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Re: [OT] Processor Specs



kermitthefrog01uk wrote:
> Sorry for the OT post but it is about the Media Centre PC I am
> building.....
>
> I am finally getting round to building a MCE PC. I have been getting
> all the components I need and started to put it together last
> weekend.
>
> Now, I have had no need to build my own PC for a few years. So I am
> not quite as up to date with whats new in Intel land as I was. But I
> got a new ASUS m/board and Intel P4 640 socket 775 3.2Ghz processor.
>
> I was under the impression that this was a single core processor,
> although the motherboard supports dual core, as that was all I could
> afford. The box confirms this is the processor I have got.
>
> Yet in Device Manager, two processors are listed. In fact Task
> Manager lists 2 processors as well...
>
> Is this normal? I have a couple of IBM machines and a Compaq that
> are all P4's but only list one processor.

This will be a Hyperthreading CPU, and shows as two processor instances
although only one physical CPU package.  Look for the letters
"HT" on
the CPU box.

James



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