Which OS for me?

[Jamsandwich]

Hey i'm wondering what OP i should have on my new gaming rig

Here's the specs

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Processor: Intel 8200 Quad Core Processor

Motherboard: Gigabyte Intel GA-EP45-UD3P Motherboard

Ram: 4GB Kit (2x2G) DDR2 1066 OCZ Platinum RAM

Graphics Card: 1024mb 4850 Gigabyte

TV Tuner Card: Kworld DVB-T 399U Dual Digital TV Tuner

Hard Drives: Seagate SATA 500G (gaming HD)
Western Digital AV SATA 320G (Music/Video HD)

Power Supply: Thermaltake ToughPower 750W PSU

Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 Case

Monitor: 24” 2ms HDMI WS Acer P244WB

Mouse: Razer Diamondback 3G 'Flame Red' Infrared Precision Gaming Mouse

Keyboard: Logitech USB G15 gaming keyboard

Aditional Cooling Fans: 4-6 x Zalman ZM-F3RL 120mm Red LED Case Fan
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Is it worth getting vista on my 500G HD to utalise the full potential of my comps guts? and should i go with xp on my music based HD because i like xp?

 

[PC eye]

You have the option of dual booting both versions while most will run a 64bit edition of Vista when having 4gb of memory installed. Meanwhile it isn't "OP" but "OS" for Operating System to correct the obvious typo there.

Here I keep both XP and Vista on since I still haven't gotten around getting newer Vista ready versions of some softwares. Vista is the default version however. Your tuner card could run into application or driver problems running Vista on further note. Some that state Vista compatible still see problems with the updates.

 

[Jamsandwich]

Ah yep woops just wasn't thinking as i was typing

So due to the compatibility problems of vista, i should have vista on my 500G and xp on my 320G?

 

[Kornowski]

So due to the compatibility problems of vista

I know some will jump on this like Garry Glitter on small children, but there's hardly any, especially with SP1 and such.

 

[scooter]

I know some will jump on this like Garry Glitter on small children

oh god that was baddddd.

 

[Kornowski]

oh god that was baddddd.

lol, Bad as in, not funny, or bad as in, not politically correct?

 

[scooter]

lol, Bad as in, not funny, or bad as in, not politically correct?

funny...

..like I'm politically correct!

 

[mep916]

Ah yep woops just wasn't thinking as i was typing

Fixed it.

 

[PC eye]

That will help!

Here I have two identical 500gb sata drives in at the moment while upgrading the board, cpu, and memory just in time for Windows 7 will likely see a third 1TB drive added in for a triple boot of XP and Vista each on their own drive then.

The version you use the most that sees the largest accumilation of files should be on the 500gb there. You could always split the 320gb to a see a dual boot and the 500gb for storage/backup purposes or the 320gb used for that and the 500gb for a working dual boot. You have different options available depending on your own preferences there. Here the XP drive now only sees one large primary for working with video captures while the Vista primary sees a second temp storage there.