I'm planning on buying a new PC with the following specs:
-Duron (Morgan) 1000Mhz
-ECSK7S5A
-256MB DDR CAS2.5
-ATi ALL-in-wonder Radeon 8500DV (this will be added afterwards, so to quickly profit from the low prices the other components still have today, memory prices are already back on the rise. What are the prospects for Duron or Athlon XP processors. i.e. when is there expected another price cut from AMD. And how is SIS handling its production output, are there any shortages signalled?)
But I am still in doubt about the disk I will add to the rig. To keep the price cheap I thought of a seagate 40 GB 5400RPM UDMA100. Will this hamper the ability to encode in real time at full PAL-resolution with the aid of the Radeon8500DV's MPEG2 derived codec? Will using a 7200RPM hard be any better or does it depend more on UDMA speed. Or should I rather go with a faster CPU and not worry about the disk subsystem at all (as long as the HD is big enough and contemporary)?
BTW, I was wondering in the light of anandtechs upcoming radeon 8500DV review wether the Radeon 8500 or Rage theater chip do a significant job at unloading work from the CPU while encoding video. I'm patiently awaiting anandtechs review off this feature packed wonder as I am patiently awaiting the card itself, I hope for ATI it is worth it. I'd appreciate any comments on the system specs.
-Duron (Morgan) 1000Mhz
-ECSK7S5A
-256MB DDR CAS2.5
-ATi ALL-in-wonder Radeon 8500DV (this will be added afterwards, so to quickly profit from the low prices the other components still have today, memory prices are already back on the rise. What are the prospects for Duron or Athlon XP processors. i.e. when is there expected another price cut from AMD. And how is SIS handling its production output, are there any shortages signalled?)
But I am still in doubt about the disk I will add to the rig. To keep the price cheap I thought of a seagate 40 GB 5400RPM UDMA100. Will this hamper the ability to encode in real time at full PAL-resolution with the aid of the Radeon8500DV's MPEG2 derived codec? Will using a 7200RPM hard be any better or does it depend more on UDMA speed. Or should I rather go with a faster CPU and not worry about the disk subsystem at all (as long as the HD is big enough and contemporary)?
BTW, I was wondering in the light of anandtechs upcoming radeon 8500DV review wether the Radeon 8500 or Rage theater chip do a significant job at unloading work from the CPU while encoding video. I'm patiently awaiting anandtechs review off this feature packed wonder as I am patiently awaiting the card itself, I hope for ATI it is worth it. I'd appreciate any comments on the system specs.
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