WhatTheSchmidt
Limp Gawd
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- Jun 4, 2007
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So my mobo died(90% sure on this) so in a week and a half when I have time I will be fixing my system. I bought the gigabyte ud3r (Think that's right, 1 pcie, $105 after rebate) and 4 gb of g. skill ram 8000.
I currently have windows xp pro 32 bit installed on my raptor. I have the disc but am unsure if it will let me install windows again(there's a limit). XP was $15 5 years ago when I got it, I have reinstalled 3-4 times 1x was on the new current system. I could buy vista ultimate for $20 but it says online it's the 32 bit, is there a way to upgrade to 64 bit? or install 64 bit and use the key from the 32 bit? I could do the stickied new mobo but keep old install path too. My raptor is pretty full and heavily fragmented and sluggish though so I want to do a new install of a OS and I would rather have a 64 bit OS to utilize my 4gb of ram...
advice?
thanks
I currently have windows xp pro 32 bit installed on my raptor. I have the disc but am unsure if it will let me install windows again(there's a limit). XP was $15 5 years ago when I got it, I have reinstalled 3-4 times 1x was on the new current system. I could buy vista ultimate for $20 but it says online it's the 32 bit, is there a way to upgrade to 64 bit? or install 64 bit and use the key from the 32 bit? I could do the stickied new mobo but keep old install path too. My raptor is pretty full and heavily fragmented and sluggish though so I want to do a new install of a OS and I would rather have a 64 bit OS to utilize my 4gb of ram...
advice?
thanks