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hey everyone. i got a new desktop. i havent used a desktop in 10 years so it feels a bit different. it has some new stuff that i havent used before so i am trying to learn how to use it and make the most of the new equipment. this is what i have:
gateway dx4860
c drive - 1tb
l drive - 2 tb
ssd drive 256 gb
Intel Core i5 - 3.1GHz TURBO
ram 16 gb
OS - w7
this is my first ssd. i read one place, for max speed, to run my OS only on the ssd drive, then another site says run OS and all my main programs off the ssd. so which is best? right now all my security (biggest chunk of memory) and media players are on c drive (smallest drive) if i wanted to move these to another drive do i have to reinstall to preferred drive or can i just move them?
Intel Core i5 has 4 true cores and 2 virtual cores. whats a virtual core? where can i see them cause im only seeing 4.
the processor has turbo, what exactly is turbo?
another thing i dont get. my old pc was a hp pavillion, 500 gb HD, dual core processor, 4 gb ram. i was expecting this new one to blow the doors off my old one but its not that much faster. why?
any help would be appreciated.
gateway dx4860
c drive - 1tb
l drive - 2 tb
ssd drive 256 gb
Intel Core i5 - 3.1GHz TURBO
ram 16 gb
OS - w7
this is my first ssd. i read one place, for max speed, to run my OS only on the ssd drive, then another site says run OS and all my main programs off the ssd. so which is best? right now all my security (biggest chunk of memory) and media players are on c drive (smallest drive) if i wanted to move these to another drive do i have to reinstall to preferred drive or can i just move them?
Intel Core i5 has 4 true cores and 2 virtual cores. whats a virtual core? where can i see them cause im only seeing 4.
the processor has turbo, what exactly is turbo?
another thing i dont get. my old pc was a hp pavillion, 500 gb HD, dual core processor, 4 gb ram. i was expecting this new one to blow the doors off my old one but its not that much faster. why?
any help would be appreciated.