Mark Lanctot;192550 Wrote: > It sure looks like the E6700 and E6600 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?
I really don't think it takes that much CPU power to encode these days. I do FLAC encoding on P3-450 and Via C3 1ghz cpus without any trouble. Personally, I go for the lowest energy usage CPU I can find. Saving electricity and making the machine as quiet as possible is most important to me. -- SuperQ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34183 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
