i7-6700K has 8 processors?

Rokas2260 · Jul 22, 2016

Hi, I have very strange and probably dumb questions, but... When I built my computer I once saw that I have 4 processors available (in msconfig) but after a few months I reinstalled windows completely, and now I see I got 8 processors available ?? I'll drop a pic.. Any ideas what made it change ?

Kiril1512 · Jul 22, 2016

Your I7 have hyper-threading so he has 4 physical cores and 4 virutal cores... (8 threads)

Deleted member 217926 · Jul 22, 2016

The 6700K is a quad core CPU with Hyperthreading. 4 physical cores but 8 threads.

Rokas2260 · Jul 22, 2016

I understand that, but why the last time, it showed me 4, and now 8 ?

Deleted member 217926 · Jul 22, 2016

I don't know unless you didn't install the chipset drivers at first. It also depends on what program you are using to look at the processor as to if it shows just the 4 cores or the 8 threads.

Rogue Leader · Jul 22, 2016

Rokas2260 :

Without access to the prior image its hard to say. Some BIOSes allow you to disable hyperthreading however you did not change that so thats not it. Was it a fresh install when you built the PC or did you carry the drive over from a prior build?

Rokas2260 · Jul 22, 2016

Rogue Leader :

It was not completely fresh, I did reinstall windows because bios were crashing with the old windows.. though I had only d disk left untouched because of all the important files.. This time I deleted everything and connected the 2 disk in to one (They were c and d and now only c)

Rogue Leader · Jul 22, 2016

Theres your answer, depending on your prior processor and chipset it likely was not set up properly for this processor and chipset. This is yet another example of why you need a fresh windows install when doing a full system upgrade.

Rokas2260 · Jul 22, 2016

Rogue Leader :

Ohh... Could be actually... So does it mean it should be faster and stronger after a fresh windows install ?

Deleted member 217926 · Jul 22, 2016

No it just means Windows is seeing it correctly. My above post about having the correct chipset drivers was right.

Rokas2260 · Jul 22, 2016

Alright well thanks for the answers ^^ Though sadly I lost all important stuff :/

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