Sorry, I was thinking of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFlcqWQVVuU

I am dumbfounded people haven't worked out how to set the affinity on tasks themselves. There are a few ways to do it. Task Manager if you wish to do it manually, System Resource Manager found with Windows Server and then there are applications that work on all versions of Windows like CPU Control (www.koma-code.de).

I've got 4 cores here and have been utilizing them all with no problems.
That said, programmers just have to mod there applications to take advantage of the cores and how to use them correctly.

For example the program Speed Fan, is single threaded, but it doesn't hog core 0 (like most dumb apps would), it swaps between the cores itself! Now if only more apps could be coded by smart people :(

Warning about Crucial's Ballistix RAM. It has a lifetime warranty, but if it fails in 18 months time, when they aren't producing that RAM any more, then they will only offer you ordinary RAM as the replacement.

It doesn't matter than you spent 2x the amonth buying performance RAM, Crucial will only give you ordinary RAM.

I have been down this road with them, kindly asking in emails for either an increase in the ram from 2x1GB Ballistix to 2x2GB ordinary RAM (same money value). But they wouldn't do it.

So now I have ordinary RAM which cost me 2x as much as it should have. Just a warning to you all about Crucials "lifetime warranty".

Are Crucial another Nvidia starting to happen?

On asus Main, Most people think extra core is worthless or worse. NOT so, However, there are few software packages that will utilize ALL Four cores to better numerical test score higher rating than 3 core.

Some of Software You run may take incredible time to run. EG Virus scan, Defrag, etc. Those programs will run 25% to 33% faster with 4th core unlocked.
Seldom does program run slower, almost always 3 cores test exactly same as 4.
Software must FORCE 4th Core into usefulness for program,
most where one fly,McFly operations & took 2nd core with lust & third helped. yet four was too far out in exactly HOW to use it. Only 3 top games of 11 improve with fourth core.
Soon Most will be core hungry Mashers.

Its FUN concept to get core for free & learning experience, yet except under serve load, don't expect any return. heavy load will give FULL Potential of ALL Cores.

Signed:Open ALL Channels.

In reverse, programer can take ati gpu & stop 3x redundancy & do straight shot. Ends up just like Nvidia card of that lower useable tranie count. So Its Programers Game & NOT well Done for multi core. yet.Merely increaseing scores from poverty of single core code to date.
Don't Be Fooled, Synthetic Scores Will Also Increase in porportion to number of Cores, Automatically. Synthetic tests Is NO Indication of Usefulness of those EXTRA cores.