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Windows 7: which win 7 do i need
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09 Aug 2009
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windows 7 hp 64bit 102 posts |
which win 7 do i need
hey guys am building a media center for my room and i was hopiong to use windows 7 but witch one would be best for the job ? and the specs of the system is 12gb of ddr3 ram intel core i7 bloomfield and 3 1tb hdds plus tv card and sound card and hd tv output card all in 1 card reader 2 sata dvd burners 850w psu and everest water cooling
| My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number custom build
OS windows 7 hp 64bit
CPU intel 3.00 ghz @ 3.31
Motherboard gigabyte P43-ES3G
Memory 6GB OCZ DDR2 800mhz
Graphics Card ati hd pro 2400 1gb
Sound Card on board
Monitor(s) Displays 19 inch
PSU 600w
Case galaxy 3 gaming case
Cooling everest water cooling
Hard Drives 2x 80gb sata and 2x500gb sata
Internet Speed 7mb down/1.2mb up
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09 Aug 2009
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Vista Ult SP2/Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 8 Pro w/MC/x64/XP SP3 x86 in VM 1,392 posts Toronto, Canada |
A Google search should tell you which ones are suitable for Media Center...
Home Premium
Ultimate
Enterprise | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Alienware® ALX X58
OS Vista Ult SP2/Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 8 Pro w/MC/x64/XP SP3 x86 in VM
CPU Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, 8MB Cache
Motherboard Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 LGA1366
Memory 12GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 2048MB
Graphics Card 1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295/Hauppauge HVR2250 TV Tuner
Sound Card Onboard Soundmax® High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung XL2370 LED backlit 23" W/S 2ms response time
Screen Resolution 1920 X 1080
Keyboard Microsoft® Wireless Entertainment 8000 + Logitech® G15 Wired
Mouse Microsoft® Wireless Laser 8000 + Logitech® G9 Wired
PSU Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU
Case Alienware® P2 ALX Chassis with AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling
Cooling Alienware® High-Perf. Liquid Cooling + Acoustic Dampening
Hard Drives 2 x 500gb SATA II
1 x 1TB SATA II
1 external eSATA LaCie 1TB
(Non-RAID)
Internet Speed 45mbps
Other Info Using non-RAID on purpose as I find RAID to be too temperamental.
I've noticed no difference since switching.
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09 Aug 2009
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64-Bit Windows7 Ult-SP1 3,599 posts UK |
- nice set-up, dude..
- with that rig, I'd go for Ultimate 64-bit
- you'll be sure to get the max experience.. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number benchtec, built to personal specs
OS 64-Bit Windows7 Ult-SP1
CPU i7-965 Extreme Edition (8 Cores) at 3.3GHz (no OC)
Motherboard BloodRage QuantumForce X58 (Socket1366)
Memory 6G Corsair Dominator DDR3 - tripled
Graphics Card 2xMSI AMD6870's in crossfire
Sound Card Sonar(SB)X-Fi onboard
Monitor(s) Displays SyncMaster P2050 20"
Screen Resolution 1600x900 (widescreen)
Keyboard Logitech G19 (wired)
Mouse Logitech G9 Laser (wired)
PSU 1000w Corsair
Case ANTEC 900/2 all blue lights, etc..
Cooling Noctua SE1366 NH-U12P - a tight fit, but a monster cooler!!
Hard Drives 64G\OCZSeries2SSD, 60G\OCZVertex2SSD, 1TB\spinpointF1SATA
Internet Speed 50mb
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09 Aug 2009
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ultimate 64 sp1 8,636 posts |
why pay extra for stuff you don't need?
for a more informed choice, check out this thread. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number mickey megabyte 1234
OS ultimate 64 sp1
CPU i5 2500K 3.3@4.2GHz
Motherboard MSI P67A-GD53
Memory 8 gigs GSkill Ripjaws 1600
Graphics Card amd hd6950
Sound Card creative x-fi gamer
Monitor(s) Displays samsung 24"
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard saitek eclipse ii
Mouse logitech g3
PSU antec 550
Case antec three hundred
Cooling i'm a cooling fan
Hard Drives ocz vertex 2e 60 gig, samsung f3 1tb, buffalo 2tb ext
Internet Speed about 4 Mbps
Other Info i love win7
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09 Aug 2009
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windows 7 hp 64bit 102 posts |
thanks guys i'll end up with enterprise or Ultimate as it will also be used as a everyday pc | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number custom build
OS windows 7 hp 64bit
CPU intel 3.00 ghz @ 3.31
Motherboard gigabyte P43-ES3G
Memory 6GB OCZ DDR2 800mhz
Graphics Card ati hd pro 2400 1gb
Sound Card on board
Monitor(s) Displays 19 inch
PSU 600w
Case galaxy 3 gaming case
Cooling everest water cooling
Hard Drives 2x 80gb sata and 2x500gb sata
Internet Speed 7mb down/1.2mb up
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09 Aug 2009
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (Retail) 1,018 posts Honolulu, HI, USA |
Just out of curiosity, what features in Ultimate or Enterprise (same thing except for activation methods) that are not available in Home Premium or Pro, are you planning to utilize? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP DV8t quad
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (Retail)
CPU i7-Q 720
Motherboard Motherboard Chipset Intel Ibex Peak-M PM55, Intel Lynnfield
Memory 6 GB
Graphics Card nVidia GeForce GT 230M (1GB)
Sound Card IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
Monitor(s) Displays 18.4 inch HP Infinity FHD (Samsung 184HT03-001)
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard laptop
Mouse Logitech VX Revolution
Cooling Zalman NC-2000 notebook cooling pad
Hard Drives Hitachi 500GB 7200 rpm (x2)
Seagate FreeAgent 1.5 TB External USB (x2)
Thermaltake BlacX eSATA/USB 2.0 3.5/2.5 HD dock
Other Info Backup Unit: Lenovo T61p
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09 Aug 2009
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ultimate 64 sp1 8,636 posts |
Quote: Originally Posted by harpua  Just out of curiosity, what features in Ultimate or Enterprise (same thing except for activation methods) that are not available in Home Premium or Pro, are you planning to utilize? ..it may save you some money!  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number mickey megabyte 1234
OS ultimate 64 sp1
CPU i5 2500K 3.3@4.2GHz
Motherboard MSI P67A-GD53
Memory 8 gigs GSkill Ripjaws 1600
Graphics Card amd hd6950
Sound Card creative x-fi gamer
Monitor(s) Displays samsung 24"
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard saitek eclipse ii
Mouse logitech g3
PSU antec 550
Case antec three hundred
Cooling i'm a cooling fan
Hard Drives ocz vertex 2e 60 gig, samsung f3 1tb, buffalo 2tb ext
Internet Speed about 4 Mbps
Other Info i love win7
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09 Aug 2009
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windows 7 hp 64bit 102 posts |
and with the looks of that list a few posts up ther is a big diffarenc in all copys but it is all upto you what 1 you want but i think am going with Ultimate for my media center 64bit os with everything i need | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number custom build
OS windows 7 hp 64bit
CPU intel 3.00 ghz @ 3.31
Motherboard gigabyte P43-ES3G
Memory 6GB OCZ DDR2 800mhz
Graphics Card ati hd pro 2400 1gb
Sound Card on board
Monitor(s) Displays 19 inch
PSU 600w
Case galaxy 3 gaming case
Cooling everest water cooling
Hard Drives 2x 80gb sata and 2x500gb sata
Internet Speed 7mb down/1.2mb up
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09 Aug 2009
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XP_Pro, W7_7201, W7RC.vhd, SciLinux5.3, Fedora12, Fedora9_2x, OpenSolaris_09-06 1,117 posts Denver suburb |
Quote: Originally Posted by mickey megabyte ..it may save you some money! Not to mention saving a few Megabytes from clogging up that limited 3 terabyte storage area... | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway GT5056
OS XP_Pro, W7_7201, W7RC.vhd, SciLinux5.3, Fedora12, Fedora9_2x, OpenSolaris_09-06
CPU AMD 64x2
Motherboard Yes
Memory 1 gig
Graphics Card Dunno
Sound Card Realtek something
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster 940MW w/TV
Screen Resolution 1280x1024
Hard Drives 250 GB WD, USB Seagate Freedesk 1.5 T
Internet Speed Cable modem
Other Info 1 + 1 = 10b,
7 + 7 = 16o,
a + b = 15h.
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09 Aug 2009
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Windows 7 Professional x64 811 posts |
Quote: Originally Posted by harpua Just out of curiosity, what features in Ultimate or Enterprise (same thing except for activation methods) that are not available in Home Premium or Pro, are you planning to utilize? I have the same curiosity! 
If you don't do backups over the network and the BitLocker thing, you don't need Ultimate only to use Media Center.
Quote: Originally Posted by F17ZY and with the looks of that list a few posts up ther is a big diffarenc in all copys but it is all upto you what 1 you want but i think am going with Ultimate for my media center 64bit os with everything i need Good luck with Ultimate, but I suggest to wait for Christmas sale or something like that. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number MasterB/Custom
OS Windows 7 Professional x64
CPU QuadCore AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition 955 3.2 GHz
Motherboard Asus M4A785TD-V Evo
Memory 8 GB Crucial DDR3
Graphics Card SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4890 1GB HDMI New Edition
Sound Card VIA VT1708S HD Audio 7.1 onboard/ ATI HDMI video card
Monitor(s) Displays Acer H233H 23'' LCD HDMI
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech MX 3200
Mouse Logitech MX 3200
PSU CORSAIR CMPSU-620HX 620W
Case COOLER MASTER Storm Scout SGC-2000
Cooling 2x 140mm and 1x 120mm case fans, Stock CPU fan
Hard Drives 1x 500GB and 1x 1TB 7200RPM 32MB Cache WD Caviar Black
Internet Speed 15 Mbps
Other Info My first build!
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