Can xp pro sp3 run on i7core 3960 yes or no?

[exmarine]

Hello,
my name is foolish
im in the process of buying a new system
all i use it for is copying or moving terabytes of video data dvd's & bluray to other drives...
i was told not to buy because xp wont run at all
thanks

 

[popatim]

If all your doing is moving data from 1 drive to another you dont need a $1000 cpu but yes it will run xp since its an x86 processor. Your problem will be finding drivers for the motherboard and peripherals that you will be using.

 

[WR2]

Hello exmarine;

The answer is yes - if the motherboard has the necessary drives for WinXP.

The next question is does the motherboard you choose have WinXP drivers? You'd have to check that to be sure.

 

[WR2]

For example: Intel BOXDX79TO LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Does have drivers for WinXP (Home Edition, Media Center Edition and Pro Edition (32bit and 64bit)

--> I think popatim is right about a Sandy Bridge-E being a way over the top for the kind of work you describe. And no one around here is going to be excited about running WinXP on this class of hardware.

 

[Pedrovsky]

dude if thats all you do i'll make you a deal

you send me the 1800$ you would spend on a rig for that CPU and i'll send a very good performing pc so that you can move all the DATA you want to...

What do you say?