Unless you have some very
June 4, 2011 at 2:23 pm
#4240
swoon
Unless you have some very specific reasons to run 32-bit, go with 64-bit.
Like oliverredfox said, 32-bit will limit the amount of usable RAM in your system to ~3GB. In addition, let’s say you decide to upgrade to Windows 8 in the future. You most likely wouldn’t be able to upgrade without performing a clean install from scratch. There are some other reasons to run as well, but those are probably the biggest.
One reason to run 32-bit would be that you need to use a STB with something like the Hauppauge Colossus AND you want to use Firewire for sending commands to the STB. Currently, there is only a 32-bit driver available.