It sure looks like the Intel Core 2 Duos from what I can see. It just demolishes everything else in encoding benchmarks, and not by a small amount either.
It seems that the 4 MB cache E6600 and E6700 have a significant advantage over the 2 MB cache E6300 and E6400. Also, the E6600 is priced right in the sweet spot for cost/performance. The E6700 is too much, the E6600 is tolerable. My SlimServer/ripper/encoder PC blew its motherboard recently. I already bought a replacement power supply (incorrect diagnosis) and a replacement CPU (incorrect diagnosis) so I'm faced with purchasing a used replacement motherboard. Before it comes to this, I am wondering whether spending money on obsolete 4 year old computer technology is worth it. I can't afford the new stuff, but I can't really afford the old stuff either. So if it's all borrowed money, what does it matter if I borrow $250 to keep my old hardware running or borrow $600 to get entirely new stuff? As a bonus, it looks like the E6600 may be more power-efficient than the P4 2.8C I'm trying to keep going. Ideas, opinions? -- Mark Lanctot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34183 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
