HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS

HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS

Microsoft has published the minimum hardware requirement specification for Windows 7.

Minimum specs of Windows 7 (which is recommended)
Architecture	32-bit	64-bit
Processor speed	1 GHz 32-bit	1 GHz 64-bit
(RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Graphics processing unit	Graphics processor with support for DirectX 9 and WDDM Driver Model 1.0 (not really necessary, only needed for Windows Aero)
Hard disk (HDD)	Minimum 16 GB	Minimum 20 GB
Drive Room	DVD drive (for installation from DVD media)

• Restrictions memory

Windows 7 can not be used to exceed the amount of memory installed capacity. This amount is different in each version of Windows 7, and also affects the architecture used (whether 32-bit or 64-bit).

Memory limitation on Windows 7
Version	Restrictions on 32-bit	Restrictions on 64-bit
Windows 7 Ultimate	4 GB	192 GB
Windows 7 Enterprise	4 GB	192 GB
Windows 7 Professional	4 GB	192 GB
Windows 7 Home Premium	4 GB	16 GB
Windows 7 Home Basic	4 GB	8 GB
Windows 7 Starter	2 GB	(there is no 64-bit version)

• Limitation of multi-core processors and multi-processor restrictions

The maximum number of processor cores on a single computer that is powered by Windows 7 for 32-core 32-bit, and 256 for 64-bit. The maximum number of processors (physically) on a computer that is powered by Windows 7 is: 2 for Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate; 1 for Starter, Home Basic, and Home Premium.