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Hey everyone!

So basically I want to upgrade my PC but I don't want to change my OS, which is currently vista 32 bit.
I want to upgrade to haswell CPU so I need a socket 1150 motherboard and I am planning to buy this one: http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/B85M-HDS/?cat=Specifications

When you scroll down to OS, it says no vista is supported, but only windows 7/8.
So that means I can't install drivers for this motherboard on a vista OS so my question is:
Will my CPU (i5 4440 ) RAM ( 8GB crucial@1600MHz ) and GPU ( R9 270X ) still work on this motherboard without the vista drivers installed?

Thanks in advance!
 
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SU11YBEAR
Short answer is no unfortunately,

Longer answer is that you can probably get them to "work" in that your computer turns on but it would not be pleasent,
With 32bit OS only 4GB of RAM is usuable at any time so the extra RAM is essentially ignored
Probably alot of motherboard functions will have issues, ethernet drivers and usb drivers being the biggest pains
GPU will be borderline if it functions at all will probably be 800x600 resolution

I hate to say it but your going to need to change OS to be able to get anything out of a new build
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Short answer is no unfortunately,

Longer answer is that you can probably get them to "work" in that your computer turns on but it would not be pleasent,
With 32bit OS only 4GB of RAM is usuable at any time so the extra RAM is essentially ignored
Probably alot of motherboard functions will have issues, ethernet drivers and usb drivers being the biggest pains
GPU will be borderline if it functions at all will probably be 800x600 resolution

I hate to say it but your going to need to change OS to be able to get anything out of a new build
 
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Performance_nr1

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Too bad, but on the broad side: now I can take a glimpse what the new technology in windows 8 has to offer! haha

Thanks for your help!
 
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