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| Author: | aa1979 [ Wed Jan 03, 2007 2:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | My Core 2 Duo wishlist |
My Athlon 64 3400+ system is not quite fast enough to deinterlace HD the way I like it, so I'm thinking of upgrading to a Core 2 Duo system, a lot like the Dragon 2.0. I already have a Hauppague analog and a pcHDTV HD-3000 card, along with an Antec 500W power supply and a nice Silverstone case. I'm outputting 720p via VGA to a Sony LCD rear-projection TV. What do you guys think of this combination of hardware? https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/Wi ... tle=MythTV |
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| Author: | datobin1 [ Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:36 pm ] |
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If you have a little more to spend and are willing to overclock (the 6300 is a great overclocker) you should upgrade the mother board and memory. MB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131070 $150.99 Memory 6400 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820144020 $109.99 The MB would be $80 more and the memory would be an additional $5 more. With this combo using stock cooling you should be able to run the cpu @ 3Ghz or better. Stock the CPU runs at 1.86 GHz If you don't fell comfortable overclocking than I would still recommend upgrading the memory. In the future it will be handy having the faster memory and you will be able to run better trimmings now. The one problem I do see with this setup is the lack of PCI slots, only 3 on both of these boards. Make sure you will have enough |
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| Author: | aa1979 [ Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:36 pm ] |
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Yeah, what's the deal with the lack of PCI slots? Seems like every one I looked at had a max of 3. Didn't they ALL used to have 5 or 6 back in the day? And, didn't I hear somewhere to avoid Intel ICH8 mobos? Bad linux support or something like that? That may have been a while ago. Good idea on the memory though, I changed it. |
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| Author: | thornsoft [ Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:03 pm ] |
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aa1979 wrote: Yeah, what's the deal with the lack of PCI slots?
Yeah, seems kind of sparse. What's with those PCI X1 slots? It's got 3 of them. I've never seen anything that plugs into those. Are they good for anything? 3 PCI slots would be enough (for me anyway), if the onboard audio worked right out of the box, and you didn't have to add a (supported) sound card. With this mobo you've got S/PDIF, Firewire and external SATA, right out the back. That's nice. |
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| Author: | aa1979 [ Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:30 pm ] |
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I think I would be ok with 3 pci slots, since I have 2 capture cards now, and am thinking about that ethernet HD Homerun device for more hd tuners. (It's apparently well-supported). I would still theoretically have one slot open for a sound card if needed. Is one chipset better than another for onboard audio (analog or digital?) |
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