Intel Processor ....

[Dan_Harris]

I was a beta tester for vista during RC1 and RC2 stages and found 0 problems with it apart from the known file transfer issue which was addressed and resolved in SP1 for vista, on a new build there is 0 reason to not get vista unless you are running below 4gb of ram, 64bit vista is safer/more responsive os and 20x better than xp upon it's release, One thing I will say is don't buy a OEM version of vista.

Everyone poo poo'd xp when it was released as people don't like change.

Regarding overclocking, there is 0 danger so long as you do it correctly even during the most intense of cpu applications i highly doubt your going to be running your core/cores at 100% utilisation, and so long as your running within safe temps (which after overclocking you should always run a stress testing programme such as prime95 to check for stability) then your fine.

[Y2Kanjar]

I would just like to say thank you for everyones input and information.

And i think i've got the spec's i need now

thank you my fellow LOC Members

[Dan_Harris]

lol np lac let me know if you have anymore queries mate :)

[reganlives]

no problem mate. so whats your final choice of spec then?

[Yeldarb]

One thing I will say is don't buy a OEM version of vista.

Sorry do you mean a machine with Vista (I love it BTW) pre installed should have an upgrade to a "bought" version??

[Dan_Harris]

sorry yeldarb i wasn't very clear,

If bought seperately vista can be bought as a either a OEM or retail version. The oem is only licensed to one pc and when recognises the motherboard so if your motherboard failed and you had to replace it you would no longer have a working version of vista as it would recognise it as a unlicensed version. Retail (is more expensive) but allows you to upgrade/change components without invalidating your license.

[reganlives]

I always thought it just didnt have a box so was cheaper lmao!

[Dan_Harris]

lol it has a less glamorous one yes, it all depends really I have a hush hush ;) ;) version of Vista Ultimate32bit and can also get the same but of vista ultimate 64bit so i'm ok but I would recommend the retail version if you were buying new.

[reganlives]

I'm still using XP myself but have got a hush hush version of vista ultimate at home but it just isnt installed on any of my systems lol

[DJ Wozza]

not that 'hush hush' cos you've told us all about it

[Dan_Harris]

lol you could always run a dual-boot?

[Yeldarb]

OK that is clear now, I think an upgrade is needed anyway, again it is fully how many hush hush things are out there.......

[reganlives]

I'd rather stick with XP instead of dual booting at the moment and have full use of my machine. When I really need Vista then I'll think about upgrading but its not on my list of priorities lol

[Dan_Harris]

agreed mate, for all the time your running 2gb of ram and not playing any intensive games xp is fine :), I too am running xp at the min

[reganlives]

Vista's a memory hog as well btw ;)

[Dan_Harris]

not if setup properly ;) and it's not as bad as people make out. if running vista 64 then 4gb of ram is highly recommended, 32bit you can get away with 2gb :)