Quote Originally Posted by 'Nisch',index.php?page=Thread&postID=195714#post19 5714
I'm running new hardware on XP64. What you've heard is old news. Since the consumer push for 64 bit and the option to downgrade to XP, there has been a huge advancement in drivers for XP64, not to mention there were already a lot of drivers for Server 2003 64-bit, which is the same platform, allowing you to use those.

I'm using a 790i Ultra with DDR3, and a 9800GTX with XP64, plus my machines at work are running on XP64 with anything from a hyperthreading P4 to a dual core. Not a single driver issue among any of them.
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Make sure you grab SP2 for it if its not on the disc. (XP64 SP2 is on update par with XP 32bit SP3)

I am also on xp64 with a core i7 940 & 6GB DDR3 RAM

Also, with a decent air cooler, you should be able to get that cpu up to 3.6GHz fairly easily