On 01/07/2012 06:40 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > What will be the performance impact on my Celeron 1.73 GHz CPU and/or > hdd speed? To further add to what has been said, check if your particular CPU supports the AES-NI instruction set which should provide some performance boost: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AES_instruction_set Of course, that is, if you choose to use the AES cipher (the default). HTH, Jorge