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Many things determine a computer's speed. Just about everything inside of your computer (hardware & software) can make a difference. The first and probably most common measurement of speed is the clock-speed of your main CPU. This is measured in Megahertz or Mhz. Quite simply the more the better, and 1000s of Megahertz are measure in Gigahertz or GHz. So 2000 Mhz = 2GHz. Another new development in computer technology has also allowed for multiple cores in a single CPU. This can allow multiple independent processing cores to exist on a single board. With this technology your CPU can processes simultaneous tasks without over-taxing a single CPU. Many other things must be taken into consideration as well though, how much RAM your computer has, how fast your hard drive spins, the size of your hard-drive's main platter, what operating system you have, how many other devices are connected to the computer, how much software you have loaded on to it, etc. The list can literally include everything inside of a computer. A better way to examine the question would be to figure out what task you want to speed up. This could include how fast your computer turns on, how fast it can process multi-media types of data (audio/video), or server level computing for applications, services, and user management. Different hardware and software components affect speed in different ways and sometimes optimizing a computer to perform one specific task can yield better performance results.

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