Help I'm A Noob!!! Well Sorta

[joseph_medley]

I am gonna get http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131146 soon, and i already have 2 ,http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103866, People say i can't us windows xp, can i use vista?, and they say that because this has two processor's. And what is the best ram i could get? Just assume i have a unlimited budget.I need 8gb

 

[PabloTeK]

I'm sure you can use XP with multiple CPU's. If you want 8GB of memory look at getting 2 sets of this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231112

 

[joseph_medley]

I'm sure you can use XP with multiple CPU's.

Thankz But i've people say xp is for only one cpu and i just want to make sure be4 i buy xp. Or would vista be better?

 

[PohTayToez]

Holy crap... now that is a motherboard.

13 x SATA?
2 x Socket F?
2 x PCI-E x16?
2 x PCI-E x8?

Who needs all that?

 

[Emperor_nero]

Thankz But i've people say xp is for only one cpu and i just want to make sure be4 i buy xp. Or would vista be better?

I think XP Home can only handle one, so make sure you get XP Pro.

 

[jimmymac]

yup thats right, you'll need windows XP pro instead of home edition and you'll be able to utilise a dual CPU setup. Its been used for a while for dual Xeon and opteron server based systems so no reason why it shouldnt be ok with that setup. I'm sure someone else will confirm.

You might find some settings need to be changed in XP to ensure its utilising it to full potential.

The confusion that some might be having is in that the license for windows XP might say its for 1CPU, that to say its only licensed for use on one computer.

So make sure its XP pro and not XP home

 

[joseph_medley]

ok

Ok Thank all of you.

 

[joseph_medley]

Holy crap... now that is a motherboard.

13 x SATA?
2 x Socket F?
2 x PCI-E x16?
2 x PCI-E x8?

Who needs all that?

A 16 year old High schooler. lol

 

[joseph_medley]

yup thats right, you'll need windows XP pro instead of home edition and you'll be able to utilise a dual CPU setup. Its been used for a while for dual Xeon and opteron server based systems so no reason why it shouldnt be ok with that setup. I'm sure someone else will confirm.

You might find some settings need to be changed in XP to ensure its utilising it to full potential.

The confusion that some might be having is in that the license for windows XP might say its for 1CPU, that to say its only licensed for use on one computer.

So make sure its XP pro and not XP home

Would visita be better, could i get the full potental of 8gb ram or should i get visita ultimate? and wich one 32 or 64bit?

 

[Geoff]

XP Home can only support one processor, so you would need XP Pro or MCE I believe. As for RAM, you need a 64-bit OS to access over 4GB (~3GB) of RAM.