hi there, im in the process of building my new computer....its gonna be as follows:

intel core i7 920 2.66ghz
gigabyte ex58ds4 main moard
3 gig tri channel dominator ddr3 1600mhz ram
bfg 280xoc graphics

i love windows xp , this is what im using on my current setup....just couldnt get the hang of vista.....

but now i know ive got to go over to vista to take advantage of my new setup....

trouble is which version do i use vista 32bit or 64bit.?

what are the cons and pros for each if you have used them.?

cheers chris

id give windows7 64bit a try a few friends are trialling it they all say better than vista and quicker at the momment although only beta.

i have running in virtual pc but its difficult to try properly as many of the things virtual pc offers as hardware devices etc.

Originally Posted by terminator2k2

hi there, im in the process of building my new computer....its gonna be as follows:

intel core i7 920 2.66ghz
gigabyte ex58ds4 main moard
3 gig tri channel dominator ddr3 1600mhz ram
bfg 280xoc graphics

i love windows xp , this is what im using on my current setup....just couldnt get the hang of vista.....

but now i know ive got to go over to vista to take advantage of my new setup....

trouble is which version do i use vista 32bit or 64bit.?

what are the cons and pros for each if you have used them.?

cheers chris

Fook that must have set u back a few squid?

Do mind me asking how much that setup was?

in the process of deciding what to build myself, currently still deciding on what CPU etc

intel core i7 920 retail version - £264.49

gigabyte GA-EX58-DS4 - £206.99

Corsair 3GB DDR3 Dominator PC3-12800C8 1600MHz - £103.49

BFG NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 OCX - £150 (With 500gb sata hard drive off me bruv 6 months old...hes just brought a BFG nvidia GTX 295)

Then im using my old psu, case ,dvdr etc....

i got a £130 Lian Li PC-V1000 Aluminum Case
case off me bruv free of charge because he didnt like it lol....he just nicked the wheels off it....and also he gave me a Tagan psu.

so altogether not bad really for the price......

im using a p4 3.0gig at the mo so cant wait to use this.....should have all the bits tommorow.....all from overclockers.......

oh forgot to add...this computer has got to last me a few years like my p4 system has served me well....roughly 5-6 years....when i added this all up i was like wat the....gone are the days then buying a mother board and processor for about £125 at the local fair lol....

Got windows 7 (64bit) working pretty well on a Turion laptop... Drivers can be a bit difficult. Make sure you apply the mp3 patch as soon as you install!!

Alternatively - Windows 2008 64-bit is very stable, but don't bother if you want to play loads of games because they'll all complain.. "Cannot be installed on a server OS".

LinuxMint (derivative of ubuntu) is pretty cool (using it now).

forgot to add - if you don't go for 7/2008 or linux mint... then it's vista ultimate 64-bit with all the updates etc.... XP is getting a bit old hat.

Often these days I install a few different OS' and then use clonezilla to back them up so I can ghost it back if I change my mind... ie. I'll install Vista/2008/ubuntu, ghost each time, then decide which I prefer.

Using firefox/thunderbird makes OS' less of an issue these days anyways, especially with stuff like virtualbox allowing me to run XP on top of Ubuntu so I can use photoshop within Linux etc....

cheers for the replies....

would like to try win7...the only thing that puts me off windows 7 is the trial.......it ends in a few months and i dont want to be reinstalling everything.....

my 1 brother uses vista 64 and says its better than the 32bit version , runs better bla bla bla where as my other bruv has just switched back to vista 32 as the codecs for mce dont work on the 64bit version aswell as getting drivers for the 64bit version.....

the tale of the brothers lol....my eldest says 64bit my youngest says 32bit...and it does cause quite a stir when they start lol....i think i should install
48 bit to keep both on my side lol.....

not to clever with linux so i think ill give that a miss.....

Linux is easier to use than you think... Try Linux Mint as a starter... If you're not sure just download the livecd - so you can try before you install (slight speed hit).

I always go for 64-bit on whatever OS, EXCEPT for XP 64bit, because that really is just shite. At the end of the day - you're not using your CPU to the full potential if you're using 32-bit.

Nice setup (I've the black anodised version of that case). I'm sure the 920 was only £220 from Mesh in the middle of December, must have been OEM. (And the pound has recovered slightly against the dollar since then )

Anyway, most hardware within the past 3-4 years has 64bit Vista drivers available.

Peripherals are a different story (esp. webcams). But this is a case of the peripheral manufacturers being greedy and wanting people to buy new 'Works with Vista' certified products - a similar thing happened on the change over from Win98/ME to XP.

For codecs there is a 64bit version of the k-lite codec pack: K-Lite Codec Pack 64-bit