P5Q Deluxe Build Problems

well first thing you need a 64bit os if you want to use all your rams
and dont go xp 64 , go vista x64
you could disable C1E and speedstep in bios so it wont downclock your cpu when its on idle or does little things .. that might help speed it up
and finally ... OC that baby that will help alot

i have xp 64 currently installed on my sig rig, and with the q9400, it does seem sluggish, when i had fedora and vista installed, they were very fast. i don't think xp 64 much likes the quadcores...i could be wrong, when i get my new mobo, i will go vista 64 again....

one thing you can do to make sure it sees all 4 cores, is go to start, run, type msconfig, when that windows open, go to boot.ini, click on the advanced options, and check on /numproc= and drop it down to 4. i had to do this, cause for some reason or another, it was only seeing 1 core, once i did that, it sped things up to a very good speed.

i think i got use to the 3.8 ghz my dual core was able to do, i only have this one at stock at the moment and this is a big difference between 2.6 and 3.8, regardless of cores