You can't generalize multicore processors like that, 3.2+3.2 does not equal 6.4. I don't have a clue what you are doing but you are completely wrong. The number of cores relates to the number of simultaneous programs that can be run at once. Single core processors simulate multitasking, this is fake but it works. Multicore provides you with true multitasking, more cores means more simultaneous processes. As for your page file, LEAVE IT ALONE! Let windows handle it, it knows better then you do. If you are worried about disk I/O I suggest more spindles in a RAID 0 Array.