System Requirements for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1

First and the most basic Requirement to run windows 8 or Windows 8.1 is to have a PC. If you got that then i am pretty much sure that you can also run these awesome OS.

Windows 8

If you want to run Windows 8 on your PC, here's what you should have:

• Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster with support for PAE, NX, and SSE2
• RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)
• Hard disk space: 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
• Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver

Windows 8.1

If you want to run Windows 8.1 on your PC, here's what you should have:

• Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster with support for PAE, NX, and SSE2
• RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)
• Hard disk space: 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
• Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver