Windows 7 with 2Gb ram ?

[duck]

Hi

Just had my hard drive fail and after searching around decided to upgrade to a 64Gb solid state drive and Windows 7 Home Premium (retail) to replace my current Windows XP setup.

Been trying to decide if I should install the 32 or 64 bit version of Windows 7 when it arrives, my current motherboard is limited to 2Gb of ram and people seem to be saying that 4Gb ram is needed for the 64 bit version.

I would appreciate some advice on which would be the best version to install.

Current PC spec:

Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz
AsRock 4CoreDual-SATA 2 motherboard
2Gb PC5300 667 MHz (Dual channel kit)
Kingston SSDNow V+ Series 64GB hard drive for the operating system
1 x 500gb SATA drive and 1 x 500Gb IDE drive for storage etc

I also need to be able to play Command and Conquer Red Alert 2/Yuris Revenge as I have an ongoing challenge against one of my mates.

Many Thanks

 

[vintage-x]

U can get away with 2gb. I have 1.5 installed on my netbook and 2gb on my HTPC both seem to fly. The HTPC is 64bit and the netbook is 32

 

[Makhaira]

Check this thread out .
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18115010&highlight=windows+2gb

 

[lcg]

Windows 7 will be fine with 2GB RAM. I would use x64 as it doesn't matter if you only have 2GB RAM. Until last month I was using Windows 7 x64 with 2GB RAM.

 

[DJDaz]

i have win 7 64bit on my laptop with 2gb and runs absolutely fine,

 

[duck]

Thanks for the replies, think I'll give the 64 version a go.

Cheers

 

[V4NT0M]

2 gigs is fine, laptop runs like a dream 99% of the time on 2GB.