I finally bought a new (new to me) computer on ebay. I got a core2quad q6600 dell 2.4ghz desktop. I also bought windows 8 pro separately.
I have the 64bit and 32bit discs coming. Which I should I install?
I'm not going to be gaming on this computer. Its just going to be for surfing and video watching and encoding. So I need enough ram to be stable and functional but not a 'killer' pc.
I also just bought 2gb of ram since it only comes with .5gb and win8 32bit needs a minimum of a 1gig.
I've never used a 64bit os. I know you'd need all 64bit os codecs and the like.
I think I've asked or read about it before but the only true reason for using 64bit os is to max the ram right?
If you don't need tons of ram is 32bit ok?
Reason I ask is if its going to be a hassle to reinstall and reactivate it if I decide to go from 32bit to 64bit I'd rather go 64bit the first time.
Also I'll have 2.5 gb initially. Is this ok for win8 32bit for video encoding and hd viewing? (I'll have a hd card that handles h264 on its own, not cuda encoding though just playback).
Should I start with 64bit and also buy another 2gb?
fyi its ddr2 sd ram and the screen shot they provided from the bios said it wasn't linked ram or whatever that phrase is for enhanced multisticks - but it does have 4 ram slots (dimm).
Thanks.
(fyi it was 50.00 plus shipping for the computer without a harddrive and 48.00 for windows 8 pro on a separate auction. I have a harddrive I'll be using for the os drive).
Edit - also would it be worth looking into one of those touchpads they have to emulate a touch screen? They are expensive though at least the ones I've seen at bestbuy, do they have cheap knockoffs??
Or would I most likely be staying in the desktop environment for doing video work and surfing and stay away from the "formerly known as" metro gui?
Edit - another thing - How large is the blue update to get the suedo start button? Is that a couple of gigs or is it a smaller patch? Shouldn't take me long to download it on my speed though, but the if update is a long drawn out process I want to plan for it after I get the computer going.
Also I should have it this coming Friday hopefully.
I have the 64bit and 32bit discs coming. Which I should I install?
I'm not going to be gaming on this computer. Its just going to be for surfing and video watching and encoding. So I need enough ram to be stable and functional but not a 'killer' pc.
I also just bought 2gb of ram since it only comes with .5gb and win8 32bit needs a minimum of a 1gig.
I've never used a 64bit os. I know you'd need all 64bit os codecs and the like.
I think I've asked or read about it before but the only true reason for using 64bit os is to max the ram right?
If you don't need tons of ram is 32bit ok?
Reason I ask is if its going to be a hassle to reinstall and reactivate it if I decide to go from 32bit to 64bit I'd rather go 64bit the first time.
Also I'll have 2.5 gb initially. Is this ok for win8 32bit for video encoding and hd viewing? (I'll have a hd card that handles h264 on its own, not cuda encoding though just playback).
Should I start with 64bit and also buy another 2gb?
fyi its ddr2 sd ram and the screen shot they provided from the bios said it wasn't linked ram or whatever that phrase is for enhanced multisticks - but it does have 4 ram slots (dimm).
Thanks.
(fyi it was 50.00 plus shipping for the computer without a harddrive and 48.00 for windows 8 pro on a separate auction. I have a harddrive I'll be using for the os drive).
Edit - also would it be worth looking into one of those touchpads they have to emulate a touch screen? They are expensive though at least the ones I've seen at bestbuy, do they have cheap knockoffs??
Or would I most likely be staying in the desktop environment for doing video work and surfing and stay away from the "formerly known as" metro gui?
Edit - another thing - How large is the blue update to get the suedo start button? Is that a couple of gigs or is it a smaller patch? Shouldn't take me long to download it on my speed though, but the if update is a long drawn out process I want to plan for it after I get the computer going.
Also I should have it this coming Friday hopefully.