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What is best windows to put on my old motherboard - Martin2781 - 06-24-2017
Hello i have an HP Pavillion pc with an ASUS IPIBL-LA motherboard with windows vista, i was told on here not to use windows 10 as it would take too much ram what is the best please.
RE: What is best windows to put on my old motherboard - Compton - 06-24-2017
if you say the motherboard can be upgraded to 8GB and if you will upgrade it to that then yes
you could install windows 10 but you might have driver problem
I think it would be better to install windows 7
RE: What is best windows to put on my old motherboard - Martin2781 - 06-25-2017
(06-24-2017, 11:01 PM)Compton Wrote: if you say the motherboard can be upgraded to 8GB and if you will upgrade it to that then yes
you could install windows 10 but you might have driver problem
I think it would be better to install windows 7
Thank you would it be the home premiun or the professional
RE: What is best windows to put on my old motherboard - GuiltySpark - 06-25-2017
(06-25-2017, 09:02 AM)Martin2781 Wrote:(06-24-2017, 11:01 PM)Compton Wrote: if you say the motherboard can be upgraded to 8GB and if you will upgrade it to that then yes
you could install windows 10 but you might have driver problem
I think it would be better to install windows 7
Thank you would it be the home premiun or the professional
That would depend on what you wanted from your computer (how do you use it?).
If you go the 8GB route make sure you download the 64bit version otherwise the extra RAM will be useless.
This may help you to decide (pay no attention to the price). http://www.diffen.com/difference/Windows_7_Home_Premium_vs_Windows_7_Professional
RE: What is best windows to put on my old motherboard - Martin2781 - 06-25-2017
(06-25-2017, 11:09 AM)GuiltySpark Wrote:(06-25-2017, 09:02 AM)Martin2781 Wrote:(06-24-2017, 11:01 PM)Compton Wrote: if you say the motherboard can be upgraded to 8GB and if you will upgrade it to that then yes
you could install windows 10 but you might have driver problem
I think it would be better to install windows 7
Thank you would it be the home premiun or the professional
That would depend on what you wanted from your computer (how do you use it?).
If you go the 8GB route make sure you download the 64bit version otherwise the extra RAM will be useless.
This may help you to decide (pay no attention to the price). http://www.diffen.com/difference/Windows_7_Home_Premium_vs_Windows_7_Professional
How do i upgrade it does the installer automatic uninstall my vixta to windows 7
when it says sytem 32 does that mean its a 32 bit processor not a 64
RE: What is best windows to put on my old motherboard - GuiltySpark - 06-25-2017
Quote:How do i upgrade it does the installer automatic uninstall my vixta to windows 7If you're using the MS upgrade assistant. https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=20
It should tell you what you need to know and what edition you can upgrade to.
Quote:when it says sytem 32 does that mean its a 32 bit processor not a 64system32 is present on all windows systems and is just a part of the file structure it has no bearing on whether a CPU is x86 (32bit) or x64 (64bit).
If you run this program https://www.grc.com/securable.htm it will tell you what type of processer you have. (*note, sometimes with Vista you will have a x86 - x64 processer, this just means the CPU can run both.
RE: What is best windows to put on my old motherboard - Martin2781 - 06-25-2017
(06-25-2017, 11:42 AM)GuiltySpark Wrote:Quote:How do i upgrade it does the installer automatic uninstall my vixta to windows 7If you're using the MS upgrade assistant. https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=20
It should tell you what you need to know and what edition you can upgrade to.
Quote:when it says sytem 32 does that mean its a 32 bit processor not a 64system32 is present on all windows systems and is just a part of the file structure it has no bearing on whether a CPU is x86 (32bit) or x64 (64bit).
If you run this program https://www.grc.com/securable.htm it will tell you what type of processer you have. (*note, sometimes with Vista you will have a x86 - x64 processer, this just means the CPU can run both.
x86
RE: What is best windows to put on my old motherboard - Compton - 06-25-2017
that not correct just look up your cpu it's x64 Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q6600
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RE: What is best windows to put on my old motherboard - Martin2781 - 06-25-2017
(06-25-2017, 12:58 PM)Compton Wrote: that not correct just look up your cpu it's x64 Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q6600
Regarding that 64 i cant run anything in 64bit only 32, i download teamspeak 64 cant run it only 32 version,
and some other games that require 64bit cant run
RE: What is best windows to put on my old motherboard - Compton - 06-25-2017
that would be because you have vista 32bit install you can't run a x64 on program on a x32 operating system
but you can run a x32 program on a x64 operating system
post your system specs just to confirm what you have install How to Find Your Full System Specs Using Speccy