Vista??

For a home system which Vista version should I get?

32-bit Home Premium
32-bit Ultimate
64-bit Home Premium
64-bit Ultimate


My upgrade specs so far:

GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard
EVGA 512-P3-N802-A3 GeForce 8800GT Superclocked 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI
FSP Group Blue Storm II 500 ATX 2.2V 500W Power Supply
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775
2 x mushkin 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s HDD
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