Windows 10: My amd fx-4350 is running on 2 cores

I noticed that my computer is running on two cores instead of 4.
Screenshot - f1d7403963d19885971fbe6836470df7 - Gyazo

My computer specs are:

Asus m5a97 R2.0
Amd fx-4350
Nvidia gtx760
8gb Kingston hyperx.

I have tried now
Checked bios settings and msconfig they seemed to be fine.
Installed fresh windows 10
Checked for viruses and cleaned them (couple troijans found)
So anyone have any ideas whats going in here *Smile

:)

 

Need help with BSOD's (Windows 10)

Well, After turning off XBoost on my ASRock mobo no more Bsods or Siverlight lockups. So far so good. It's been two days now and all is good. XBoost is supposed to increase the AMD number of cores so if you have 4 cores it may be able to unlock 2 to 4
more. On mine it didn't really help anyway. I have an AMD FX 4350.

 

Processor and motherboards compatability with each other

I have a problem,

I have this a cpu -->AMD A4-6300 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics<-- and a

Motherboard Model# F2A68HM-HD2

Chipset AMD K15IMC

By Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd.

and I was needing a better cpu than ~ 3.8ghz and 2 cores - and I was wondering if one of these cpu's are compatible with the motherboard above

Cpu-1 > AMD FX-4350

Part# FD4350FRHKBOX

Cpu-2 > AMD FX-8350

Part# FD8350FRHKBOX

Sorry I'm not able to list more information, but also which is better more cores or a higher operating frequency?

Thank you for your response(s)!

 

Hello Ihmejampah Welcome to the Ten Forums!

As long as the cpu temps are within the normal temp range you shouldn't have anything to worry about. And viruses, malwares rarely effect hardwares unless the bios settings not part of the OS are changed in some fashion which is highly unlikely!

The main reason for only seeing two out of four cores active would be the lack of any load being placed on the cpu itself where the Primary cores are already at work while the Secondary cores will then come in to take on some of the additional work load. In other words when things get real busy the second team helps take up some slack! Softwares like CAD programs or other resource demanding programs will be what will see those kick in.

As for loads on graphics the load on a cpu is minimal when a good video card with it's own GPU(Graphics Processor Unit) is busy at work being another form of cpu included on the card. With onboard graphics however placing a demand in that area will then tend to grab on memory as well as cpu time.