New Gaming PC W/windows7 32bit .Should I have gone 64???

I just recently built a gaming /media PC and installed windows 7 Ultimate 32bit w/4GB Ram. Would I be able to ,or Should I ,Upgrade to 64bit so I can Add more Ram ,and more overall system power. It is a Core i7 860 /Intel DP55KG /NvidiaGTX275 system. Any suggestions would be appreciated!!

I would most certainly go 64-bit with that system. You have incredibly modern hardware, and will have no trouble with drivers and (likely) applications.

The Benz, son. Always the Benz.

I did not realize I could not Go beyond 4GB ram When I installed 32Bit . Forgive me Core ,for I am Old ,and I built this Rig For my 11 year old son to have fun with !!!

I hope your son can have fun with that system because there is not much higher systems to play with.

Didn't mean to come across condescending. I apologize if I did. All I'm saying is that with such great hardware, I see no reason to limit yourself with a 32-bit OS.

You're not old! You're just getting better like a fine wine! Age is in the mind!

Oh by the way, take the Pinto and since you have "420" in your nickname, some of that too. Cruise the local trailer parks... you'll do fine! LOL

Nice system you built for your son. He's a very lucky young man!

Hah!!! I actualy gave up on the 420 thingy years ago .It is my old ,Handle from The late 90's!!! No offense taken Core!!! Although ,I'd be scared shitless in that pinto ,would not want to get rear ended. I remember something about exploding fuel tanks from as little as a 30 mph rear ender!!! .So at this point ,using Win 7 32bit ,4GB corsair memory ,and 896 mb Video memory on the GTX275 ,the OS is not using or utilizing all of it??? I am absolutely going to install 64bit win 7 ,asap. Then I would like to add 4GB more Ram. I am just slightly concerned about the cooler master cpu cooler blocking the first ram slot closest to the CPU. I would have to remove 1 of the 2 fans on the CPU cooler. Again, for the Input!!! Thanx everyone

Here is a screenshot of My clockspeed .Love the desktop controller that came with this MB .Made it easy for an old timer like me to OC !!!!!Crysis seems to be running Awesome at 1920x1080 w 2x anti alaising and settings on High.

Stay with the 32 bit!
I really wanted to make a no BS test for my own use.
Wifey and I have two identical computers:
Asus P6T / Intel 920 OC to 3.0 / 6G 1600 ram / twin 300G raded Raptors / ATI 4850 / 24 inch Dell monitors and Logitech mouse, keyboard, speakers.

She has Win7 32, I have Win7 64. There is no difference in real world use. None, nada, nothing. We both run light Photoshop, play too much WoW and fairly heavy MS Office use. 2G of ram is "wasted" on her machine but you would never know.

Much reading and my own personal trials has convinced me there is not any currently program, OS or hardware reasons to run Win7 64 bit and you loose a ton of hard drive space. As Microsoft comes up to speed and 3rd parties re-program, 64 bit will be faster than 32bit. But not now or soon.

64 bit is for bragging rights and pioneering at this point. For the average joe 32 bit does not limit you in any way.

If you have real evidence to show it does I would love to see it so I can run your timed tests and feel good about running Win7 64 bit. Please do NOT bring theory into this as real world tests are what I am talking about.