title: How can I force SQL Server to use more CPU
body: <p>I have an data transformation query which takes a long time to run on my development machine (Core i7 920 running at 3.9GHz, and with 12GB of RAM under Windows Server 2003 x86 and with 2 Velociraptors 300GB iN RAID0).</p>
  
  <p>When I look at the task manager, the CPU stays around 26%, with the third (out of 4) core being the most active.</p>
  
  <p>As this is not a production environment, is there any way to tell SQL Server 2008 that I am alright with it using more of my CPU or is it because my query can not be parallelized for some reason?
  If, shouldn't SQL Server be smart enough to cut the query in smaller chunks and run it across several threads so each core can get it?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>