is it really the case? ive never had any issues competing in the handbrake/x264 benchoff threads.
DVD Encoding Spec?
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is it really the case? ive never had any issues competing in the handbrake/x264 benchoff threads.
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The timings make a very minor difference. Higher speed RAM also makes a minor difference to encoding (more than the timings), but both are really negligible compared to the improvement a higher power CPU gets; money better invested in said component than another £30 on the RAM me thinks, especially if that was to take you from say an I3 to the I5.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4503/sandy-bridge-memory-scaling-choosing-the-best-ddr3/5
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4503/sandy-bridge-memory-scaling-choosing-the-best-ddr3/5
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You can pickup a SATA optical drive for about £15-20 brand new so that shouldnt cause you an issue
Good point, just annoyed that something else has changed.
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Think of it this way, the cables are neater, easier to route, and will hamper your airflow less (and the drive will have a fresh warranty)
SATA has been taking over from IDE for at least 5-6 years now, it was bounded to be dropped sooner or later. Bit of a PITA, but it does have it's benefits. The connections are smaller too so they can fit more of them on a board easily, can you imagine fitting more than 3 IDE connectors on a normal board
SATA has been taking over from IDE for at least 5-6 years now, it was bounded to be dropped sooner or later. Bit of a PITA, but it does have it's benefits. The connections are smaller too so they can fit more of them on a board easily, can you imagine fitting more than 3 IDE connectors on a normal board
Well I did suggest the AMD Llano to help keep the price down. You can get the whole mobo bundle for the price of the i5 CPU. Even adding a bluray drive will keep it well in budget.
If I remember right from the anandtech encoding benchmarks the A6 Llano CPU is on par with the i3. The A6 is well under £100 which is the rough price of the i3.
The i5 is a monster of a CPU but you have to pay the premium for that performance.
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You have been a member a good long while but your number of posts is keeping you from qualifying for free delivery I believe. Certainly worth discussing your options to get your posts to 100+
I think I will stick to the i5, thanks for mentioning the other options though.
I will be doing some video editing on this machine as well now, need to do more on it to justify the price to be honest.
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The i5 is a decent encoding CPU, not as good as the I7's, but definately a good choice
I think my last board or last but one had 5 IDE ports but I do see your point.Think of it this way, the cables are neater, easier to route, and will hamper your airflow less (and the drive will have a fresh warranty)
SATA has been taking over from IDE for at least 5-6 years now, it was bounded to be dropped sooner or later. Bit of a PITA, but it does have it's benefits. The connections are smaller too so they can fit more of them on a board easily, can you imagine fitting more than 3 IDE connectors on a normal board
I remember when rounded IDE cables came in and we were able to get rid of those horrid grey ribbons.
I used to build a new system every 2 years to keep up with the new games but no matter how careful I was about future proofing it, some if not all of the components were redundant when the upgrade was due. I'm not an eco warrier but do find this whole cycle very wasteful.
Thanks for the benchmarks by the way, it's good to see a comparison of the h.264 benches.
Thanks
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That's cool bud, I don't blame you either. I apologise for not linking the anandtech link as I usually do.....I meant to but life got in the way
You now have a good idea what you can get for your money. I would suggest you start another thread when you intend to buy. Weekly and today only offers and promo codes can seriously alter what parts we suggest in a build.
As I mentioned, if you can get 100 posts you qualify for free delivery. Ok that might only be £10ish but you could use the cash to improve the heatsink to a gelid tranquillo for £25 for example.
Your lucky you didn't need a sata HDD, now is not a good time to be buying one. You do need a DVD drive though, that's £15-20 but hey with the free delivery you reclaim £10 to go towards that don't you
That's cool bud, I don't blame you either. I apologise for not linking the anandtech link as I usually do.....I meant to but life got in the way
You now have a good idea what you can get for your money. I would suggest you start another thread when you intend to buy. Weekly and today only offers and promo codes can seriously alter what parts we suggest in a build.
As I mentioned, if you can get 100 posts you qualify for free delivery. Ok that might only be £10ish but you could use the cash to improve the heatsink to a gelid tranquillo for £25 for example.
Your lucky you didn't need a sata HDD, now is not a good time to be buying one. You do need a DVD drive though, that's £15-20 but hey with the free delivery you reclaim £10 to go towards that don't you
Thanks for all of your advice.
I feel like I'm starting to get back on the horse now but I don't want to stay for the whole ride. I think I have picked up enough to put together a decent build without making any major basic mistakes.
I'll start another thread with my propsosed spec and will take it from there.
All the best and thank you again
T