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Re: New computer Q
« Reply #45 on: 27 August 2008, 19:00:35 »

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H21 - for general purpose email/web/letter writing I would go for

Core2 Duo 2.0G or better
965 chipset or better
2G RAM
300G HDD or better
The X3100 built into most 965 chipsets is good enough for most non gaming apps, but ensure you have a PCIe x16 slot on the board for future upgrade.


For video editing, consider quad core, more disk space (ideally multiple disks), and more RAM. Not worth putting more than 3.5G RAM in 32bit Windows, but if you go 64bit, be aware of driver issues.

Isnt quad core a bit OTT....im sure its nice too have but is it really necessary. :-/

Thats a question as opposed a statement..... :)
I spec'd Core2 Duo for day to day. Core2 Quad is OTT for day to day work, you're right.  Hence I said go Quad for video editing (or any other CPU intensive work).

Saying that, retail prices between, for example 2.4G Coer2 Duo and 2.4G Core2 Quad is only around £40.  Downside of the Quad is uses 50% more juice than Duo when running at full chat.

Actually i was referring too the quad for video editing...however i was thinking thinking more of ripping dvd"s ect so i no doubt was thinking along different lines too what you meant.... :-[

Amazed theres not that much difference price  on dual and quad.
Creating/editing/encoding home vids.  Surely, unless you are in to pirating DVDs, you won't be doing much ripping anyway, not that that is particularly cpu demanding anyway, and hasn't been since the transcoders came along 5 or 6 years ago.
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Re: New computer Q
« Reply #46 on: 27 August 2008, 20:16:03 »

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H21 - for general purpose email/web/letter writing I would go for

Core2 Duo 2.0G or better
965 chipset or better
2G RAM
300G HDD or better
The X3100 built into most 965 chipsets is good enough for most non gaming apps, but ensure you have a PCIe x16 slot on the board for future upgrade.


For video editing, consider quad core, more disk space (ideally multiple disks), and more RAM. Not worth putting more than 3.5G RAM in 32bit Windows, but if you go 64bit, be aware of driver issues.

Isnt quad core a bit OTT....im sure its nice too have but is it really necessary. :-/

Thats a question as opposed a statement..... :)
I spec'd Core2 Duo for day to day. Core2 Quad is OTT for day to day work, you're right.  Hence I said go Quad for video editing (or any other CPU intensive work).

Saying that, retail prices between, for example 2.4G Coer2 Duo and 2.4G Core2 Quad is only around £40.  Downside of the Quad is uses 50% more juice than Duo when running at full chat.

Actually i was referring too the quad for video editing...however i was thinking thinking more of ripping dvd"s ect so i no doubt was thinking along different lines too what you meant.... :-[

Amazed theres not that much difference price  on dual and quad.
Creating/editing/encoding home vids.  Surely, unless you are in to pirating DVDs, you won't be doing much ripping anyway, not that that is particularly cpu demanding anyway, and hasn't been since the transcoders came along 5 or 6 years ago.

Thats what i meant...i assumed you was talking about something different.

Rip a lot of dvd"s....after all its legal to back up a genuine copy isnt it. :y
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Re: New computer Q
« Reply #47 on: 27 August 2008, 20:21:41 »

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Rip a lot of dvd"s....after all its legal to back up a genuine copy isnt it. :y
But hardly necessary. You have to really abuse discs to ruin them, and most studios are happy to replace knackered discs.

And, no, not entirely sure it is legal to have a backup copy  :-/
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« Reply #48 on: 27 August 2008, 20:29:27 »

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Rip a lot of dvd"s....after all its legal to back up a genuine copy isnt it. :y
But hardly necessary. You have to really abuse discs to ruin them, and most studios are happy to replace knackered discs.

And, no, not entirely sure it is legal to have a backup copy  :-/

Well wont say too much here but some people sell back up"s via there own website for £3 a disk...each too there own i guess. :y
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Re: New computer Q
« Reply #49 on: 27 August 2008, 20:38:56 »

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Rip a lot of dvd"s....after all its legal to back up a genuine copy isnt it. :y
But hardly necessary. You have to really abuse discs to ruin them, and most studios are happy to replace knackered discs.

And, no, not entirely sure it is legal to have a backup copy  :-/


Hmm, I've got a copy of Triangle that is starting to jump and misbehave, bought from new, and I am fairly careful with discs.

Re the computer, here's one that should give you good graphics and be fairly quick, even if you are running Vista  :-X :-X :-X

http://gizmodo.com/394128/fastra-desktop-supercomputer-built-with-4-nvidia-9800-gx2-graphics-cards

Need a fair bit of power tho,  :y

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« Reply #50 on: 27 August 2008, 20:59:00 »

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Rip a lot of dvd"s....after all its legal to back up a genuine copy isnt it. :y
But hardly necessary. You have to really abuse discs to ruin them, and most studios are happy to replace knackered discs.

And, no, not entirely sure it is legal to have a backup copy  :-/

Or to get past all the locked crap!
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« Reply #51 on: 27 August 2008, 21:00:32 »

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H21 - for general purpose email/web/letter writing I would go for

Core2 Duo 2.0G or better
965 chipset or better
2G RAM
300G HDD or better
The X3100 built into most 965 chipsets is good enough for most non gaming apps, but ensure you have a PCIe x16 slot on the board for future upgrade.


For video editing, consider quad core, more disk space (ideally multiple disks), and more RAM. Not worth putting more than 3.5G RAM in 32bit Windows, but if you go 64bit, be aware of driver issues.

Isnt quad core a bit OTT....im sure its nice too have but is it really necessary. :-/

Thats a question as opposed a statement..... :)
I spec'd Core2 Duo for day to day. Core2 Quad is OTT for day to day work, you're right.  Hence I said go Quad for video editing (or any other CPU intensive work).

Saying that, retail prices between, for example 2.4G Coer2 Duo and 2.4G Core2 Quad is only around £40.  Downside of the Quad is uses 50% more juice than Duo when running at full chat.

Actually i was referring too the quad for video editing...however i was thinking thinking more of ripping dvd"s ect so i no doubt was thinking along different lines too what you meant.... :-[

Amazed theres not that much difference price  on dual and quad.
Creating/editing/encoding home vids.  Surely, unless you are in to pirating DVDs, you won't be doing much ripping anyway, not that that is particularly cpu demanding anyway, and hasn't been since the transcoders came along 5 or 6 years ago.


When a large project has a two at the front in time remaining - you want more power. 2 pass VBR at highest quality TMPGENCXP can take over a day :( on my P4 2.4
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Re: New computer Q
« Reply #52 on: 27 August 2008, 21:18:59 »

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H21 - for general purpose email/web/letter writing I would go for

Core2 Duo 2.0G or better
965 chipset or better
2G RAM
300G HDD or better
The X3100 built into most 965 chipsets is good enough for most non gaming apps, but ensure you have a PCIe x16 slot on the board for future upgrade.


For video editing, consider quad core, more disk space (ideally multiple disks), and more RAM. Not worth putting more than 3.5G RAM in 32bit Windows, but if you go 64bit, be aware of driver issues.

Isnt quad core a bit OTT....im sure its nice too have but is it really necessary. :-/

Thats a question as opposed a statement..... :)
I spec'd Core2 Duo for day to day. Core2 Quad is OTT for day to day work, you're right.  Hence I said go Quad for video editing (or any other CPU intensive work).

Saying that, retail prices between, for example 2.4G Coer2 Duo and 2.4G Core2 Quad is only around £40.  Downside of the Quad is uses 50% more juice than Duo when running at full chat.

Actually i was referring too the quad for video editing...however i was thinking thinking more of ripping dvd"s ect so i no doubt was thinking along different lines too what you meant.... :-[

Amazed theres not that much difference price  on dual and quad.
Creating/editing/encoding home vids.  Surely, unless you are in to pirating DVDs, you won't be doing much ripping anyway, not that that is particularly cpu demanding anyway, and hasn't been since the transcoders came along 5 or 6 years ago.


When a large project has a two at the front in time remaining - you want more power. 2 pass VBR at highest quality TMPGENCXP can take over a day :( on my P4 2.4


Perhaps using some of the new multi processor GPU's might help,
http://www.dvhardware.net/article27553.html  

unfortunately probably costly just now, but in the january sales......

Ken
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Re: New computer Q
« Reply #53 on: 27 August 2008, 21:53:44 »

Umm wish i understood some of this thread :o

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Re: New computer Q
« Reply #54 on: 27 August 2008, 22:30:23 »

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Umm wish i understood some of this thread :o

Right with you on that one Omegatoy  :-/
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