Which Vista Version to install??

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I am building a system as an HTPC. It has a mini-tower chassis with only a 300 watt power supply.

EVGA 7100/630i Motherboard
Intel Pentium Dual Core E2200 Processor - 2.20GHz
160GB SATA hard drive
IDE DVD Burner
Media Card Reader

Was not planning on getting a discrete graphics card yet as this PC will not be used for gaming. I want to install Vista Ultimate and join the domain of home network. Is this board capable of handling Vista Ultimate? I don't want to buy first and be disappointed later. Should I just stick to Home Premium?
 
I understand that all versions of Vista are resource hungry. Have you considered Windows XP Media Centre Edition? I realise that you only want to use the PC as a media centre, but Vista really is awful.

I think that PC would be capable of Vista, but you haven't inlcuded how much RAM you will use, and also I'm not 100% the PSU will be good enough for what you want.
 
I will check out XP Media Center Edition as you suggested. I had just wanted to try out Vista since my other machines are XP Pro.

Have put in 2GB of RAM (is capable of 4GB). I was also worried about the small power supply. All this so I can have a small, good looking PC that will fit in a small space and not make too much noise!

Thanks for your response, Thomas234.
 
You should be able to run any version of Vista with 2gigs of ram.. Also take a look at Windows server 2008 (LongHorn) You can make it into a workstation and it is more stable than Vista..
 
Thanks, Ghostman . . . I will check out Server 2008. That is something that I would not have thought of on my own. Your input is appreciated.
 
I have just upgraded to Vista Ultimate x64 Edition and I'm on 2 Gigs clocked at 332MHz effective DDR1, and it works nicely
 
rimmer said:
I have just upgraded to Vista Ultimate x64 Edition and I'm on 2 Gigs clocked at 332MHz effective DDR1, and it works nicely
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I decided to go the cheaper route with Home Premium for now.

Do you have all the drivers you need for the 64 bit version?
 
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