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I am planning on getting a new CPU and am looking at a quad core i5.
The reason for the quad-core is that I generally multi-task a lot for example running Visual Studio, Eclipse Aptana, Photoshop, Lightroom and lots of Chrome browsers all at once.
I am wondering if it is possible to allocate certain processes such as Visual Studio permanently to use a particular core, and is there a tool better than Windows Task Manager to achieve this?
Will this give me a snappier multi-tasking experience or will I not notice the effects?
I am also planning on moving to 8GB from 3GB as I experience severe thrashing after a couple hours of web development with multiple IDE's open and using Chrome's developer tools. Will the additional RAM be enough, or do I need a faster CPU? (currently running Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66ghz)
Thanks for the insight! From what you have said, I'm going to hold off on upgrading to a quad-core and will go for 8GB of ram. – vaughan – 2010-07-12T14:46:32.753
I would have to admit that having a large amount of RAM is an awesome upgrade and gets rid of a lot of the niggles that running multiple apps at the same time can cause on a lowish memory system. Even 2GB is almost painful when running largish apps these days, especially with modern bloatware anti-virus. One note about Turbo Boost though, the turbo means that a stock 2.8GHz processor can boost upto 3.4GHz on busy single threaded tasks, it means you get the benefit of a super fast single core or a really quick quad core. – Mokubai – 2010-07-13T19:57:17.097