At 01:55 PM 1/24/2007, you wrote:
Hi Jim,
Based upon your comments, of the two systems, I would suspect you would
favor the first. While I have overclocked plenty in the past, buying
expensive fans/coolers/etc., I have not done so in a couple of years. Having
a di-electric device build up condensation and frying a rig was not the best
of experiences. Lol
Anyway, I am skeptical of overclocking a rig that will run 24/7. That's why
I would opt for the e6600 to handle h.264 or other compression algorithm.
Besides, I might want to occasionally convert various video files and
depending upon the fate of the current 'family' computer might have to do
double duty as a workstation in the future.
Thanks for your input!!
Bob
Hello Bob,
No problem, that is/has always been the purpose of this list. God knows I was
a complete n00b when I first joined in 1997 :P
A64 overclocking is surprisingly easy on air, though I guess I should add that
this is only true for the 90nm parts. As far as coolers, don't waste
your money.
I tried a Thermalright XP90 (aluminum) and the retail A64 X2 4-heatpipe HSF.
Negligible difference in performance and the retail HSF was a lot cheaper.
If you're going to use the PC to encode and/or transcode content (eg. using
Orb to stream to mobile devices, Wii, PS3, etc.) then it's definitely a good
idea to have a Core 2 CPU. The IPC on those danged things are unbelievable.
Hope this helps.
Best regards.
--
JW
