how to check cores on processer

[blueflash234]

i have a phenom 3 core processer how can u check if the cores are all open i did it on my laptop a year ago and when i checked i was only using one core, just want to check to see i am using the 3 cores os is xp home

[dasteph]

you could check in device manager and see if each core is working properly in properties, double click on processor it should show the three cores then click properties for each core.
the harder the pc works the more cores it will use.

[joeboyc2]

HWinfo

Check out HWiNFO & HWiNFO32 - Hardware Information and Analysis Tools its a prety good app that will show you more detailed information about your machine than windows device manager will

[Sirus]

You can also hit ALT/CTRL/DEL and go to the performance tab.. that will show you how all the cores are performing(each box represents a core.. or on a HT intel cpu a thread)

I heard them phenom x3's can be unlocked to Quads.. because that's what they really are(quad cores with a locked core)

[blueflash234]

how can u unlock the locked core?

[Sirus]

I'm no expert mate, but you need one of them really good motherboards that does all that good stuff

I was gonna get that phenom x3 awhile back and was on youtube looking to see how it performed in games and stuff, and I seen a few tuts on how to unlock its 4th core

Check out youtube or google for some tutorials

[tryhardriceboy]

A great tool for CPU-related info is called 'CPU-Z'. Tom's Hardware Guide use it in most of their CPU reviews. Hopefully that will give you some of the information you're looking for.

[sirdaniel]

u can check in an other way too if all 3 cores are working go in task manager right click on a process look at set affinity there it show which processors can execute that , if u have 3 cores then must see like: All processors CPU 1 , 2 and 3

[impactops]

A great tool for CPU-related info is called 'CPU-Z'. Tom's Hardware Guide use it in most of their CPU reviews. Hopefully that will give you some of the information you're looking for.

CpuZ is very good, it give you specs about processer aswell as bus speed & ram speed.

CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting

Another good tool is speedfan it allow you to control fan speeds of fans connected to the motherboard manually

Download SpeedFan - Access temperature sensor in your computer