Quote Originally Posted by triggs75 View Post
Noob question here; So if the Operating system does not recognize the core I7 hyperthreading/physical processors giving what could be 8 processors but only showing 4, does this mean the system is not running at full potential or Just that you cannot see it?
It means the OS can't use it, so the system isn't running at full potential.
There shouldn't be an issue with a single i7 though. The problem encountered is with physical procs and not amount of cores.