Wanting to Build a desktop PC w/ Vista

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I am looking for advice on what processor to get, dual core for sure and I
don't care if its Intel or AMD. I have a laptop w/ XP Pro. Other than what
processor, should I get 32 or 64 bit?

Can I use any mobo that I want? I currently have two 7900 GS (I believe
so... pretty high end in 7 series) that I want to SLI. Does Vista support
that?

I am just looking for some guidance & opinions, if I forgot anything else
please add.

Oh yea I am going to have 2GB of ram and a HD atleast over 150GB.
 
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I am looking for advice on what processor to get, dual core for sure and I
don't care if its Intel or AMD. I have a laptop w/ XP Pro. Other than what
processor, should I get 32 or 64 bit?

Can I use any mobo that I want? I currently have two 7900 GS (I believe
so... pretty high end in 7 series) that I want to SLI. Does Vista support
that?

I am just looking for some guidance & opinions, if I forgot anything else
please add.

Oh yea I am going to have 2GB of ram and a HD atleast over 150GB.
 
I just built one, kind of on-the-cheap I might add, and it's running like a
dream-come-true.

Mobo: Intel D975XBX2
Processor: Pentium D 3.0G (cheap dual core).
2GB RAM
Seagate SATA-2 (320GB)
GeForce 7300 GT (NVIDIA SLI 512MB running 3 monitors at 3072x768)
Samsung "does everything including LightScribe) SATA DVD drive

No ReadyBoost yet. Holding out for something with good random Read and Write
times (not just one or the other, which seems to be the norm right now).

It totally rocks with Vista. Puts XP (which is on the same machine) to
shame. Vista eats minimal resources - tons to spare. Don't listen to the
clueless idiots who don't know what they're talking about and just think
it's cool to throw around words like "bloat" and "resource hog".
 
Puppy said:
I just built one, kind of on-the-cheap I might add, and it's running
like a dream-come-true.

Mobo: Intel D975XBX2
Processor: Pentium D 3.0G (cheap dual core).
2GB RAM
Seagate SATA-2 (320GB)
GeForce 7300 GT (NVIDIA SLI 512MB running 3 monitors at 3072x768)
Samsung "does everything including LightScribe) SATA DVD drive

No ReadyBoost yet. Holding out for something with good random Read and
Write times (not just one or the other, which seems to be the norm right
now).

It totally rocks with Vista. Puts XP (which is on the same machine) to
shame. Vista eats minimal resources - tons to spare. Don't listen to the
clueless idiots who don't know what they're talking about and just think
it's cool to throw around words like "bloat" and "resource hog"...
Click to expand...

I'm happy that you're happy, truly and seriously. But, speaking as one
of those clueless idiots, I stand my ground.

Your video card alone has as much memory as my entire Vista machine, and
your two CPU's run 30% faster than my one CPU. As a result, I can't use
the multimedia parts of Vista because they just won't go fast enough. I
can use XP perfectly well on the same machine. Why? Because Vista *is*
in fact a resource hog and I'm not willing to spend the money to give it
the resources it wants. Same reason I drive a compact car instead of a
Hummer.

No moral values involved here, just simple economics.
 
I think some of us just get tired of hearing the same old song with every
new release. Heard it all a million times before with Windows 3, 95, 98, ME,
NT, 2000, XP). "It's a big bloated resource hog" every single time. It gets
so tiresome.

Why is it so hard for people to understand or accept that fact that software
evolves to keep up with hardware evolution. There never has been, or ever
will be, a new software product designed to run on yesterday's hardware. It
just doesn't work that way. But that doesn't make a new product "bloated" or
a "resource hog".

XP doesn't run on an IBM AT. Does that make XP a big, bloated resource hog?
Or is the problem that these people just can't see beyond "me" and "what I
want"? "Me" and "what I want" never has, and never will, drive technological
evolution. Get used to it.
 
Just said:
I think some of us just get tired of hearing the same old song with
every new release. Heard it all a million times before with Windows 3,
95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP). "It's a big bloated resource hog" every
single time. It gets so tiresome.

Why is it so hard for people to understand...
Click to expand...

Why is it so hard for people to understand that human nature will never
change and therefore it's pointless to rail against it ;o)

I'm not willing to upgrade my hardware just now because I'm waiting for
64-bit multi-threaded software to mature a bit. That seems to be a year
or two in the future, and just imagine the changes in hardware during
that time! Meanwhile I'm happy to test Vista on my stone-age machine,
even though I can't watch a video on it.
 
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