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I'm building a new pc soon with the following core specs

550 w power supply

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ processor( i don't know if it's 64bit)

3 GB RAM

160 GB HD DRIVE

ATI RADEON X1950 Pro

Windows XP Home Edition 32 bit

Will the 32 bit XP conflict with the Athlon 64?

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No, you'll be fine. AMD 64 processor series support both code extensions. In fact, the 64bit versions of Windows XP and Vista do have the ability to run 32-bit applications while running, but not the other way around. Though this isn't as stable as running a 64-bit application on a 64-bit OS, it can be done.

As for your system configuration, it wouldn't be a bad idea to invest into a bigger drive. You can buy a 500 GB with 16MB of cache at or below $100. This actually is over looked. Your computer can only function as fast as its slowest part. This being the hard drive, to match peak performance, you want to reduce the amount of time that is spent pulling data from the hard drive and sending it to RAM. Thus a good hard drive and sizable amount of RAM should be considered to hold the data. At 3GB, you'll do most tasks at hand with the exception of graphics rendering for CAD or Animation purposes. Though you probably could add more, in most cases up to 4GB if not more.

The performance gains will become less noticeable as the efficiency of how the resources are handled will start to drop. Regarding XP Home edition, my recommendation is to go with XP Pro. Though Home edition will likely meet your needs, Pro has better handling of networks and multiple processor support, which for a college student connecting within a dorm environment or as a gamer, it may worth the investment.

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Many current games have problems with either XP 64-bit edition or Vista 64-bit edition. There is absolutely no problem running games on a 32-bit version of Windows with a 64-bit processor as the CPU is actually running in a 32-bit only mode. Report It


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No, it won't.
you are good to go.

good luck
Nope, the Athlon 64 will run 32-bit XP just fine...
no the amd64(or x86-64) processing architecture has 3 modes. 2 of these modes are inherited from the i386(The regular 32-bit intel chip) architecture. these two modes are the real and protected modes. The way to switch into these two modes are the same. The 64-bit mode is called long mode and to switch into this mode there are more steps. So since windows will just switch to protected mode, you should be fine. But why would you buy a 64-bit processor if you are not going to take full advantage of its word length?
yer talkin bout two different things, amd has nothing to do with the system you install. little over kill with power supply, 2 gigs of ram is more then enough for games put in an extra drive as well.
This is fine - you don't need 3 GB ram and up the storage if you can as the cost of 300GB or 500GB isn't much more than the 160GB and will give you more choices as time goes by.