Here's a thought. Rather than waste my spanking new Core2 in the HTPC, would the old Pentium 531 (3Ghz, 1MB) perform OK with an 8600GT? For playback of 1080 material?
Any comments?
Here's a thought. Rather than waste my spanking new Core2 in the HTPC, would the old Pentium 531 (3Ghz, 1MB) perform OK with an 8600GT? For playback of 1080 material?
Any comments?
The 8500GT would probably handle the res and DVD playback etc. just not play any games.
For the sake of 50quid, I would consider buying another C2D, if only to keep the temperature and noise as low as possible.
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HTPC: AsRock Z77 Pro 4 / 3770K@4.2GHz / 24GB / GTX 1080 / SST-LC20 / Antec TP-550 / Hisense 65k5510 4K TV / HTC Vive / 2 x 240GB SSD + 12TB HDD Space / Race Seat / Logitech G29 / Win 10 Pro
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I thought that, but would an E4300 be that much better than the P4? I know the 6420 is too good for the Media center machine.
It will have a lot more grunt while running a lot cooler.....
Which means you could probably use the power and noise saving features quite heavily.....which can be quite a boon in a HTPC.
Main PC: Asus Rampage IV Extreme / 3960X@4.5GHz / Antec H1200 Pro / 32GB DDR3-1866 Quad Channel / Sapphire Fury X / Areca 1680 / 850W EVGA SuperNOVA Gold 2 / Corsair 600T / 2x Dell 3007 / 4 x 250GB SSD + 2 x 80GB SSD / 4 x 1TB HDD (RAID 10) / Windows 10 Pro, Yosemite & Ubuntu
HTPC: AsRock Z77 Pro 4 / 3770K@4.2GHz / 24GB / GTX 1080 / SST-LC20 / Antec TP-550 / Hisense 65k5510 4K TV / HTC Vive / 2 x 240GB SSD + 12TB HDD Space / Race Seat / Logitech G29 / Win 10 Pro
HTPC2: Asus AM1I-A / 5150 / 4GB / Corsair Force 3 240GB / Silverstone SST-ML05B + ST30SF / Samsung UE60H6200 TV / Windows 10 Pro
Spare/Loaner: Gigabyte EX58-UD5 / i950 / 12GB / HD7870 / Corsair 300R / Silverpower 700W modular
NAS 1: HP N40L / 12GB ECC RAM / 2 x 3TB Arrays || NAS 2: Dell PowerEdge T110 II / 24GB ECC RAM / 2 x 3TB Hybrid arrays || Network:Buffalo WZR-1166DHP w/DD-WRT + HP ProCurve 1800-24G
Laptop: Dell Precision 5510 Printer: HP CP1515n || Phone: Huawei P30 || Other: Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Pro 10.1 CM14 / Playstation 4 + G29 + 2TB Hybrid drive
but that means another motherboard, ram etc. arghhh. more money.
The 4300 isnt much slower than the 6420, the cache only makes a small difference in normal apps. Benchmarks tend to take advantage more so the 6420 looks much better. A 4300 at stock will still cream a P4, overclocked it outperforms the E6700 at stock.
OK - rebuilding as we speak. What we've got is a Gigabyte GA-8915G-MF, 2x 512MB (PC3200) and 2x 1GB (PC 3200), 250GB WD SATA HDD, and the P4 531. Using the ATI x800 at the moment, and see how that goes. otherwise off to the shops to get the 8600GTS.
Bizarrely, it won't boot from the Vista DVD, so I think it's an XP install first, Bios upgrade, then back to Vista. Ho hum.
OK - the ATI was knackered. Went off and bought an 8500.
Wow! It really does make a difference. CPU load came right down to about 40% on 1080i Spiderman 2.
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