This is 64 bit hardware, right?

[Matt_Stevens]

I was over a friend's place today and he commented that the computer he paid 3 grand for last year runs like complete crap. Not usable anymore" is how he described it. Yeah. It takes twelve minutes to boot up! He has the following Toolbars running on Firefox: Yahoo, Ask, AVG and some other one I had never heard of.

Anyway, CPUID report below. I'm no expert (as many of you know) so I don't know hot to tell what's 64 and what's 32.

The guy who built his system ripped him off for sure. 32 bit Vista, just 4 GB of RAM, a broken Firewire card. Sound on the MB doesn't work. It's unreal. It runs so slowly that it took twenty minutes to get on the Net, download CPUID, run it and then send the text to my email.

This guy needs a new Windows install and pronto. If it's 64 bit hardware, then darnit, he should have a 64 bit OS.

So here is the report. ..


CPU-Z TXT Report

Processors
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Number of processors 1
Number of threads 4

APICs
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Processor 0
-- Core 0
-- Thread 0 0
-- Core 1
-- Thread 0 1
-- Core 2
-- Thread 0 2
-- Core 3
-- Thread 0 3

Processors Information
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Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 4 (max 4)
Number of threads 4 (max 4)
Name Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
Codename Yorkfield
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9400 @ 2.66GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket 775 LGA (0x4)
CPUID 6.7.A
Extended CPUID 6.17
Core Stepping R0
Technology 45 nm
TDP Limit 95 Watts
Core Speed 1998.3 MHz
Multiplier x FSB 6.0 x 333.1 MHz
Rated Bus speed 1332.2 MHz
Stock frequency 2666 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, EM64T, VT-x
L1 Data cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 2 x 3072 KBytes, 12-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
FID range 6.0x - 8.0x
Max VID 1.238 V



Thread dumps
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CPU Thread 0
APIC ID 0
Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 0, Thread ID 0
Type 01008005h
Max CPUID level 0000000Dh
Max CPUID ext. level 80000008h
Cache descriptor Level 1, D, 32 KB, 1 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 1, I, 32 KB, 1 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 2, U, 3 MB, 2 thread(s)


Chipset
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Northbridge Intel P45/P43/G45/G43 rev. A3
Southbridge Intel 82801JR (ICH10R) rev. 00
Graphic Interface PCI-Express
PCI-E Link Width x16
PCI-E Max Link Width x16
Memory Type DDR2
Memory Size 4096 MBytes
Channels Dual, (Symmetric)
Memory Frequency 399.7 MHz (5:6)
CAS# latency (CL) 6.0
RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 6
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 6
Cycle Time (tRAS) 18
Row Refresh Cycle Time (tRFC) 52
Command Rate (CR) 2T
MCHBAR I/O Base address 0x0FED14000
MCHBAR I/O Size 4096

Display adapter 0
Name NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Revision C1
Codename G96
Technology 65 nm
Memory size 1024 MB
Memory bus width 128 bits
PCI device bus 1 (0x1), device 0 (0x0), function 0 (0x0)
Vendor ID 0x10DE (0x3842)
Model ID 0x0640 (0xC959)
Performance Level 0
Core clock 550.0 MHz
Shader clock 1375.0 MHz
Memory clock 400.0 MHz

 

[Farmer]

It's C2D (EM64T), its 64-bit.

Honestly, that's a fine computer, but not a $3K computer. The OS would be the last thing I'd be upset over if I were paying $3K for that.

The 12 minute boot is definitely because of improper use of the computer. A wipe and reinstall should make everything normal. The motherboard features dropping was fairly common a few years back (like, early 2000s, when motherboards suddenly went everything on board) with lower-end manufacturers, but is rarer these days. Maybe the wipe and reinstall will help that as well.

Your friend should stick to Dell if he doesn't want to spend a few hours reading up on how much things are worth.

 

[Matt_Stevens]

Yeah, when he told me what he paid, I was stunned. I told him flat out that he was ripped off.

Now, the 3 grand does include a few 1TB WD hdd's for backup, but I don't care if they were 2tb, the price he paid last summer is simply a ripoff. Especially since it works poorly.

much of the problems are HIS fault and the fault of his woman. They browse around and install sh*t that puts all sort of garbage on their system, hogging memory. Most people have no clue whatsoever.

I'm going to do him a favor and wipe his drive and do a fresh install. Of course, I need to find out which HDD is F'd up. Once of them absolutely is.

 

[biostud]

PEBKAC - Now slowly back away from the problem.

 

[Matt_Stevens]

LOL!

 

[VirtualLarry]

Wow. $3K. I have to find me some of those customers.
I would have charged $500-600. Less if I had picked up the Q9400 from MC during their sale.

 

[gsaldivar]

I wouldn't worry too much about 32/64 bit. Your friend clearly has issues with malware and bad configuration. I would spend an afternoon and do a backup, clean wipe, and reinstall. 32-bit is perfectly fine for computers with only 4GB of RAM, the problem here is software/malware/config related.

Be sure to charge that fool for the fix.....

 

[VirtualLarry]

If it's 64 bit hardware, then darnit, he should have a 64 bit OS.

I used to think that way. But it got me in trouble once.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2129407

 

[Matt_Stevens]

I wouldn't worry too much about 32/64 bit. Your friend clearly has issues with malware and bad configuration. I would spend an afternoon and do a backup, clean wipe, and reinstall. 32-bit is perfectly fine for computers with only 4GB of RAM, the problem here is software/malware/config related.

Be sure to charge that fool for the fix.....

He had the system built to edit High Definition video. 4GB of ram is anemic. He didn't seem to understand the difference between RAM and Hard Drive space.

"I have tons of memory. Like 2000 gigabytes."

Yeah, sure.

He really needs a 64 bit OS to take advantage of his editing software.

 

[gsaldivar]

He had the system built to edit High Definition video. 4GB of ram is anemic. He didn't seem to understand the difference between RAM and Hard Drive space.

"I have tons of memory. Like 2000 gigabytes."

Yeah, sure.

He really needs a 64 bit OS to take advantage of his editing software.

Oh snap, video editing? Hahahahhaha! In that case, Yes, dead on - 4GB is entry-level config for that.

You'd want to definitely do 64bit + max RAM in that case. I would probably sell that thing and buy/build him a kick-ass i7 quad-core Sandy Bridge based workstation.

Good luck with that!