upgrade to vista?

bluedoo · 20 Jan 2008 at 15:09

i am upgrading my computer at the moment

i am changing
motherboard
cpu
ram
graphics card
and poss monitor

would you recommend i upgrade windows as well
currently running win xp sp2

ants83 · 20 Jan 2008 at 15:18

well what exactly are you getting?

bluedoo · 20 Jan 2008 at 15:22

i have bought these

Product Name Price Qty Line Total
Intel Core 2 Duo E2200 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.20GHz (800FSB) - Retail £0.00 1 £51.99
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £0.00 1 £55.99
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £0.00 1 £14.99
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £0.00 1 £31.99
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri): £8.25
VAT: £28.56
Order Total: £191.77

and

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-165-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=416

ants83 · 20 Jan 2008 at 15:26

bluedoo said:
i have bought these

Product Name Price Qty Line Total
Intel Core 2 Duo E2200 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.20GHz (800FSB) - Retail £0.00 1 £51.99
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £0.00 1 £55.99
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £0.00 1 £14.99
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £0.00 1 £31.99
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri): £8.25
VAT: £28.56
Order Total: £191.77

and

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-165-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=416

if vista does what you want it too and runs all your programs i would choose vista x64 over xp

Jobe · 20 Jan 2008 at 15:40

don't forget a lot of older programmes won't work with vista.
unless they've released an update.

jobe

bluedoo · 20 Jan 2008 at 16:09

i have done a check with vista upgrade advisor(with my current set up)
and the only thing that came up as a poss problem was nero 7

tj86 · 20 Jan 2008 at 16:29

I wouldnt upgrade yet... unless it has something that you need?

Burnsy2023 · 20 Jan 2008 at 17:51

Vista would run fine on your new system. Whether you should upgrade is currently highly debated and so you'll have to make that decision yourself.

I'd run Vista x64 personally though

Burnsy

bluedoo · 20 Jan 2008 at 22:09

i have ordered the 64 bit oem version