Pentium 4 and windows 7 32-bit

ASUSEN7900GTX · 07-23-11, 09:23 AM

Hello i wonder if Windows 7 can be run on a P4 with just 1gb ram the 32-bit version of it?

JasonPC · 07-23-11, 11:28 AM

It's not the best idea. Some of the computers at my university's library were upgraded to windows 7 from xp and they were largely single core P4s with 1 GB of ram. Once you logged in it would take about 10 minutes to get to the desktop and the ram was 99% used. I could barely launch microsoft office word. I think the ideal minimum requirements should be a dual core processor and 2 GB of ram.

Redeemed · 07-23-11, 06:42 PM

The 1GB of RAM will kill it.

Slap 3GB+ in there and so long as it is ultra basic usage like word processing and e-mail, it'd run okay. Built a rig using an old AXP 2800+ w/ 4GB of DDR400 for my little sister. Got a fast 250GB HDD and Win7 Ult. x32... runs pretty well for basic stuff.

Yaboze · 07-23-11, 07:19 PM

I wouldn't even run XP with 1GB of RAM.

07-23-11, 09:23 AM	#1
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07-23-11, 11:28 AM	#2
JasonPC Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2,103	Re: Pentium 4 and windows 7 32-bit It's not the best idea. Some of the computers at my university's library were upgraded to windows 7 from xp and they were largely single core P4s with 1 GB of ram. Once you logged in it would take about 10 minutes to get to the desktop and the ram was 99% used. I could barely launch microsoft office word. I think the ideal minimum requirements should be a dual core processor and 2 GB of ram.

07-23-11, 06:42 PM	#3
Redeemed Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 17,986	Re: Pentium 4 and windows 7 32-bit The 1GB of RAM will kill it. Slap 3GB+ in there and so long as it is ultra basic usage like word processing and e-mail, it'd run okay. Built a rig using an old AXP 2800+ w/ 4GB of DDR400 for my little sister. Got a fast 250GB HDD and Win7 Ult. x32... runs pretty well for basic stuff.

07-23-11, 07:19 PM	#4
Yaboze Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: United States Posts: 2,057	Re: Pentium 4 and windows 7 32-bit I wouldn't even run XP with 1GB of RAM.