Maxed Out Processor

Hello all,

At the moment I am very limited by computers performance, the processor is all ways maxing out at a 100% if multi-tasking. Or if doing a single task it juts, presently I have a Intel Core Duo @ 2.26ghz on a dell.

I am looking at Quad-Core i7 2.2GHz as a replacement, however not sure if it'd be better. I just like it because it is a thinkpad. Other options CORE i7 M620 2.67GHZ but it is an HP laptop and I'd regret buying it based on that fact.

Simply put would an I7 be an improvement, or is my issue more related to clock speed? I know a lot about the OS, but when it comes to hardware I am lost.

Thanks

Open task manager and go to Processes tab and end process cmd.exe - you have to do this every time you shutdown or reboot

ThrashZone said:

Hi,
That's not the screen shot I requested :)
But either way I would guess cooling could be a issue thermal paste...
I doubt over clocking wouldn't be a good idea cpu is low enough 36% is nothing almost,
I'd look at the temps and see what they look like as the issue occurs personally.

Could also be psu related = power supply ?

I would agree with you as I've had the issue in the past, however atm I have the device raised and it is blowing cold air. Never mentioned over clocking, was reiterating my initial question if this issue was to do with clock speed, or simply that it can't handle the load. Yes 36% does seem to be nothing and obviously I don't have problems when it is like that. However when it spikes past 60% it begins giving out. That is one application running, add a second application and it locks it in to 100% making the system useless. This is not a productive use of machinery in modern times.

The only thing that provokes CPU usage is a task executing a service/command, so therefore the application I am utilising is executing a non-essential command which is causing the spikes. This a development problem that 90% of applications have along side of excessive memory usage, I/O activity, and so fourth. Most people are too ignorant to know about these issues and just go to the store and are conned into buying a couple thousand dollar computer. And it is not about to magically change any time soon unless the user wants to write their own program, or is able to identify the root cause of the issue and rectify it or by-pass it utilising an alternative application/service. I have no desire wasting my time on such a venture considering this is not a singularity. Therefore I really need a new computer as it has been rendered obsolete by incompetent programming (I think my favorite satire of this was TSC where they go it has more ram that means you can do more then one things at a time).

I have an intel core 2 duo @ 2.26 GHZ, and am wondering if an improved clock speed would be able handle multiple background commands/services in conjunction with whatever application that is being presently used. Or is it simply an outdated CPU, and if updating to a newer model such as the i3, i5, or i7 would rectify this issue. Or perhaps it is best to just go for the i7 because it has a quad core capabilities. I really don't know as I am not hardware person, and thus I am asking.

By the way it is hard powered by AC cable, is a laptop without the battery.

Thanks for replying though.

The odd's of you being able to change the processor is slim to nill almost all laptops solder their processors to the motherboard,
With that said I would read this tutorial from sevenforums and see if their are any programs you can disable at startup it is a long read though. I also recommend reading whole tutorial before deciding what method you want to use,

Startup Programs - Change

sml156 said:

The odd's of you being able to change the processor is slim to nill almost all laptops solder their processors to the motherboard,
With that said I would read this tutorial and see if their are any programs you can disable at startup it is a long read though.

Startup Programs - Change

I wanted to replace the computer all together I referenced a thinkpad in my original post...

As for startup I have one program that starts which is my external audio driver for DAC/AMP combo, which has not effect on load times. Which boots with 500-700MB, instantly from logon screen. Sometimes I receive an error it loads so fast because the DWM wasn't able to load fast enough.

As you can see most my services are disabled, and don't start when the computer boots. They're configured via scripts with hot-keys to activate things like networking protocols. Most drivers have been disabled on the machine, it is very finely tuned.

LOL I thought you wanted to just try to stuff a different processor in there but ya getting a new laptop would be better especially if you make sure its 64 bit and put as much ram as you can