Running xp

[srogers6]

I am in the process of building my first computer and to save money i was wanting to use an old copy of xp 32 bit... untill i can upgrade. will it work on my anthlon 2 x3? what is the difference between 32 and 62 bits?

 

[hang-the-9]

32 bit XP will work just fine on the new CPU. 64 bit XP was created to use more than around 3.5 gig of RAM. But has much worse driver support so you are better off using 32bit anyway.