Hmm... well, in my experience, I'd say wait a bit before you buy a Hammer board. First generation mobos often tend to be rushed so that a company can be seen to be first out of the door. Sure the boards work, but the later ones will be much faster, as well as being cheaper and being more upgradeable.
64 bit is the way to go if you want total future proofing (especially if you insist on using windows), although there are bound to be some compatibility issues with older 32 and 16 bit programs.
Best wait 6 months after the Hammers are released before you consider using one by the way. Just to make sure that all the hardware problems inevitable with jumps like this are sorted out be people other than yourself.
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