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mikeuvu   07-05-2009 at 05:40:54 PM

I just bought an AOpen miniPC that came with an Intel Celeron M 530, I installed Windows 7 RC x86 on the machine. However when I look at system resources I only see on core being reconized. I have the latest BIOS for my model. Any help? Thanks.

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mikeuvu   07-05-2009 at 05:52:32 PM
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I can't seem to click on the link you provided. However Tom's Hardware says the 530 is a dual core.
[url] http://www.tomshardware.com/news/i [...] ,3495.html[/url]

I read Intel's site yesterday and they seem to address the celerons as dual core processors. Where am I getting confused? Thanks.

Edit: Sorry I cut and pasted your link and got to the site. I see what you are talking about. I guess my question is then, how can I maximize the performance of this cpu and why the conflicting TH new article? Thanks.


Message edited by mikeuvu on 07-05-2009 at 05:57:58 PM
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Helloworld_98   07-05-2009 at 06:05:53 PM
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link to the article?

you can't really do anything to add performance of that CPU since it's a mobile processor. you could exchange the HDD for a nice fast SSD though which would help with loading times.

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mikeuvu   07-05-2009 at 06:13:48 PM
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http://www.tomshardware.com/news/i [...] ,3495.html

here is the link to the Tom's Hardware Article. The processor is a 64bit processor, so would I see a performance boots by using the 64bit version of windows 7? Thanks for your help.


Message edited by mikeuvu on 07-05-2009 at 06:15:26 PM
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Helloworld_98   07-05-2009 at 06:30:20 PM
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^ no, unless you have more than 4GB of ram total.

 

and I guess the tom's article was incorrect about them being dual cores because everything on intel's site says they are single cores.

 

edit: infact, I have one of the 530's in an old laptop so I know it's a single core first hand.


Message edited by Helloworld_98 on 07-05-2009 at 06:32:03 PM
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zipzoomflyhigh   07-05-2009 at 06:38:24 PM
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I think you were mislead. Its a single core processor.

It pays to do research before you buy.

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mikeuvu   07-05-2009 at 06:48:26 PM
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It was a bundle deal that cost practically nothing, just trying to optimize as much as possible. That article from Tom's was misleading, oh well. Anyone know of a good, cheap replacement processor? The motherboard takes memron processors.


Message edited by mikeuvu on 07-05-2009 at 06:49:41 PM
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