Explain Processor for PC building advice. Duo V single.?

Don't over complicate things!!!





I build my PC a couple of years ago and I have:





Pentium 4, 3.0


2 GB Ram


160 GB Hard drive


ATI X850 Pro Agp 256mb - Video Card


ETC...





I have a single processor and I'm hesitant to purchase a motherboard thats duo or quad because I don't know it.





Differences between single and the others??





If it's Duo will i need to purchase TWO?


Likewise quad need four? or do they come in a set?





Speak clear please.





Most informative and fat-free answer gets +10 pointsExplain Processor for PC building advice. Duo V single.?
Hello and thanks for the question,


Duo just means 2 physical cores in one processor. Like having two brains in one skull. Quad core is just 4 cores in one processor.





Both of them are still only one processor to buy and one socket on the motherboard to plug it in, period.





Dual ';socket'; is where you have 2 sockets on the motherboard and need to buy 2 processors, those are rare.





From the outside a duo and a quad look the same as a single core (still looks like one skull from the outside even though there are many brains inside) they do require different pin configurations sometimes and different voltage settings so a motherboard that supports a single core may or may not support a multicore.





As always read the documentation on the motherboard before you buy to ensure it supports the processor you want.





Oh and btw if your last board ran a pentium 4 3.0Ghz you will probably need a new motherboard to run a multi-core.


The motherboards based on the P35 chipset from Intel are currently the best. Happy hunting and sorry for the gross skull/brains analogy hahaExplain Processor for PC building advice. Duo V single.?
Well, I'll make it simple and fast.


If you want to upgrade to utilize a duo core or quad core you simply have to look for a motherboard that supports duo core or quad core.


Dual/Quad Core processors don't require two slots for processors, just one.


Simply go to this website:


www.newegg.com





Search for motherboards and when you look for something that is in your price range, click on it and look under specifications. That should tell you what type of processors the motherboard supports.


Should look something like this:


CPU Type | Quad-core / Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Duo / Pentium.


^thats the type of specification you're looking for.


Have fun installing =]
It is one processor chip. It has 2 cores built into it, or four as the case may be.
u have to just change ur motherboard


to the board which supports the duo core or quad core procesors and duo or quad core processors need only one slot


its the internal architecture of the processors which makes it aduo or quad core
You should get a duo processor because it can do much more in less time. You do not need to buy 2 processors for a duo. It is just one processor. A duo processor is like breaking a problem into two smaller problems. then the processor figures out the two smaller parts and then puts it back together. it is a lot more efficient than having a single core.