I want to upgrade to a dual processor?

[KrUnCh]

Here is what I have running now....I really want to upgrade to a Multicore processor due to the fact that everytime I'm trying to download or upload a large file I basically lose all use of the pc.





Processor a Main Circuit Board
2.40 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache
64-bit ready
Not hyper-threaded
Board: ASUSTek Computer INC. Amberine M 1.03
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 3.13 11/15/2005
Drives Memory Modules c,d
1330.24 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
1027.85 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

IDE-DVD DROM6216 [CD-ROM drive]
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S222A [CD-ROM drive]

Generic USB CF Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 4
Generic USB MS Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 6
Generic USB SD Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 3
Generic USB SM Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 5
HP PSC 1610 USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 7
ST310005 20AS USB Device [Hard drive] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 2
ST380011A [Hard drive] (80.00 GB) -- drive 1, s/n 3JVA0P1R, rev 3.16, SMART Status: Healthy
WDC WD2500JS-60MHB1 [Hard drive] (250.06 GB) -- drive 0, SMART Status: Healthy

1472 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' has 512 MB
Slot 'A1' has 512 MB
Slot 'A2' has 256 MB
Slot 'A3' has 256 MB

[mjc]

Umm...file transfers, even of DVD size should not impact the actual performance of the computer to the degree you describe. In fact files of rather large size were being handled with minimal impact even back in the days of a 100 MHz PII.

What software are you running...and is your AV actively scanning the file being transferred?

[KrUnCh]

well actually I lose performance when I'm downloading Large files of Dvd quality..lol. And also the wife is on myspace..facebook..etc..and I'm running a iso burning software + streaming media to my xbox360......so what do you think is a dual core sufficient for what I'm doing and if so which one would one recommend where I could just plug in play.

Thanks for replying I really want to start ordering what I need from newegg ,so I would appreciate anyone's opinion.

[123456]

Umm...file transfers, even of DVD size should not impact the actual performance of the computer to the degree you describe. In fact files of rather large size were being handled with minimal impact even back in the days of a 100 MHz PII.

What software are you running...and is your AV actively scanning the file being transferred?

Correction: 100MHz Pentium. PII's came out around 266MHz.