MrMADRYAN

Hi! At least I'm not the only Russian here! (Приветствую!)

It so happened that I bought a prebuilt PC in February of 2014 that came with Windows 8.1. That PC is named MSI Prestige MS-7903 - it is a desktop with a micro-ATX motherboard (MSI A88X Gaming), it runs an AMD A10-7890K APU, 32GB of Hyper-X 2133 MHz Non-ECC DDR3 Memory. It uses an AMD Radeon R7 120G SATA SSD for the system and a WD VelociRaptor 10K 250GB HDD and a basic Thermaltake 430W (or whatever) PSU. Everything is packed into a Silverstone Milo ML03B case. In June of 2020 I made an upgrade - I bought an AMD Radeon RX 550 Low Profile to enable dual graphics. I needed a new PC at that time 'cuz my old one had BSOD troubles and I had no time to diagnose it. It were my school exam time coming, so I just bought a new PC. I have done some sound/thermal isolation on the case, so it is not as loud. There were some time that I wanted to install Vista x64 to this PC, but I decided not to do it since Vista lacks FastBoot and TPM on my MOBO doesn't work correctly. (Still I don't know it is TPM v1.2 or TPM R2 since UEFI reports v2 while Windows says 1.2 version). I also have installed a few patches - OldNewExplorer, StartIsBack and AeroGlass 8, I hate the lack of transparency in Windows 8.1. Now, I almost never use this computer, about two or three times a year - I have resurrected my Vista machine and bought a gaming computer in 2017. It just sits on my balcony, I use it to watch YouTube and browse social media. I can't say that Windows 8.1 is my favorite OS, one of them, but not the most. Had no trouble using or administrating it. I also like Windows 8.1 Metro style, 'cuz it is better in my opinion than Metro in Windows 10 (it is too rounded). So, if you are looking for an OS with modern features like FastBoot, SecureBoot, nice interface with an ability to tweak it, and not outdated NT-kernel like Vista, something like Windows 7, but still supported - Windows 8.1 is your choice. P. S. sorry for my English, I am Russian, as you can see on my system screenshot...

It is a good idea then, to update to Vista. As far as I know it lacks telemetry and it has more or less the same kernel 6.x as 7/8/10.

It is. You can download the latest driver from Nvidia official website, then add DEV_ID to installation files. Please use driver for Windows 7 - it will show the best performance of all, but it will be still limited. If you are interested in a GPU for Windows Vista, consider buying a used card from GeForce GTX 600/700/900 Series. If you are an AMD Fanboy, it is a good idea to buy HD 6000 or HD 7000 GPU. Upd.: Windows 7's 372.70 driver works okay with me.

All right, this is more than enough information. Thank you very much!

Intel X-25E SSDSA2SH064G1GN, produced 21-jan-2010

I can't - that SSD does not support TRIM at all. Is it ok for this OS?

But will Vista shorten lifespan of the drive more quickly than Windows 7/8/10? As I said - no TRIM is required/supported.

Hi everyone! I want to buy and SSD for my Vista PC and I am interested in Intel X-25E 64GB (Intel SSDSA2SH064G1GN) - it is based on SLC memory and I can buy one for 20 US$ new. As I know, TRIM is not supported or required to use this SSD, moreover Vista does not support TRIM out-of-the-box. And I am interested of this SSD wear level under Vista - will it be more, than under any modern OS? Yep, I use Vista, 'cuz some of my cartography software does not run under any other OS + I am a huge fan of this OS. Of cource, SATA AHCI Mode is enabled and no data defragmenting/search indexing will be done on the boot drive. I use Windows Vista 64-Bit SP2 Ultimate 6.0.6003.20491.