt that there is a single participant on this topic who does not know that, at the moment, Windows 11 is being lax about enforcement of hardware requirements. But that's not the point, really.
I started it asking specifically about hardware that would be compatible with Windows 11 because a client is involved. At this point, unless one had a very sophisticated client that can understand the ramifications of going with "old hardware," I'd never even consider recommending anything not known to be Windows 11 compatible at this juncture. We're almost at 2022, and 3 years is going to fly by. Most clients will be mightily POed were they to buy a computer today that could not upgrade when Windows 10 hits EOL. I'd be absolutely livid were someone to advise me to buy anything that doesn't have full hardware compatibility with Windows 11 at this point in time.