new build up

Discussion in 'Building a new PC' started by radracing, Jan 16, 2010.

  1. radracing

    radracing Guest

    hi I have a questions. I'm building a new computer with a ga-ep45 ud3p board. Intel e5200 cpu using ddr2 memory 4 gb, 500gb hard drive
    I want to go to windows 7 witch 32 or 64 bit what is better.
     
  2. sammorris

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    Use 64-bit. With a 32-bit OS you will be limited to a maximum of 4GB of total system memory, which includes both RAM and video memory. If you have a 512MB Graphics card, you would be limited to 3.5GB of RAM usable in 32-bit. A 1GB Graphics card and it would only be 3GB.
     

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