Question Windows Vista PC

[vistagamer6969]

Hello every one!
What hardware is being capable of running windows vista 64 bit with aero, of course, very nice and stabile?
I don't want it to be very expensive or a prebuilt since their performance isnt too great...
I want to dual boot windows vista and windows xp and maybe ill try windows 7 (?)
Its just for old games and nostalgia...

 

[kerberos_20]

well actually vista was ahead of its time, so u may need better PC then u need for win 7/xp

anyway atleast 4GB ram (32bit) / 8GB for 64bit
SSD
cpu shoulnt matter, any 2core+ should be fine

 

[vistagamer6969]

I am thinking at getting 8 GB of ram and a core 2 quad but 775 motherboards in my country arent that good and they are expensive as most of them come în kits with pentiums (Romania)... What about first gen i5s? Any mobo suggestion?

 

[Ketchup79]

A motherboard with the P55 chipset and a Core i5 760 should get you Vista supported drivers and decent performance.

 

[vistagamer6969]

A motherboard with the P55 chipset and a Core i5 760 should get you Vista supported drivers and decent performance.

You just read my mind... However i really dont know what GPU to choose... Im thinking at gtx 760 but i really want to test some old "smokin'" gtx 285 lol... Anyways what's the best GPU for this build? My games arent that demanding so im opened to new suggestions

 

[Ketchup79]

On a side note, what games? There are several games people have already played with to work with Windows 10, and some not-so-demanding games would run just fine inside a virtual machine.

 

[vistagamer6969]

Yeah but I want to do it the the classic way...

 

[Ketchup79]

How about a GTX 460?

 

[vistagamer6969]

Not worth... About all models from gtx 200 series to a bit worse chips from 700 series (like gtx 750ti) are going for $24 while i can get a GTX 770 with $45 (gtx 760 has the same price)

 

[vistagamer6969]

Managed to find an Asus P7P55D with an i5 760 kit for $58... Is it worth it?

 

[Ketchup79]

The card looks good. The whole build I can't answer. The question is: "is it worth it to you?"

 

[mkaafy]

Hello every one!
What hardware is being capable of running windows vista 64 bit with aero, of course, very nice and stabile?
I don't want it to be very expensive or a prebuilt since their performance isnt too great...
I want to dual boot windows vista and windows xp and maybe ill try windows 7 (?)
Its just for old games and nostalgia...

I see you're in love with Windows Vista and it seems like you cannot forget good memories you have had with it. Me neither. If you end up spending much on an old PC, you will definitely regret it.

Building a cheap Windows 7 PC with new unused hardware would be a better idea and It is probably still possible.

There is a guy who posts helpful detailed videos on YouTube and MSFN about Windows Vista, latest supported softwares, making newer Windows versions look like Vista, etc. Thanks to him, you'll find almost all the information needed.
Here, check out:
Compatible hardware with Windows Vista
Last versions of softwares for Windows Vista