Date: 12/29/05 (Computer Help)    Keywords: no keywords

A few years back I bought a computer and have slowly come to the realization over time that it was seriously malnourished. It has had much of its guts replaced, and as it stands now, here's what I'm running: an eMachines T2341 with a 40 GB hard drive, Windows XP, featuring an AMD Athlon 1800 processor (1.5 GHz) and 368 MB of usable RAM.

I'm a student, so obviously no free-flowing income here, but I plan on taking a couple hundred dollars and doing some necessary upgrades to my computer. As RAM has already been added in the last six months, I am probably going to wait until fall to upgrade that again, and am looking at a new video card and possibly a new processor.

My question is this: can a computer run more than one processor? I do need a faster processor and desperately, but I think buying one of the big bad ones will drain my wallet more than I can handle. I was hoping I could get a smaller one and add it on to my existing system, boosting my power while salvaging my wallet. If this isn't possible, then I suppose I'll just have to suck it up. But if it IS, then that's the option I want to go with. If it is possible, does this pose any negative side effects to my system, and would I have to add on an AMD Athlon or could I add on any type of processor?

Thanks in advance to any help you guys can give me. :)

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