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Alright, so I'm trying to optimize my computer to make the most of it's free processing time. Let me know if I have this figured out correctly.
Hardware/Problem - Solution
Core 2 Duo E6750 OC'd @ 3.00 GHz - Currently running v6.23 x86, cannot use -smp flag. Solution: Upon completing current WU, uninstall v6.23 and install v6.34 with -smp flag to make use of both cores... or should I run two instances of v6.23? I don't plan on dedicating my PC to Folding, just my spare cycles while I'm at school or browsing the internet
GTS 250 - Run GPU client with CPU client simultaneously, will cause Windows GUI to turn into a cludge but will tear through WU's
4 GB RAM on 32-bit system - Upgrade to 64-bit... eventually, I'm too lazy to reinstall everything for an extra 512 MB RAM
Cold Room - Fire up GPU and CPU clients, point rear of case toward room, enjoy resulting warm room

Welcome to the forum, gerbilOFdoom.

Since the machine isn't dedicated and only has two CPU cores, it would be best not to run SMP, rather go for one GPU client and two uniprocessor clients instead (see Best Practices FAQ). You might also consider client v7 running two uniprocessor slots and one GPU slot. Mind you, v7 is still in open beta, but apparently does the job well already. 32bit OS should be entirely sufficient folding setup for the foreseeable future, and v7 has 32bit install packages also for Linux.