Vista OEM

Just wondering if you can buy an oem product such as vista without buying a pc or components at the same time. i made my computer some months ago and now want vista home premium

 

unofficially some vendors (well they did with Win9x) actually sell OEM versions without offering any support, just do a google search to find the cheapest

 

Yup there's loads of shops that sells OEMs. Here's one from scan.
Vista OEMs

 

but are you sure theyll sell it to me without me buying anything else?

 

yup

Here are some more links
Yoyotech
OCUK
Ebuyer

 

thanks, what exactly is the difference between the 64 bit and 32 bit editions?

 

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/41531554-d5ef-4f2c-8fb9-149bdc5c8a701033.mspx

 

sweet thanks. it says that the 32 bit and 64 bit use different drivers, are both readily available?

 

Be wary of "OEM software" unless you are an accomplished hacker...MS is trying to force home users to buy very expensive software and one way of doing this is to block updates for OEM installs - I have no experience of this personally, but reportedly, it appears to be the case....should yr mbd fail, you might find you need to plead with MS. You may save some money initially but the consequences could be considerable later-on.
This grey area is probably all the reasons I need to avoid buying an expensive Win OS.
However, yr gear (list) looks expensive; why not go the whole hog and pay up? At least then you should be in the clear if any component fails.
I was in PC World recently and the prices for Vista were amazing! It would be cheaper to buy their PC with Vista than build your own....the discount on the software more than paid for the hardware premium. Of course you wouldn't have the best speed components, but close!