Tomk Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 got one of these sat on my table to build up as a media centre looks really good ! cant wait to get home at 630 and play http://www.cms-computers.co.uk/product_d...p=CS&brand= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shao_khan Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 Does this mean you have finished with the mac disks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomk Posted November 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 you have a pm ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32North Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 Look like a Game Cube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syeldham Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 I notice that nothing comes in a plain simple colour anymore - now it's "Shining silver". Surely silver is silver... But a nice bit o' kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durrsaku Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 You must have done well with that house clearence of dvds. Nice one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorburn Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 AMD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omi Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 Better and cooler for pure math than the other option, IIRC? Depends what you use it for I guess, always been under the impression that Pentium was the way for media and productivity, but Athlon for hardcore single-purpose usage e.g. gaming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorburn Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 I work for Intel, I'm obligied to comment High clock speed combined with the relative lack of branching in multimedia code means Pentium 4 or Pentium D systems tend to give the best performance. Power/wattwise the Pentium-M (as seen in Centrino laptops) is hard to beat, Shuttle do a very nice small form factor chassis for those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aal234 Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 The shuttle pentium m is nice but have you seen the prices? Aopen also do one but it costs £230. Toms machine in total was probably less than the cost of the shuttle on its own. Gotta admit I am not biased one way or the other, have a dual core d820 and an athlon 64 at 2.6GHz. Much prefer the athlon as its faster at most stuff than the pD. If they could sort the heat issues I would be more tempted to go for intel again. Also I didn't think the d820 felt as smooth as a proper dual cpu machine was expecting a much smoother experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorburn Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 New Pentium D's in January 06 with much lower TDP (less heat ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 Looks a bit like my home PC. I bought a Shuttle PC about 2 years ago with dual 3.0Ghz chips in it and 1gb of RAM - it's been utterly superb. I opted for an ice blue perspect front and the little blue lights that shine out from underneath it give a very cool look. Totally gimmicky of course, but hey, I like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 [ QUOTE ] I work for Intel, I'm obligied to comment High clock speed combined with the relative lack of branching in multimedia code means Pentium 4 or Pentium D systems tend to give the best performance. Power/wattwise the Pentium-M (as seen in Centrino laptops) is hard to beat, Shuttle do a very nice small form factor chassis for those. [/ QUOTE ] To sum up what you've just said then.... AMD is better. Gotcha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustynuts Posted November 13, 2005 Report Share Posted November 13, 2005 Who's cheaper, AMD or Intel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chav Posted November 13, 2005 Report Share Posted November 13, 2005 [ QUOTE ] I work for Intel, I'm obligied to comment High clock speed combined with the relative lack of branching in multimedia code means Pentium 4 or Pentium D systems tend to give the best performance. [/ QUOTE ] I think Intel have been indoctrinating you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorburn Posted November 13, 2005 Report Share Posted November 13, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Who's cheaper, AMD or Intel? [/ QUOTE ] For a basic dual core chip at retail a Pentium D 820 is cheaper than an Athlon X2 3800+ Prices vary throughout the range though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomk Posted November 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2005 well with a new 2.8 64 athlong, gig of ram and 160gig hdd and dvd writer, it came to under £200 , i had the ram and HDD already so bargin! really good usable media centre, just need to get a wirless keybaord now and im all sorted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted November 14, 2005 Report Share Posted November 14, 2005 I think, in real prices and what people see and think, then AMD are cheaper. That said, I have a P4 2.4 GHz. Seems OK and fast enough. Might have to upgrade soon, but without wanting to rip the guts out, so might try to find a 3.2/3.4 P4 on the 800 bus. Will see what about. If changing board too, then it'd have to be an AMD with the PCi-x stuff. Installing AMD's used to be a PITA. P4's were so easy, but now the AMD stuff is easy too - none of the choose bus speed setting crap. And then reseting the Bios as it was too fast. For most people I make PC's for, it's the AMD that wins, as it is very cheap. Not into Celerons. (waste of space) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted November 14, 2005 Report Share Posted November 14, 2005 AMD wins everytime for me too. Intel is over rated IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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