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The thread discusses whether installing Windows XP on a newer, hardware-compatible PC would improve performance, with the consensus that it isn’t feasible due to incompatible hardware and lack of support. The responder suggests upgrading the CPU to an i5 for significant speed gains rather than downgrading to XP. The original poster expresses curiosity about performance differences and plans to research CPU benchmarks to decide on future upgrades, with overall a helpful and informational exchange.
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Hi,

I have a pc with windows 10, I work on it and do the regular things, except gaming.
In the basement I have an very old pc with windows xp, I haven't used it in many years, but to day I find out it is faster then the windows 10 -pc, with newer hardware.
Can I install windows xp on the newe pc, to speed things up. How is this possible?

Specs new pc:

Intel i3 4600
8 Gig ram ddr4
1TB SATA Harddisk


Old pc
Atlon XP
2 gig memory
200 gig harddisk


TIA
 

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To your original question, no you can't. XP doesn't support most of the newer hardware including SATA drives, I don't think it supports any of the i Series Intel CPUs GPUs, NICs. Plus XP is not supported by most newer software.

Upgrade the i3 to an i5 and it would be a lot faster. Other factors would be what all is running, is it infected etc.

Plus to put into comparison

WIndows XP
  • Pentium 233-megahertz (MHz) processor or faster (300 MHz is recommended)
  • At least 64 megabytes (MB) of RAM (128 MB is recommended)
  • At least 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available space on the hard disk.
Windows 10
  • Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster processor or SoC.
  • RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) for 32-bit or 2 GB for 64-bit.
  • Hard disk...
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To your original question, no you can't. XP doesn't support most of the newer hardware including SATA drives, I don't think it supports any of the i Series Intel CPUs GPUs, NICs. Plus XP is not supported by most newer software.

Upgrade the i3 to an i5 and it would be a lot faster. Other factors would be what all is running, is it infected etc.

Plus to put into comparison

WIndows XP
  • Pentium 233-megahertz (MHz) processor or faster (300 MHz is recommended)
  • At least 64 megabytes (MB) of RAM (128 MB is recommended)
  • At least 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available space on the hard disk.
Windows 10
  • Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster processor or SoC.
  • RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) for 32-bit or 2 GB for 64-bit.
  • Hard disk space: 16 GB for 32-bit OS 20 GB for 64-bit OS

This should work on the same motherboard and would at least double your CPU speed
Amazon.com: Intel Core i5-4590 BX80646I54590 Processor (6M Cache, 3.3 GHz): Computers & Accessories
 

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Because comparatively your hardware to the minimum OS requirements is worse on the Windows 10 computer
 

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So I must buy Intel i5 or i7 processor?

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You don't have to but it would help with performance a lot.
 

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OK , thank you,
Can you estimate the performance-improvement in percentages, for both?
 

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ok ,thanks, I can figure out what is the best for me, tomorrow
 

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