Should I upgrade my computer? And whats the difference b/w Windows 7 64bit and 32bit?
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Ok, this is what I have AMD Athlon 64 Processor 4000+ 2.4GHz 2GB PC3200 DDR 200GB 7200RPM 3G Serial ATA Hard Drive Windows XP Home Mainly used for multimedia, internet browsing and light gaming. What I am thinking of buying:- Intel Dual Core E5700 3.0GHz, 2GB Ram, 500GB HDD, Windows 7 OR AMD Quad Core X4 640 3.0GHz 4GB Ram, 1TB HDD OR AMD Athlon II X2 255 (2M Cache) 3.1GHz 4GB Ram 500GB
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Answer:
if ALL of your hardware supports 64-bit, use it. Otherwise, use 32-bit. 32-bit applications will run on 64-bit computers.
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Kendal
First let give you the difference between 64bit and 32 bit. Assume 6 lane = 64 bit 2 lane = 32 bit There is a highway with 2 lanes and 6 lanes. 6 lanes holds good for 6 vehicles at a time where as 2 lane holds good only for 2 vehicles. In 6 lane more vehicles reach the destination when compared to 2 lanes in a given amount of time.. In 6 lane you can travel 2 vehicles (eg if you are having 64 bit processor and install 32 bit OS you wont experience the speed, 32 bit os support upto 3gb RAM) In 2 lane you cant travel more than 2 vehicles(eg if you are having 32 bit processor and install 64 bit os your performance will reduce drastically) Egs: In 2 lane if you allow 6 vehicles what will happen think. You better go for AMD x6 its cheaper and also good for home users, even good for gaming. Thank you. I hope you don't get confused from above TC
Theoretically, 64 bit computers can move four times as much data per time unit but in practice, there is not much difference. 64 can address more Ram but that only applies if you will do a lot of photo-shopping or rendering video. Video rendering is faster with 8G over 4G. 32 Bit OS's max at 4Gig of ram. Do check the speed of the ram. This makes a BIG difference. PC3200 has the speed in it... 3.2 GB/s. Today, they have ram that is more then three times faster. Max out the ram at 4 Gig if you get 32 bit. Heck, consider 4 Gig the minimum. Go quad core over dual core. Go for bigger on-board cache in the CPU. I'd look into doing an i5 CPU. The three computers are about the same clock speed so no comparison there.
David E
Yes upgrade your computer to a dual core at least. 32 bit operating systems only have enough memory addresses for about 3.25 Gigabytes of memory. 64 bit operating systems support total memory form 8 gigabytes to 192 gigabytes depending on the version of the OS one does buy.
scythe515
Thats wrong Livia, 64 bit handles more RAM, 32 bit is limited to 4GB of RAM. I would upgrade your CPU to an i5 or i7, but thats only if your Motherboard can handle it. Which i would look into before you buy anything.
Alex
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Binary_Finary
64 bit works fine for laptops, don't listen to the person above me. Upgrade to your 2nd choice with the X4.
J
32 is for laptops 64 for pcs
Livia Popp
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