So apparently the AMD phenom x2 555 that I got last month is designed very closely to the phenom x4. This means that although my cpu says it is a dual-core processor, it was actually meant to be a quad core. I found an article that said how to make use of the extra 2 cores. The only catch to doing this is that the extra two cores have a 50% of working. luckily, mine worked, so with a quick BIOS edit, I now have 4 cores to make use of.
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