Having some problems

Okay well Today I recived my new CPU and Mobo In the mail (AMD athlon 64 3200+ Skt 754 And an EpoX Nforce4 SLI Mobo skt 754 ) And I set it all Up and for some reason when I boot it It will Like take me to a black screen For the setup Then once I try To boot windows it restarts should I try a reinstall of windows.. (btw I checked the CPU for bent pins and such) and this HardDrive was used on a older Motherboard and wasnt formatted

Specs
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AMD athlon 64 3200+ Skt 754
1Gb DDR400 Ram (cosair XMS)
EpoX Nforce 4 Skt 754 Mobo
80Gb IDE HD 7,200 RPM (old)
6600GT Graphics card
sound blaster audigy 2 sound card
and a 500Watt PSU

 

You'll probably be best to format & start fresh. The old drive will have the old drivers form your old mother board causing conflicts.

 

Well im buying a new HardDrive and Windows disk next week any suggestions keep in mind I mainly play RPGs And FPS But I also Do alot of work in Adobe Cs2 and Fruityloops so What verison of windows and hard drive would you recomend for me?

Thanks alot,
Shadow

 

XP pro is solid
x64 is looking good too is avaible for free:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/facts/trial.mspx

If your MOBO supports SATA II HDD, then SATA II, you can get Seagate 80gb SATA II with 5 yr warranty for $50 at Newegg ( $100 for raid 0 )
SATA II is also backwards compatitable


Fruity Loops? I like Rice Krispies

 

Fruity loops is a Music editing program and is The X64 just a limited trial?

 

Fruity loops, I know what it is, I was just being smart ass.
Your best bet is XP pro or Home

x64 free 120 day trial, Free, you can also buy it:
http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_attrib.php/page_id=186/form_keyword=windows+x64
or after the 120day you could reformat but that's cheating

Just to add, some programs might not work with x64, you can find info and/or bunch of program/utility's at PlanetAMD64


Good Luck!

 

Well I dont want to Take a Risk Buying X64 Cause Some games arent supported eh? Well Is MCE Good?

 

O.K. Let me translate in English
"Free trial means you dont have to buy it"



Have a peek here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/evaluation/compare.mspx

 

ok good news it was only an OS issue I downloaded Linux Ubuntu Its actually Kind of neat And it all booted up perfect! But then later I downloaded X64 Works like a charm
Thanks,
ShadowShaman