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23. March 2008 @ 07:19 |
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The entry level quad is a Q9300. It has a slower clock speed and less cache than a Q6600 and it also has a 7.5x multi and not a 9x like mine. It's also gonna cost around the 250 range.
Russ, I still don't regret getting a quad core. I realize the performance gain RIGHT NOW is minimal, but I had other reasons to get it .
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23. March 2008 @ 08:08 |
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well while im going to RMA my cpu back to intel tomorrow. hopefully i can. with my luck with this i doubt they take it..
should i also RMA my mobo too? guess i cant send it back to newegg either been 30 days
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23. March 2008 @ 09:31 |
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I'd RMA them both, personally. That's just me, though. I'd be SO agitated right now. Start fresh when you get the replacements. Good luck!
EDIT: I overlooked the part that it's been over 30 days. Anyway, you are in GREAT hands here. These guys know their stuff!
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System 1: Core2Quad Q6600 O/Ced @ 3.15 GHz, Gigabyte GA EP35 DS4 mobo, Zalman 9700, 4GB PC6400 RAM, Sapphire Radeon 2600HD Pro, Samsung 920BW 19" Widescreen LCD, Hauppauge! PVR-350.
System 2: Core2Duo E6400 O/Ced @ 3.2 GHz, Gigabyte GA 965P S3 mobo, Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro, 2GB PC6400 RAM, PNY GeForce 6600, Hyundai B70A 17" LCD.This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 23. March 2008 @ 09:33
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23. March 2008 @ 09:42 |
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Originally posted by cincyrob:
well while im going to RMA my cpu back to intel tomorrow. hopefully i can. with my luck with this i doubt they take it..
should i also RMA my mobo too? guess i cant send it back to newegg either been 30 days
im sure OCing the CPU voids the Waranty
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23. March 2008 @ 09:44 |
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yea i think i will RMA both just to make sure... i just tore it all down, only thing in the case now is the fans, HDD, and 2 ODD.poor thing...lol
AGITATED is a understatement.
so i should try newegg and get them to RMA it instead of going to gigabyte?
just put my litey's back in this system(HP) so i can still burn...
Hmmmm makes me second guess myself on not buying pre built system.
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23. March 2008 @ 10:24 |
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I'm happy with the Q6600, very fast.
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23. March 2008 @ 10:56 |
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Same here.... My rebuilder times are just over 30 minutes for encoding on longer movies versus mid 50's for my overclocked E6400!
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System 2: Core2Duo E6400 O/Ced @ 3.2 GHz, Gigabyte GA 965P S3 mobo, Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro, 2GB PC6400 RAM, PNY GeForce 6600, Hyundai B70A 17" LCD. |
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23. March 2008 @ 10:58 |
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Same here..my rebuilder times aren't much behind those..
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23. March 2008 @ 11:14 |
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I emailed DFI tech support last night about midnight in regards to some questions I had with the LP LT X38 mobo. just checked my email this morning and there was already a reply, easter sunday nonetheless. wow, that is good tech support. I've never delt with DFI before but that gives me all the more reason to give em a try. I'm impressed.
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23. March 2008 @ 11:25 |
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You all are talking my language now! When I pre-ordered the Q9450, the confirmation page told me to "wait 2-3 weeks for shipment". Tomorrow is exactly 3 weeks so I think I will send an email to customer service later on in the week.
I finished the "man-cave" that I mentioned a few months ago, already serviced 2 friends machines and got paid for it! One had a power supply die, it didnt blow anything else up with it thankfully. The other was 5 years old and never had the dust blown out. Its CPU heatsink and fan were so worn from the dirt that it sounded like a helicopter taking off when It was on, which wasnt for long because it kept overheating and crashing!
Now that construction is done I can focus on this workstation/ home server I've been piecing together since the Thanksgiving sales!
I still havent decided on a mobo, although I know it'll have 8 SATA ports and RAID capabilities. Most likely experiment with my first Gigabyte board since thats a current favorite around here. Any hints would be appreciated.
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23. March 2008 @ 12:06 |
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abuzar1,
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Russ, I still don't regret getting a quad core. I realize the performance gain RIGHT NOW is minimal, but I had other reasons to get it .
I'm not in any way knocking your choice in processor, it's just that with the new CPUs virtually around the corner, I would either wait or do an 8400 or 8500. Biggest reason is that the price structure will change for the models available right now as the newer chips become available, and the Q6600 and some of the newer ones that are out already will be even cheaper.. Patient Economics! LOL!!
Best Regards,
Russ
GigaByte 990FXA-UD5 - AMD FX-8320 @4.0GHz @1.312v - Corsair H-60 liquid CPU Cooler - 4x4 GB GSkill RipJaws DDR3/1866 Cas8, 8-9-9-24 - Corsair 400-R Case - OCZ FATAL1TY 550 watt Modular PSU - Intel 330 120GB SATA III SSD - WD Black 500GB SATA III - WD black 1 TB Sata III - WD Black 500GB SATA II - 2 Asus DRW-24B1ST DVD-Burner - Sony 420W 5.1 PL-II Suround Sound - GigaByte GTX550/1GB 970 Mhz Video - Asus VE247H 23.6" HDMI 1080p Monitor
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23. March 2008 @ 12:34 |
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GigaByte 990FXA-UD5 - AMD FX-8320 @4.0GHz @1.312v - Corsair H-60 liquid CPU Cooler - 4x4 GB GSkill RipJaws DDR3/1866 Cas8, 8-9-9-24 - Corsair 400-R Case - OCZ FATAL1TY 550 watt Modular PSU - Intel 330 120GB SATA III SSD - WD Black 500GB SATA III - WD black 1 TB Sata III - WD Black 500GB SATA II - 2 Asus DRW-24B1ST DVD-Burner - Sony 420W 5.1 PL-II Suround Sound - GigaByte GTX550/1GB 970 Mhz Video - Asus VE247H 23.6" HDMI 1080p Monitor
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23. March 2008 @ 16:42 |
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Guys does the Quad Cores Q6600 utilize all four cores encoding using DVD Rebuilder etc ?
Russ how far off are the new CPU that are coming out? I'm probably looking at least two month yet before i do anything.
Hope everything works out Robert
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23. March 2008 @ 16:52 |
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ZoSoIV,
As far as I know, DVDRB is not multi threaded! CCE is, with a dual core, but I'm not sure about the Quads.
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Russ how far off are the new CPU that are coming out? I'm probably looking at least two month yet before i do anything.
There's stuff due out first half, so maximum wait time should only be a little over 3 months. Your at least 2 months away now, so to me it would be worth the wait just to see what the best deal you can get will be based on what's new. Hell, they ain't gonna go up in price with new stuff coming out! The prices of what's out now should come down too!
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im sure OCing the CPU voids the Waranty
They know you did if they bother to test. I've never even had a question asked about that, and everything I sent in the last 4+ years, they've replaced! That's 3, all overclocked! You would have to be a total DA to tell them! LOL!!
Best Regards,
Russ
GigaByte 990FXA-UD5 - AMD FX-8320 @4.0GHz @1.312v - Corsair H-60 liquid CPU Cooler - 4x4 GB GSkill RipJaws DDR3/1866 Cas8, 8-9-9-24 - Corsair 400-R Case - OCZ FATAL1TY 550 watt Modular PSU - Intel 330 120GB SATA III SSD - WD Black 500GB SATA III - WD black 1 TB Sata III - WD Black 500GB SATA II - 2 Asus DRW-24B1ST DVD-Burner - Sony 420W 5.1 PL-II Suround Sound - GigaByte GTX550/1GB 970 Mhz Video - Asus VE247H 23.6" HDMI 1080p Monitor
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23. March 2008 @ 17:00 |
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I'm looking at early July to do a new build
Antec 1200 Full-Tower Case/Thermaltake 750-Watt PS/ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 Mobo/Western Digital Black WD500 500GB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache/NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTX 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express Video Card/CORSAIR DOMINATOR PLATINUM 16GB DDR3 /Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo)/CORSAIR Hydro High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler/3-Asus DRW-24B1ST Sata Drives/Samsung 2493HM 24" LCD Monitior 1920x1200 resolution,5ms respone time/OS Windows 10 Pro SP1 64-bit
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23. March 2008 @ 17:10 |
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With DVD Rebuilder and CCE, the load is distributed evenly across all four cores (around 65% each core I think.) I haven't tried Hank's yet (Creaky has).
Both of my builds have been based on Gigabyte boards (see sig). I haven't had problems either time. I ALMOST went with DFI this time, though. Hopefully, I can hold off a couple of years before doing another build. Who knows what will be out by then.
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System 1: Core2Quad Q6600 O/Ced @ 3.15 GHz, Gigabyte GA EP35 DS4 mobo, Zalman 9700, 4GB PC6400 RAM, Sapphire Radeon 2600HD Pro, Samsung 920BW 19" Widescreen LCD, Hauppauge! PVR-350.
System 2: Core2Duo E6400 O/Ced @ 3.2 GHz, Gigabyte GA 965P S3 mobo, Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro, 2GB PC6400 RAM, PNY GeForce 6600, Hyundai B70A 17" LCD. |
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23. March 2008 @ 17:44 |
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teflonmyk,
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With DVD Rebuilder and CCE, the load is distributed evenly across all four cores (around 65% each core I think.) I haven't tried Hank's yet (Creaky has).
Only the CCE is multi threaded, and should be split between the 4 cores. DVDRB itself doesn't take up a lot of processor power, so being single thread is not much of a liability. Mostly in the Preparation and Re-Building phase it could use multi threading. You can watch it in the taskmanager by clicking the performance button. When it's encoding all cores should be working while during Prep and Re-Build it will drop to one core!
Best Regards,
Russ
GigaByte 990FXA-UD5 - AMD FX-8320 @4.0GHz @1.312v - Corsair H-60 liquid CPU Cooler - 4x4 GB GSkill RipJaws DDR3/1866 Cas8, 8-9-9-24 - Corsair 400-R Case - OCZ FATAL1TY 550 watt Modular PSU - Intel 330 120GB SATA III SSD - WD Black 500GB SATA III - WD black 1 TB Sata III - WD Black 500GB SATA II - 2 Asus DRW-24B1ST DVD-Burner - Sony 420W 5.1 PL-II Suround Sound - GigaByte GTX550/1GB 970 Mhz Video - Asus VE247H 23.6" HDMI 1080p Monitor
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23. March 2008 @ 18:11 |
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Originally posted by teflonmyk:
With DVD Rebuilder and CCE, the load is distributed evenly across all four cores (around 65% each core I think.) I haven't tried Hank's yet (Creaky has).
Yup, i use Hank's a lot, and sometimes still use CCE too. As to the load across cores, the guys have answered that so i'll just add this - http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_jump.cfm/623763/3773020
Hank's is very impressive, especially when it has multiple cores to play with :)
I started using the Quad for DVD-RB duties here - http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_jump.cfm/335628/3619796
The Quad has been on Seti@home duties all afternoon as no encoding to do at the moment. It storms thru work units in about 2.5hours, obviously does 4 at a time.
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23. March 2008 @ 19:31 |
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So say I want to convert Divx or XVID files to DVD, what will be the fastest program to use with a Q6600. Basically which one utilizes all four cores best?
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23. March 2008 @ 19:35 |
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GIGABYTE http://www.gigabyte-usa.com/ 1-626-854-9338
^^^^^from the EGG for returns AFTER the EGG's policy ends...
Good luck Rob, I'm sure that you'll be taken care of with little to NO hassle. On the cpu front just tell Intel that you were having issues with your components and basically you're sending the E8400 in to make sure it's ok. A little story about the psu and mobo wouldn't hurt but I say be vague. My opinion really but they will WANT something to go on. I don't think you should have any issues with your OC personally. I wouldn't say anything about it of course.
Rob once your 'rebates' come in you should get to buying stuff. lol. Good luck again buddy..... DON'T fret over the "should have purchased a pre-built system".... You did right but sometimes things don't work out perfectly.... I've been thru it and I couldn't be happier with all my builds now.... 5 NEW (over a couple of years and one for a buddy) and about 3-4 rebuilds.... :D
Forgot to post this earlier. lol. Typed it up and had company come over so was forced away from my puter. ;)
hth.........
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edit: could ==> couldn't ....lol ooops..
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23. March 2008 @ 19:43 |
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abuzer
i think convertxtodvd will use all 4 cores. im not 100% sure but i think i heard someone say that
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23. March 2008 @ 19:47 |
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boozer I like convertXtoDVD too. ;) You might try DVDFlick, it's pretty fast but I haven't checked on the multi-core use yet. :)
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23. March 2008 @ 19:47 |
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I have that and I don't think it uses all four cores. I'll try it in a bit and confirm.
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23. March 2008 @ 19:49 |
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v2 of ConvertXtoDVD doesn't, not sure if v3 does or not; DVD Flick doesn't, and as for TheFilmMachine i don't use it often enough to comment, but TFM can certainly use HC and CCE encoders. Rotary uses the Film Machine a lot, have asked him to pop by to add his AVI guru_expertise..
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23. March 2008 @ 20:05 |
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From reading some times of Quad core users of convertx the times they are getting for encoding is about the same as I get on my E8200.
For example I can do 6 x 42 minute TV episodes onto one DVD in about 36mins, someone with a Q6600 did 5 episodes in ust under 28 mins. They got about 7.8 times speed and I averaged just slightly less on my endoding.
Saying that though last night I did some 30 min progs onto DVD with it (still 6 episodes) and that was averaing just under 5 x speed - and was taking over 40 mins to do.
Edit - This is version 3 by the way.
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