Should I get a 32 or 64 bit OS?

[shakeel amlay]

Hey
I would like to know what, if any, differences there are between the 32 and 64 bit windows 8 operating systems. I know the 32 bit has certain limitations but i am not sure how big of an imnpact they will have in real world situations. I will be doing serious gaming, some video editing, coding and the usual browsing and school work on it. my specs are:

MOTHERBOARD
Asrock Z97 Pro4

MEMORY
Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB (2x4GB) 1866 MHz DDR3 CL10 DiMM

GRAPHICS
CARD
Sapphire radeon R9 280 3GB Gddr5

POWER
SUPPLY
Seasonic SS-620GB S12II Bronze Series 620W

CPU Intel core i5-4690k Processor 3.5GHz
CASE
Raidmax Vortex 402 Black No PSU ATX Chassis

KEYBOARD
+ MOUSE
Logitech 920-002562 MK120 wired black keyboard bundle

SPEAKERS

Zalman ZM-S200 2.1 speakers

STORAGE WD Blue 1TB SATA 6GB/S 7200rpm internal hard drive

 

[RCFProd]

You have 8 GB RAM

64-Bit OS makes sure programs use more than 4GB if your system is capable of it.

So, 64-Bit is the one.

 

[USAFRet]

64bit OS, no question. A 32bit Windows OS will restrict your RAM use to ~3.5GB, no matter how much is physically installed.

 

[4745454b]

Agreed. I know with win7 the 32bit OS will still be able to run the old 16bit installers while the 64bit one won't. I don't know if this is true with win8. But it doesn't matter as you have 8GBs of ram. If you want that much, you have to use the 64bit OS.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

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