I'm building a new computer for myself and originally decided on the athlon 64 4000+ with MSI K8NGM2-FID socket 939 mobo. It won't be used for gaming, mostly office work (the comp now is very outdated).

My main question is, in the next year or so, if I wanted to upgrade to Vista, would that be a problem? Should I just go ahead and get a socket AM2 dual core cpu?

edit: Maybe the question I should be asking is, will the motherboard be compatible with a Vista upgrade? Or are there any other forseeable problems?

 

4000+ cpu will be fine, make sure you get plenty of ram (2 gb would be good)

 

A Windows Vista Capable PC includes at least:

A modern processor (at least 800MHz1).
512 MB of system memory.
A graphics processor that is DirectX 9 capable.


A Windows Vista Premium Ready PC includes at least:

1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor1.
1 GB of system memory.
Support for DirectX 9 graphics with a WDDM driver, 128 MB of graphics memory (minimum)2, Pixel Shader 2.0 and 32 bits per pixel.
40 GB of hard drive capacity with 15 GB free space.
DVD-ROM Drive3.
Audio output capability.
Internet access capability.

 

sweet, thanks for the quick response fellas!

 

oh and one more question, should i go with the X2 3800+ dual core or the athlon 64 4000+ single core? the X2 is almost $20 more, kinda negligible.

 

dual core > single core....

 

it's a hog

 

beta version is, doesnt mean the actual system wil be

 

very true. The recent builds are getting faster and faster

but there are a ton of features that definately will use up memory, so the more you have the better

 

It runs fine on my GX280 in the office with only 1gb of memory. And i am in the process of beating the crap out of it

I am running Build 5536 (Pre RC1)

 

Beelzebub are you on the exchange dogfood too? I wish i could say that it was working smoother than vista

 

I am not part of the Exchange TAP, Only Vista/Longhorn and MS Virtual Server.

 

nice hope your tap buddy is taking care of you

 

true, but for his needs, mostly office work, the single core is just fine. and if it's cheaper he can save some bucks.

 

I have not installed the version we got a few weeks ago with our MSDN subscription. I really hope you're correct b/c I was extremely disappointed.

 

How long ago did you get it?

They just released the 5536 build in MSDN, but the one before that to the MSDN community was Beta 2, which if it is don't bother. Log into the MSDN web site and download the August build. It is much better than the earlier builds that had debug turned on.

 

^yeah it's Beta 2 from July 2006 disc 3613

guess I should DL the latest then and give it a look.

 

absolutely get the X2, and if you can get a socket am2 board, itll provide you with better upgrade options in the future as socket 939 is discontinued

 

how do you guys feel about SLI? sorry for the