Upgrade Pentium 4 to Q6600 quad-core?
I want to upgrade my 3-year-old 3.06 GHz Pentium 4 PC. The computer has a regular size case with a 300 W power-supply. I plan to change its motherboard to ASUS P5L-VM, its memory to 4 x 1 GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400), and its processor to Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz. Does this update sound feasible? Can RH Enterprise 4 or 5 and MS Windows 2000, XP, or Vista handle multi-core processors? ThanX!
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Yes, Windows 2000 and XP cannot handle 4 core (2 core/CPU limit), Vista or Windows 2003 Server can but you need to purchase ($$$$$$) the version which has support for this. |
As far as I am aware, Windows XP Pro can support up to two processors, irrespective of the number of cores within them. This is from the Windows XP Pro End User License Agreement:
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Therefore, as long as you're running XP Pro, you can run as many cores as you like, so long as there are no more than two individual processors. Of course, none of this licensing business is of the remotest importance when it comes to Linux :) As for the RAM, there are issues with XP and more than 2GB of RAM, which require some quite exotic workarounds. I'll see if I can dig up more info. |
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Edit: Another thing you will want to be running a 64bit install so you get to use all the 4gb of ram without losing any of it to the 32bit work around that is needed you want it set to 64bit mode. |
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