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    Question need a different cpu.

    Thanks all. I bought my rig about 10 years ago refurbished from Micro Center for short money. I've upgraded just about all of it. In the back of my mind I kept thinking I should just get a new one. I appreciate everyone's input. Looks like I'll make a trip down to Micro center this afternoon.
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    Question need a different cpu.

    I just downloaded a program from v-ray for sketchup. When I try to install it I got an error message that my CPU was missing instruction set 4.2. My processor is a 3.00 gigahertz Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 and my motherboard is a Hewlett-Packard 3048h with an LGA 775 socket. The only...