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Computer Help and Support

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4. Hubby isn't the most knowledgable about computers.

Sun Nov 10, 2019, 03:09 AM

Nov 2019

I'll probably call the shop on Monday. Something probably got lost in translation! It's a Quad Core i7-7700 with 8 threads.

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/97185/intel-core-i7-7700hq-processor-6m-cache-up-to-3-80-ghz.html

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I took my HP Windows 10 Desktop to the shop: [View all] LeftInTX Nov 2019 OP

They would have meant cores canetoad Nov 2019 #1

Hubby isn't the most knowledgable about computers. LeftInTX Nov 2019 #4

Specs - nice machine! canetoad Nov 2019 #6

Uh yeah so your shop guy was wrong to start with. Voltaire2 Nov 2019 #8

you can view individual cpu utilization BootinUp Nov 2019 #2

I would have thought that the lower the processing, the lower the OnDoutside Nov 2019 #3

One of my previous laptops was a Toshiba, and I discovered it OnDoutside Nov 2019 #7

Heat causes the processor to "throttle" and reduce the active cores. mudpuddle Nov 2019 #9

Will do!!! LeftInTX Nov 2019 #10