Ok if you had a budget of 120$ for a processor and a motherboard. . .

[episodic]

And you had to pick the one that did media encoding the fastest (#1 concern) - what would you pick?

I've heard that Intel chips are better at media encoding. . .

 

[DrCool]

well, the problems begin at 'had a budget of $120..'

I know it's hard to have patience, and save.. but your not going to get any value out of a motherboard/cpu combo that only costs $120.. think DOUBLE that, and you'll have a good place to start.

now, you could get a Sempron 3100+ socket 754 for $120, and a matching motherboard for about $95.. but if you wanted to go intel, your looking at about double the cost, for that same performance.

 

[icejunkie]

Originally posted by: episodic
And you had to pick the one that did media encoding the fastest (#1 concern) - what would you pick?

I've heard that Intel chips are better at media encoding. . .

I'd pick a bigger budget

 

[episodic]

Ok 200$ - but that'd be stretching - anything cheaper appreciated.

 

[The J]

On TomsHardware, there was a huge (106 CPUs, I think) processor comparison which was done with media encoding programs and games. Look up the media encoding benchmarks there and find a processor that isn't top of the line, but will still give you a result that you can live with.

 

[Edward Lee]

Pentium 4 2.4 GHz

 

[BW86]

Originally posted by: episodic
Ok 200$ - but that'd be stretching - anything cheaper appreciated.

For $200, I would probably get a A64 2800 with a Chaintech VNF3.

 

[sniperruff]

i'd get an nforce2 IGP with a barton 2800.

 

[imported_johnson]

Well, You could try dis

http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=19-116-142&depa=1

and dhat

http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=19-116-141&depa=1

 

[miketheidiot]

NF7-s and 2400M + HSF and OC that shit. Should be about $200, and reach about 2.4-2.5 or more ghz. Still probably the best value around, although the sempron and A64 3000 are coming close. The problem with intel is the cheap intel stuff isn't that cheap.

 

[magomago]

save money.
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live with what you have for a while longer, even if it means other parts just sitting there. After a month you should have more cash.

 

[laurenlex]

Originally posted by: BW86

Originally posted by: episodic
Ok 200$ - but that'd be stretching - anything cheaper appreciated.

For $200, I would probably get a A64 2800 with a Chaintech VNF3.

Seconded.

 

[Anonemous]

Originally posted by: laurenlex

Originally posted by: BW86

Originally posted by: episodic
Ok 200$ - but that'd be stretching - anything cheaper appreciated.

For $200, I would probably get a A64 2800 with a Chaintech VNF3.

Seconded.

how does that compare to a mobile 2500 oc'd with nf2 board?

 

[Ionizer86]

For $120 (or just slightly more), I'd probably get a Shuttle AN35N-Ultra board and a cheap XP mobile Tbred. I'd try to save just a bit more to get an XP mobile Barton though

 

[DrCool]

Originally posted by: Anonemous
how does that compare to a mobile 2500 oc'd with nf2 board?

oh, like nite and day!

see for yourself:
http://www.tomshardware.com/cp...221/cpu_charts-13.html

 

[Anonemous]

Originally posted by: DrCool

Originally posted by: Anonemous
how does that compare to a mobile 2500 oc'd with nf2 board?

oh, like nite and day!

see for yourself:
http://www.tomshardware.com/cp...221/cpu_charts-13.html

i only see up to 3200+ 2.2 ghz bartons what about 2.4-2.5 ghz? extrapolating from that graph it seems it would only lose to a 3200+ newcastle (2.2 ghz) by tens of points assuming you can oc that 2800+ a64 from 1.8ghz to 2.2ghz (which you can according to newegg reviews).

 

[DaveSimmons]

For video encoding, that shows the XPs competing rather well, much better than they do for gaming.

If episodic really only cares about video encoding, and is willing to spend $160-175, the top choices at stock speed are a Sempron 2800+ and the slightly faster Celeron D 2.8 GHz, both $109 retail with HSF. Add a $50-60 mobo and you're set.

Of course for $200, the socket 754 A64 2800+ plus chanintech nf3 mb offers a tiny speed improvement for encoding (2%) but a huge improvement in gaming performance, especially compared to the Celeron.