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Im hoping someone can advise.
I bought what I was told would be a HTPC more than capable of handling HD (mostly WMV-HD and MKV) files, however upon playback the files suffer quite badly from choppy and inconsistant playback.
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H 780G Socket AM2+ onboard VGA 8 channel audio mATX Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (3GHz) Socket AM2 L2 2MB (2 x 1MB)
Coolermaster Silent Pro 500W Modular PSU
4GB (although Vista only displays 3GB) DDR2 ram
SilverStone LASCALA LC17
I admit I purchased an OEM CPU by mistake, usually I would have purchased one with its own cooler and I wonder if this is part of the problem. I am using a AMD heatsink which I have had several years, and would likely have been a stock cooler that would have come with my last A64 chip. I have a Zalman Flower cooler also, but can see no physical way of attaching it.
The case has two external fans, on the mobo I can only see pins for one system fan though so one of the two is redundant.
The OS I am using is the Business version of Vista. I do wonder if it is the OS itself causing the problem, although I also run Vista ultimate on another PC (Intel 6750CPU) which has none of these problems, whether or not the Business version is the issue here or not I cant say yet.
CPU usage isnt that high when I run these files, I cant help but think its a lack of cooling, but any advise would be appreciated as its simply not doing the job at present.
I bought what I was told would be a HTPC more than capable of handling HD (mostly WMV-HD and MKV) files, however upon playback the files suffer quite badly from choppy and inconsistant playback.
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H 780G Socket AM2+ onboard VGA 8 channel audio mATX Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (3GHz) Socket AM2 L2 2MB (2 x 1MB)
Coolermaster Silent Pro 500W Modular PSU
4GB (although Vista only displays 3GB) DDR2 ram
SilverStone LASCALA LC17
I admit I purchased an OEM CPU by mistake, usually I would have purchased one with its own cooler and I wonder if this is part of the problem. I am using a AMD heatsink which I have had several years, and would likely have been a stock cooler that would have come with my last A64 chip. I have a Zalman Flower cooler also, but can see no physical way of attaching it.
The case has two external fans, on the mobo I can only see pins for one system fan though so one of the two is redundant.
The OS I am using is the Business version of Vista. I do wonder if it is the OS itself causing the problem, although I also run Vista ultimate on another PC (Intel 6750CPU) which has none of these problems, whether or not the Business version is the issue here or not I cant say yet.
CPU usage isnt that high when I run these files, I cant help but think its a lack of cooling, but any advise would be appreciated as its simply not doing the job at present.
