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<blockquote data-quote="Pl8er" data-source="post: 4132178" data-attributes="member: 540634">Glad I could help //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gifNo, I would say Windows XP as it takes less resources.&nbsp; You can run it on a system that you are putting together but your frame rates and overall load times will take a bit of a hit.Until they get some of the fat off of Vista, I would still stick with XP (64-bit if your over 3gb).Vista&#039;s only real improvement is that it runs DX10 games (and is currently the only OS to do so). So you will not get the full effects of the DX10 card without it.I keep forgetting to put this in....get an aftermarket cooler.&nbsp; Tomshardware just did a really good review on CPU coolers so you can see what cools the best and for the best price.&nbsp; Although the stock cooler does ok, it is not really meant for OC&#039;ing at all.<a href="http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/02/26/cpu_cooler_charts_2008_part_2/" target="_blank">http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/02/26/cpu_cooler_charts_2008_part_2/</a><a href="http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134</a>I know that one works well as I have it on a Q6600 OC&#039;d to 2.9ish and only added about 7 degree&#039;s to the proc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pl8er, post: 4132178, member: 540634"] Glad I could help [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] No, I would say Windows XP as it takes less resources. You can run it on a system that you are putting together but your frame rates and overall load times will take a bit of a hit. Until they get some of the fat off of Vista, I would still stick with XP (64-bit if your over 3gb). Vista's only real improvement is that it runs DX10 games (and is currently the only OS to do so). So you will not get the full effects of the DX10 card without it. I keep forgetting to put this in....get an aftermarket cooler. Tomshardware just did a really good review on CPU coolers so you can see what cools the best and for the best price. Although the stock cooler does ok, it is not really meant for OC'ing at all. [URL="http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/02/26/cpu_cooler_charts_2008_part_2/"]http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/02/26/cpu_cooler_charts_2008_part_2/[/URL] [URL="http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134"]http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134[/URL] I know that one works well as I have it on a Q6600 OC'd to 2.9ish and only added about 7 degree's to the proc. [/QUOTE]

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